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during the same season in 1864, had no doubt a 

 favourable influence on the result. 



The young Salmon and Salmon Trout have 

 already in a great measm'e been freed from their 

 umbilical appendages, and have become vigorous 

 and active fish. The mortality since the process 

 of hatching was completed has been of the most 

 trivial amount. 



The Commissioners regard the Salmon Trout as 

 an acquisition especially valuable. These fish nearly 

 approach the true Salmon in the size to which they 

 attain, as well as in their qualities as an article of 

 food; and it is now a well-ascertained fact that 

 they will thrive and multiply their numbers in 

 fresh water without visiting the Sea. 



The Commissioners, therefore, entertain no doubt 

 that they will be as successful in acclimatising this 

 valuable fish as they have already been in the case 

 of the Brown Trout. The number of these last, 

 hatched from the Ova imported in 1864, were for 

 some time estimated not to exceed 150, but were 

 afterwards, when captured and accurately counted, 

 found to approach to double that number. 



Of these, about 40 were set at large in the Plenty 

 in April, 1865, and the rest retained in the Pond 

 as a breeding stock, where they have thriven with- 

 out interruption, and have attained a size and 

 weight exceeding the standard which the Trout 



