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disappeared by the bursting of the reservoir of the canal of the 

 East. 



"'The station of Thonon, for which we ask a sidisid}? of 

 20,000 francs, has given remarkable results. The minister of 

 Agriculture was pleased to visit it two years ago, and he noted 

 its importance and the excellence of its management. 



"This establishment, with a modest appropriation of 3,000 

 francs, now produces five to six millions of fry, which it distri- 

 butes in the neighboring departments. It thus supplies excellent 

 products to all this region, seven or eight departments. It 

 further furnishes to other stations of the state and to the hatch- 

 eries of towns and fishery societies seven or eight hundred thou- 

 sand eggs in the best condition. 



"The grant of 20,000 francs which we ask for is a pretty 

 small sum in comparison with results that we can achieve. 



"The station of Thonon is situated on the shores of Lake 

 Leman, that is, of a reservoir of 58,000 hectares (224 square 

 miles) abounding in fish. It can develop itself without expense 

 on lands which belong to the state. Finally it possesses springs 

 of marvellous purity. 



"Today we are allowing ourselves to be outdone by other na- 

 tions. Thus, alongside of us Switzerland, a country one-tenth 

 of our size, puts into its budget an appropriation of 25,000 francs 

 for fishculture; and all the cantons of Switzerland vote special 

 subsidies for the same object; — ^the canton of Zurich, 6,000 

 francs; the canton of Yaud, 5,000 francs, etc. Other nations 

 give us an example still more striking. In the United States 

 two millions (francs) are appropriated for fishculture; in Japan, 

 one million; in England and Germany large sums are devoted 

 to this object. In the latter countries the work of fishculture is 

 carried on by the fishery societies by means of the large grants 

 that are accorded them.'"' 



Tlie discussion following these remarks (which are not given 

 in full) was participated in by several members of the chamber 

 of deputies and by the minister of Agriculture. Amongst other 

 facts brought out were the following: there are three principal 

 fishcultural stations, that of Nancy, that of Thonon and that of 

 the University of Toulouse. At these stations they produce 

 solmonoids, cyprinoids and crawfish. It seemed to be the general 



