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which the salmon gets in the sea. When the salmon get out to sea they do not appar- 

 ently find their way back again. Whether they find feeding grounds I do not know. 

 The conditions are not the same off the coasts in the seas of New Zealand as off our own 

 coast or the coast of Europe. But the trout do not wander far on the coast , and numbers 

 remain in the rivers and lakes. They have really succeeded mar^^elously, so that fish 

 whose original parents were only one or two pounds when adult, now reach twenty or 

 thirty pounds in New Zealand (which is a size that would be almost incredible had we 

 not abundant proof of it) under the favorable conditions provided in antipodean waters. 



I have had a communication from Mr. Ayson, jr., within the last few days, in which 

 he expresses hope that the sockeye salmon will be a success. If so, and these Pacific 

 sockeyes breed, then I think the trouble for New Zealand salmon is solved. 



I have listened with great interest to this paper, and have only to apologize for 

 troubling the meeting with these remarks at this late stage of the discussion. 



