﻿fishes 
  inluibiriiiii- 
  tlie 
  salt 
  uarnr 
  (.vcJi/sireh/ 
  can 
  be 
  as 
  

   readily 
  pi"(>})agare(l. 
  artilirially. 
  and 
  increased 
  to 
  as 
  nn- 
  

   limited 
  an 
  extent 
  as 
  the 
  (irunl 
  ronioit^ 
  fishes 
  with 
  whose 
  

   sjDawninii" 
  liabits 
  we 
  had 
  been 
  more 
  tlioi'onuhly 
  acquaint- 
  

   ed. 
  The 
  necessity 
  wliich 
  compelled 
  those 
  lishes 
  — 
  the 
  

   shad, 
  hcnin,!;', 
  salmon, 
  etc.. 
  wliicli 
  spend 
  most 
  of 
  their 
  

   lives 
  in 
  the 
  salt 
  water-to 
  enter 
  the 
  rivers 
  foi' 
  th^ 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  of 
  spawninti' 
  enabled 
  us 
  the 
  moiv 
  readily 
  to 
  study 
  

   their 
  V)reeding- 
  habits 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  such 
  annual 
  migi-a- 
  

   tion. 
  These 
  varieties, 
  thei-efore. 
  became 
  the 
  objects 
  of 
  

   especial 
  cai*e 
  and 
  attention 
  in 
  the 
  infan<'y 
  of 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   mission's 
  existence. 
  

  

  Experiments 
  conducted 
  dm-iug 
  last 
  season 
  have 
  de- 
  

   monstrated 
  onr 
  ability 
  to 
  hatch 
  and 
  distiibute 
  several 
  

   varieties 
  oi" 
  fishes, 
  which 
  inha})it 
  our 
  salt 
  water 
  solely, 
  

   to 
  the 
  same 
  extent 
  as 
  lias 
  been 
  accoiu]ilished 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  

   of 
  file 
  sha<l. 
  and, 
  indeed, 
  it 
  is 
  ipiite 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  Bay 
  

   mackerel 
  may 
  be 
  propaiiated 
  ou 
  a 
  yet 
  lai'uv]- 
  scale 
  

   than 
  has 
  beeu 
  attempted 
  witli 
  the 
  sliad 
  itself. 
  

  

  About 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  July 
  of 
  last 
  year 
  I 
  received 
  from 
  

   Messrs. 
  Afai'shall 
  McDonald 
  and 
  I?. 
  E. 
  Earll. 
  who 
  

   were 
  em})loyed 
  ujion 
  that 
  poition 
  of 
  t]ie 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  

   f 
  0th 
  Census 
  which 
  relates 
  to 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  oui- 
  coast, 
  

   an 
  intimation 
  that 
  the 
  W,\\ 
  mackerel 
  were 
  spawning 
  in 
  

   Moltjack 
  I>ay. 
  aud 
  that 
  i'ii)e 
  iish. 
  whose 
  egus 
  could 
  be 
  

   readily 
  im]»reo-nated 
  by 
  artificial 
  means, 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  had 
  

   in 
  some 
  numbers 
  fi-om 
  the 
  pound 
  nets 
  o])erated 
  in 
  tliat 
  

   locality. 
  1 
  ])ro(^eeded 
  to 
  >b>l»jack 
  IJay. 
  accordingly, 
  in 
  

   the 
  steaiuer 
  "Lookout," 
  and 
  succeeded 
  in 
  ol)taining 
  a 
  

   sufficient 
  number 
  of 
  ripe 
  lish 
  of 
  this 
  variety, 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  

   the 
  porgy. 
  and 
  some 
  ofhei- 
  sea-fishes 
  of 
  less 
  ini])oi"tance, 
  

   to 
  enable 
  uie 
  t(» 
  determine 
  what 
  were 
  the 
  best 
  foi'ius 
  of 
  

   ap])aratus 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  theii- 
  mani))idati(m. 
  As 
  tlie 
  

   inuuediate 
  object 
  of 
  my 
  iuvestigatious 
  was 
  to 
  determine 
  

   the 
  proper 
  mannei- 
  iu 
  which 
  work 
  siiould 
  bp 
  conducted 
  

   in 
  the 
  future, 
  ratliei- 
  thtm 
  to 
  attem|«t 
  tiif 
  work 
  itself 
  at 
  

  

  