1 86 Salmon at the Antipodes. 



has been warmly taken up by an enlightened 

 Government, and enormous numbers of fish 

 have been batched artificially and afterwards 

 liberated, greatly increasing thereby the 

 annual results of the fisheries, which had been 

 gradually diminishing, and which tended 

 towards the extinction of the most valuable 

 kinds. The matter is necessarily the business 

 of the Government, as no individual can be 

 expected to breed fish on a large scale, and to 

 liberate them in open waters, where he cannot 

 hope to reap the benefit resulting from his 

 labours. 



In Canada and Nova Scotia, establishments 

 for the restocking of the waters by the arti- 

 ficial incubation of fish have been in operation 

 for some time. 



In a letter received from Sir Eobert Officer, 

 chairman of the Tasmanian Salmon Com- 

 missioners, very encouraging accounts are 

 given of the success of the salmonidae intro- 

 duced into that colony. He says : — " I have 

 just had the pleasure of receiving your note, in 

 which you ask for a further supply of ova, and 

 in reply I beg to assure you that everything in 

 our power will be done to meet your wishes. 



