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Commissioners had taken about a dozen of these young salmoh 

 from the ponds, and had had them many weeks in the Dublin 

 Exhibition, were they were kept in a model of a wear; with a 

 salmon-ladder in it, the model being supplied by a pipe with St 

 constant run of water. These little creatures shewed their agili-' 

 ty by mounting the ladder, and so passing over the wear to the 

 amusement of the bystanders ; and he was informed they were 

 alive and thriving, being perfectly healthy in this small run of 

 pure water, and were fed with chopped meat every day. It was 

 only in this way a more accurate history of the ages and habits 

 of the salmon species might be written. The expense of this plan 

 of artificial propagation he did not estimate to exceed a pound a 

 thousand, which was at the rate of one farthing for each salmon.' 

 In conclusion, Mr. Ashworth said : ' The great consideration that 

 weighed with him, was, that by the artificial propagation of sal- 

 mon a vast increase to the quantity of human food would be ob- 

 tained.' He then strongly impressed upon the meeting the impor- 

 tance of sending for Mr. Ramsbottom to commence operations in 

 the Tay, and instruct others as to the plans to be adopted for 

 increasing the salmon in that river. 



" The plan proposed by Mrs Ashworth was unanimously agreed 

 to, and a committee was at once appointed to have the resoluf 

 tions arrived at by the meeting carried into effect. 



" The breeding-ponds at Stormontfield are beautifully situated 

 on a sloping haugh on the banks of the Tay, and are slieltered 

 at the back by a plantation of trees. We have visited the place, 

 which is situated about five miles from Perth, and about a mile 

 and a half from a railway station. The ground has been laid 

 out to the best advantage, and the whole of the ponds, water- 

 runs, &o., have been planned and constructed by Mr. Peter Brown,- 

 C. E., and they are said to answer the purpose admirably well. 

 There is a rapid-running mill-stream parallel with the river) 

 from which the supply of water is derived. The necessary quan- 

 tity is first run from this stream into a reservoir, from which it is 

 filtered through pipes into a little water-course at the head of Jhe 

 range of boxes, from whence it is laid on. The boxes are fixed 



