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the fishermen are sportsmen, unselfish, and com- 

 panionable, the arrangements are likely to work 

 smoothly and amicably, but the presence of a greedy 

 fisherman or a pot-hunter will infallibly tend to break 

 up the pleasant coterie. 



Proper accounts must be kept ; where practicable it 



is a wise plan to open a separ- 



Keeping accounts. ate banking account for the 



fishery, and it is generally a 

 convenience to arrange that all cheques should be 

 signed by the manager and one other member. At 

 the end of each year detailed statements and analysis 

 of receipts and expenditure should be prepared and 

 submitted to the members at an annual meeting, 

 where, too, some kind of a report of the sport, etc., 

 should also be rendered. 



Personally, I think it most important to have cor- 

 rect records for each season of the number and 

 weights of fish killed, the number returned, the re- 

 sults of wiring, netting, or trimmering for pike and 

 any other particulars available. Some of my friends 

 do not agree with me in this, and are loth to keep 

 their own diaries, from which the general records 

 must be compiled. 



The first step to be taken when once the fishery 



lease is completed is to find one 



Keepers. or more competent keepers. If 



one cannot hear of a suitable 

 man seeking a situation the only available plan is to 

 advertise. The answers to an announcement of this 



