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they do not produce more than about ten 

 thousand pounds per annum, if so much. 

 There is a district in Yorkshire above 600 

 miles of rivers — the river Ouse, the Derwent 

 (72 miles), Swale (71 miles), lire (61 miles), 

 "Wharfe (75 miles), Nidd (55 miles), &c. These 

 are all good, pure rivers, with fine mountain 

 streams, and extending over thousands of 

 square miles, and do not produce salmon worth 

 one thousand pounds a year, and are as capable 

 of being cultivated and rendered productive, 

 as our own river was, when we purchased it, 

 and commenced breeding and protecting the 

 fish ; but from neglect and the erection of 

 mill weirs, they have been reduced to their 

 present deplorable and unproductive con- 

 dition. If you will read the evidence taken 

 by the Commissioners, 1861, you will see 



