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enterprise, the Cominissioners earnestly hope that 

 Your Excellency's Government will not hesitate to 

 recommend, and that the Parliament will sanction, 

 the appropriation of such a sum as will enable the 

 Commissioners without loss of time to take measures 

 for proceeding with their task. 



Since the date of the last Eeport, various im- 

 provements have been made in the ponds at the 

 Plenty; the chief of which has been the construction 

 of two winding rivulets several hundred yards in 

 length, one being connected with the small circular 

 pond in which the Trout are confined, and the other 

 attached to the large pond devoted to the use of the 

 Salmon. To these rivulets both kinds of fish have 

 freely resorted, with undoubted advantage to their 

 health and progress. 



The addition of the Salmon Trout to the family 

 under their charge, and the spawning of the Brown 

 Trout, have necessitated the formation of a small 

 additional pond, which is now in progress and will 

 soon be completed. 



The Commissioners have also found it advisable 

 to provide for the complete draining off of the 

 water in the large pond when required, by laying 

 down a few iron pipes fitted with a secure valve, 

 which shall effectually prevent the escape of any of 

 the young fish with which it will be again soon 

 peopled. 



