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variety of river and lake adapted to the breeding and feeding 

 of fish. 



" Where there are mill-dams it is specially so noted. None 

 elsewhere. 



" The names of certain rivers at present advertised for sale 

 are printed in italics. 



" The true Salmon (Salmo salar), and the Tide Trout 

 (Salmo trutta marina), are herein mentioned. 



"The Grand Trunk Railway, now in operation to St. 

 Thomas, will be opened next autumn to River du Loup, 110 

 miles below Quebec. Passenger steamboats ply between 

 Quebec and the Saguenay. 



" Synopsis of the laws and by-laws now in force in Lower Canada, having 

 especial reference to the preservation and regulation of Salmon and Trout 

 fisheries. 



(Act 22d Viet. cap. 86.) 



SECTION 4. The Governor in Council to grant special fishing leases and 

 licenses ; and make all needful or expedient regulations for 

 management and disposal of fisheries. 

 5. A general superintendent and local overseers to be appointed, 



and paid by the Government, for each province. 

 " 8. The Government may set apart any waters for natural or 



artificial propagation of Salmon and Trout. 



24. The open season for Salmon-fishery limited betwixt 1st March 

 and 1st August. Fly-surface fishing extended to 1st Sep- 

 tember. Exception in procuring spawn for scientific pur- 



25. Spawning pools of Salmon protected against all fishing. 



26. Nets and fishing apparatus shall not obstruct the main channel 



or course of any river ; and such channel or course shall be 

 at least one-third of the whole breadth of a river. 



27. Owners of dams must attach fishways thereto. 



28. All parties concerned in breach of 24th Section become 



liable to fine or imprisonment. 



29. The meshes of Salmon-nets must measure five inches in 



extension from knot to knot. 



