﻿can 
  be 
  coiidncted 
  in 
  tlie 
  future, 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  we 
  can 
  secure 
  

   the 
  valuable 
  co-operation 
  of 
  the 
  IT. 
  S. 
  Government. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  quite 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  the 
  runs 
  of 
  8hnd 
  

   in 
  the 
  rivers 
  has 
  a 
  close 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   young 
  iish 
  are 
  originally 
  hatched, 
  and 
  the 
  early 
  run 
  may 
  

   possibly 
  be 
  tlie 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  Iish 
  which 
  are 
  first 
  hatched 
  

   In 
  any 
  given 
  season. 
  

  

  The 
  disturbance 
  of 
  the 
  Iish 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  by 
  seines 
  and 
  

   gill-nets 
  has 
  interfered 
  materially 
  with 
  the 
  production 
  

   of 
  young 
  from 
  the 
  earliest 
  spawners, 
  and 
  from 
  this 
  cause 
  

   the 
  early 
  runs 
  were 
  gradually 
  becoming 
  exhausted. 
  

   It 
  is 
  possil)]e 
  that 
  as 
  by 
  artificial 
  proi)agation 
  we 
  

   have 
  l^een 
  able 
  to 
  deposit 
  young 
  fish, 
  produced 
  from 
  

   spawn 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  early 
  runs, 
  the 
  earlier 
  schools 
  liave 
  

   been 
  increased, 
  and 
  Ave 
  ai'e 
  not 
  now 
  dependent 
  solely 
  for 
  

   the 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  future 
  upon 
  the 
  limited 
  number 
  offish 
  

   produced 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  runs, 
  which 
  spawn 
  after 
  the 
  season 
  

   is 
  so 
  far 
  advanced 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  seines 
  and 
  gill-nets 
  

   have 
  ceased 
  their 
  oi)erations. 
  

  

  