11-t Thirti/si'rciitli Annual Meeting 



for the maintenance of the sahnon on the Penobscot river is al- 

 most equal to the returns from the commercial fishery. I do not 

 speak for the Bureau of Fisheries, but personalh^ it is almost 

 a matter of sentiment wliether we should maintain that hatch- 

 erv or not, because of the conditions today — the returns are so 

 discouraging in proportion to the outlay. 



