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The pond has long since been completed ; and 

 the Commissioners believe that in no part of the 

 world has a more perfect work of this character 

 ever been constructed. 



Although deeply disappointed by the failure of 

 the late attempt to introduce the Salmon into the 

 Colony, the Commissioners entertain a confident 

 hope that, at no distant period, the work thus 

 constructed under their direction will be put to 

 the test of actual experiment ; and they desire to 

 express their earnest trust that the Government 

 and Legislature will not abandon an enterprise, 

 which is calculated to confer on this Colony a 

 material benefit at once so extensive and so 

 enduring, until success has crowned their efforts. 



They believe that the stocking of om- rivers with 

 Salmon would confer a prominence and distinction 

 on Tasmania which cannot be anticipated from 

 almost any other source. 



Until the subject has been further brought under 

 the consideration of the Government and the 

 Parliament, the Commissioners refrain from offering 

 any specific proposal for the fm-ther prosecution of 

 the undertaking. 



They may, however, with propriety now observe 

 that two other plans for the introduction of Salmon 

 have often been proposed as a substitute for the 

 direct action of the Government. 



