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of artificial hatching, seeing that the process had been 

 successful on the Clyde, aud I also advocated the increase 

 of the stock of trout by the same means. After con- 

 siderable discussion, the matter was at length taken up, 

 and a committee, consisting of Messrs. Lawrence, Ponder, 

 Hedges, Buckland, and myself, was formed to caiTy out 

 the process. The first year we got our apparatus ready, 

 but hatched only a few perch. The next year we hatched 

 and turned out about 30,000 young fry, the majority con- 

 sisting of trout, with a few salmon, some Ehine salmon, 

 ombre, chevalier, and sea-trout. A few adult greyling 

 and trout were also placed in the river. I had nothing 

 to do with the subsequent proceedings. The next year 

 a larger number of salmon was turned out, a considerable 

 number of trout, and a small number of greyling fry ; 

 about 33,000 in all. Last season, that of 1863 and 1864, 

 according to their report, they turned out about 40,000, 

 12,000 of which were salmon, and a considerable portion 

 of trout, but no greyling. It is scarcely probable that the 

 results of these operations will be immediately evident ; 

 still it can hardly be doubted that, if they are continued, 

 a few years will see an improvement in the trout-fishing 

 on the Thames. The greyling may eventually be esta- 

 blished wherever the streams are found to suit it ; and if 

 the " Drainage " scheme is found to render the river suf- 

 ficiently pure for the purpose, the Society will have the 

 credit of having done much towards the re-stocking of the 

 river with salmon. These are benefits to the river which 

 deserve the commendation and support of the public. 

 The Society have nearly twenty miles of the chief part 



