DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES,

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BUILDING OF FISIIWAYS.
Six new fihways, on the Rogers' patent model, were built on the following
streams in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick :—
County. River. Mill-dam.
Yarmouth, N.S..
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SunbuTy, N.B
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Head of Yarmouth Harbor
Elerring tSrook..,...
do ...
Oromocto River, North Branch
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do South Branch
3. Killam's, at Milton.
Bourque's.
Porter's.
Bart's.
Treacy's Stream.
Smith's Mill.
FISH BREEDING.
There are at present eleven hatcheries under control of the Dominion Government
located as follows :—
Ontario—Newcastle.
Sandwich.
New Brunawick—Miramichi.
St. John River.
British Columbia—Fraser River.
Qaebec-.--Magog.
Tdoussac.
Gaspé.
Bistigouche.
Nova Scotia—Bedford.
Sydney.
The Dunk River hatchery, Prince Edward Island, was closed this season, owing
to the dam having been carried away.
The total number of young fish of various kinds hatched out, and distributed
from these hatcheries daring the season of 1888, from the crop of 1887, amounted
to 88,109,000, and the total quantity of ova laid down during the year was
98,214,000.
The kinds of fish at present hatched include the Atlantic and Pacific salmon,
the whitefish and salmon trout of the great lakes of Ontario, the pickerel (doré)
and the speckled or brook trout.
Complete details and statements connected with fish breeding operations during
the season of 1888 will be found in Part II of this report.