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  Makvi.. 
  VXD 
  Commission 
  Fish 
  and 
  Fisiikim 
  k>, 
  

  

  IJai.timokk 
  M(1.. 
  Se].t. 
  •ir)tli. 
  IS8(). 
  

   Ma.i. 
  1'. 
  n. 
  FK 
  KM 
  a 
  SON. 
  

  

  My 
  Th^ar 
  Sir 
  .• 
  - 
  Plenst' 
  lind 
  herewith 
  enclosed 
  a 
  rough 
  

   joui'iiiil 
  ol' 
  operations 
  at 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace 
  during 
  the 
  

   montlis 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  June. 
  In 
  forwarding 
  the 
  same, 
  I 
  

   would 
  make 
  a 
  few 
  suggestions 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  some 
  changes 
  

   which 
  I 
  tliink 
  would 
  l)e 
  beneficial. 
  There 
  should 
  be 
  some 
  

   cover 
  or 
  awning 
  made 
  to 
  ]>rotect 
  tlie 
  cylinders 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  

   rain, 
  as 
  the 
  drops 
  kill 
  the 
  eggs 
  and 
  young 
  fish, 
  and 
  we 
  

   found 
  it 
  impossible 
  to 
  coAer 
  them 
  with 
  tops, 
  the 
  rain 
  

   coniiiig 
  on 
  us 
  so 
  rapidly. 
  A 
  folding 
  Mwning 
  could 
  be 
  

   t'asily 
  arranged 
  to 
  (h'oj) 
  in 
  a 
  tew 
  minutes. 
  

  

  There 
  should 
  also 
  l)e 
  a 
  hinged 
  plank 
  placed 
  on 
  Hie 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  barge 
  to 
  enable 
  the 
  men 
  to 
  walk 
  around 
  the 
  out- 
  

   side 
  of 
  it 
  in 
  ordei* 
  tf) 
  exandne 
  the 
  cylinders, 
  place 
  

   eggs 
  in 
  them 
  and 
  remove 
  young 
  fish, 
  as 
  we 
  found 
  it 
  

   extremely 
  dilhcult 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  from 
  boats. 
  This 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  could 
  ])e 
  made 
  at 
  slight 
  cost, 
  and 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  at 
  

   all 
  iinsighth'. 
  I 
  (M)nsider 
  the 
  working 
  of 
  the 
  cylinders 
  

   as 
  now 
  arranged 
  a 
  great 
  success, 
  and 
  after 
  a 
  careful 
  ex- 
  

   amination 
  think 
  the 
  results 
  are 
  fully 
  a 
  third 
  more, 
  in 
  

   hatching, 
  than 
  are 
  ol)tained 
  in 
  C(mesi 
  the 
  ec{>nomy 
  of 
  labor 
  

   and 
  atteuticm 
  being 
  very 
  much 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  cylinders. 
  

   There 
  sluc.ild 
  be 
  some 
  ini]»!<)venM'nt 
  made 
  in 
  fastening 
  

   Avire 
  ])ottoms 
  to 
  cylinders, 
  since 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  now 
  made, 
  

   they 
  bi-eak 
  at 
  the 
  oiite]- 
  l)and 
  and 
  lose 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  

   young 
  lish. 
  1 
  wniild 
  also 
  ;i(l\isp 
  a 
  net 
  l)eing 
  placed 
  under 
  

   them 
  to 
  ])revent 
  eels 
  iVc., 
  fi'om 
  sucking 
  the 
  eggs 
  through 
  

   thebottoms. 
  1 
  would 
  also 
  suggest, 
  for 
  future 
  service, 
  that 
  

   a 
  better 
  classof 
  engineei-sbe 
  employed, 
  as 
  a 
  great 
  resj)on- 
  

   sibility 
  is 
  placed 
  u|)on 
  them, 
  and 
  they 
  .should 
  be 
  both 
  

   careful 
  and 
  competent 
  to 
  i'ej)air 
  any 
  breaks 
  tl-c., 
  in 
  the 
  

   niiichiuei-y. 
  Six 
  or 
  eight 
  first-class, 
  reliable 
  men 
  w(mld 
  

   do 
  moie. 
  T 
  think, 
  in 
  getting 
  .spawn 
  &c., 
  than 
  a 
  larger 
  

   number: 
  foi' 
  it 
  was 
  mv 
  misfoi-tiine 
  this 
  seas(m 
  to 
  be 
  

  

  