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  lakes 
  to 
  any 
  desired 
  extent 
  has 
  been 
  greatly 
  strengthened. 
  

   This 
  work 
  was 
  for 
  six 
  years 
  most 
  efficiently 
  directed 
  by 
  the 
  

   late 
  Mr. 
  James 
  W. 
  Milner, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Major 
  

   T. 
  B. 
  Ferguson, 
  Assistant 
  Commissioner, 
  by 
  whom 
  has 
  been 
  

   devised 
  the 
  machinery 
  for 
  propagation 
  on 
  a 
  gigantic 
  scale 
  

   by 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  steam, 
  and 
  Col. 
  Marshall 
  McDonald, 
  chief 
  of 
  

   the 
  division 
  of 
  propagation. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  in 
  fish 
  culture 
  has 
  been 
  that 
  

   of 
  stimulation 
  and 
  co-operation. 
  The 
  efforts 
  of 
  individuals 
  

   have 
  been 
  encouraged 
  in 
  every 
  way 
  ; 
  indeed, 
  there 
  is 
  hardly 
  

   a 
  fish 
  culturist 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  who 
  is 
  not 
  or 
  has 
  not 
  

   been 
  attached 
  to 
  its 
  staff. 
  What 
  was 
  done 
  in 
  improving 
  

   the 
  methods 
  of 
  artificial 
  propagation 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  

   summarised, 
  and 
  need 
  not 
  be 
  repeated 
  here. 
  

  

  The 
  same 
  policy 
  of 
  co-operation 
  has 
  been 
  extended 
  to 
  

   the 
  State 
  Fish 
  Commissioners 
  and 
  to 
  fish 
  culturists 
  in 
  every 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  In 
  1S77, 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  and 
  his 
  staff 
  were 
  summoned 
  

   to 
  Halifax 
  to 
  serve 
  as 
  witnesses 
  and 
  experts 
  before 
  the 
  

   Halifax 
  Fishery 
  Commission, 
  then 
  charged 
  with 
  the 
  settle- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  compensation 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  for 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  participating 
  in 
  the 
  

   fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Provinces. 
  The 
  information 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  

   available 
  concerning 
  the 
  fisheries 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  slight 
  

   and 
  imperfect 
  that 
  a 
  plan 
  for 
  systematic 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  

   subject 
  was 
  arranged 
  and 
  partially 
  undertaken. 
  In 
  1879 
  an 
  

   arrangement 
  was 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  

   Tenth 
  Census, 
  with 
  whose 
  co-operation 
  a 
  complete 
  survey 
  

   of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  was 
  secured. 
  

  

  An 
  elaborate 
  illustrated 
  report 
  upon 
  the 
  Food 
  Fishery 
  

   and 
  Fishery 
  Industries 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  progress 
  of 
  publication. 
  

  

  Seven 
  annual 
  reports 
  have 
  been 
  published, 
  and 
  one 
  

   volume 
  of 
  the 
  Bulletin, 
  with 
  an 
  aggregate 
  of 
  7,006 
  pages. 
  

  

  