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inspected and verified by the Commissioners. One 

 of the most recent instances of the capture of a 

 Salmon took place some weeks ago, and is worth 

 recording, A person residing near Eisdon Ferry, 

 Mr. Sims, observing a dense shoal of fish close in 

 shore, apparently pursued by a school of porpoises, 

 seized a billet of wood and dashed it amongst 

 them, when one was found to be so disabled as to 

 be easily caught by the hand, and proved to be a 

 true Salmo salar weighing 4^ lbs. From this 

 incident the abundance of the fish in that locality 

 may be inferred. 



Notice having been given in the Government 

 Gazette that the laws enacted for the protection of 

 the Salmon in the Derwent would, in future, be 

 rigidly enforced ; the boundary within which all 

 fishing by net had been prohibited was, at the 

 same time, by the Governor's Proclamation, extended 

 lower down the estuary from One Tree Point to 

 Droughty Point. 



But the Commissioners believing that, in spite 

 of these measures and of any mere threats of 

 causing the law to be put in force, poaching would 

 still be carried on and extended unless a rigid 

 system of conservation was established, recom- 

 mended to the Government the appointment of two 

 additional bailiffs for the north and south shores 

 of the estuary of the river. 



