192 Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting 
ion maintained by the Federal Government and located as fol- 
lows: 
Province of Ontario: Ottawa, Sandwich, New Castle and 
Belleville. 
Province of Quebec: Tadoussac, Gaspe, Magog, Lac Trem- 
blant, St. Alexis and Lake Lester. 
Province of Nova Scotia: Bedford, Margaree, Windsor, Bay 
View, Canso and Forchu Lobster Pond. 
Province of New Brunswick: Restigouche, Miramichi, St. 
John River, Shippegan, Shemogue and Carleton Pond. 
Province of Prince Edward Island: Charlottetown and Kel- 
ly’s Pond. 
Province of Manitoba: Selkirk and Berens River. 
Province of British Columbia: Fraser River, Skeena River, 
Granite Creek, Harrison Lake, Rivers Inlet and Pemberton. 
Twelve establishments have been put in operation in Canada 
during the past five years. 
The sum of one hundred and twenty-six thousand dollars is 
spent annually in the artificial culture of fish. The Superinten- 
dent of Fish Culture for Canada receives two thousand two hun- 
dred dollars per annum. The Inspector of Fish Hatcheries, one 
thousand and two hundred dollars per annum. The officers in 
charge of hatcheries are paid in accordance with the importance 
and responsibilities of the several stations and the salaries range 
from five hundred to one thousand two hundred dollars per 
annum. ‘The assistants are paid from one dollar and fifty cents 
to two dollars per day according to the nature of the work per- 
formed. The salaries of permanent officers amount to about 
twenty-four thousand dollars per annum. 
The attached statement gives the numbers of each species dis- 
tributed during the past four years. 
It is generally appreciated that the money expended by the 
Canadian Government in the propagation of fish has been well 
spent and the returns to the public, both from a commercial and 
a sporting standpoint, have been eminently satisfactory. Fish 
Culture in Canada meets with public favor From all parts of 
the Dominion appheations for the extension of this service are 
continuous. No better evidence of popular opinion is required 
than a comparison of the amount appropriated by Parliament for 
