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4. The Sub-Committee accordingly recommend that 

 partial payments be made on the following scale ; — 



For the introduction of- — £ 



100 HealthylivingSalmonfry andnolessnumber 300 



200 Ditto ditto 350 



300 Ditto ditto 400 



400 Ditto ditto 450 



500 Ditto ditto 500 



Ch'for the introduction of — 



60 Salmon smelts in good condition 300 



100 Ditto ditto 350 



150 Ditto ditto 400 



200 Ditto ditto 450 



250 Ditto ditto 500 



Or for the introduction of — 



2 Pairs of full-grown Salmon, that is, of~) 



the age of grilse or older, being male >- 200 

 and female J 



3 Ditto ditto 300 



4 Ditto ditto 400 



5 Ditto ditto 500 



" If it should be required that the fish be kept 

 alive until of an age to be placed in the rivers, — who 

 is to be at the expense of keeping the fish in the 

 meanwhile ?" 



5. Upon this point the Sub-Committee are distinctly of 

 opinion that, as the successful introduction of Salmon into 

 the Colony would benefit the whole community, all the 

 expenses necessarily incurred in conducting the experiment 

 to its termination ought to be defrayed by the Govern- 

 ment, whether such charges be incident upon the safe 

 custody and care (after arrival here) of Salmon spawn alive, 

 but not hatched, or of Salmon fry of tender age, or of smolts, 

 &c. of a size and age fitting them for a journey to the sea, 

 or of adult Salmon. 



6. About the year 1850 the French Government thought 

 it of sufficient national importance to nominate a Commission 

 de Pisciculture , with the celebrated naturalist, M. Coste, at 

 its head, to inquire into and report upon a project for stock- 

 ing various rivers of France with Salmon and Trout, &c., 

 and to superintend an establishment formed for that purpose. 

 In 1852 the system was adopted at Outerard in Ireland, and 



