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We also notice that black bass are getting very scarce in these waters, and consider<br />
it very advisable that some of that species be also deposited at an early date to<br />
prevent entire depletion.<br />
W. H. JOHNSTON, Overseer of Fisheries, A. M. OHASSELS, Merchant.<br />
Charlotte.<br />
HARRY WRARTENS, Merchant.<br />
I. B. SAUNDERS, Reeve of the Township. W. H. JONES, Barrister.<br />
A. ARMSTRONG. JOHN C. BROWN, Hotel-keeper.<br />
W G. TARIENT, Postmaster.<br />
ALEX. R. ALL &N, Gentleman.<br />
L. H. ARNOLD, Merchant. NEAL MCLEAN, Mgr. Bank of Montreal.<br />
SAND & DAVIDSON, Merchants.<br />
I. G. LESLIE, Accountant.<br />
B. K.ADDISON, M. D. D. RENNEY, Inspector of Schools.<br />
STANLEY S. CONNELL, M. D.<br />
J. F. SCH<strong>OF</strong>IELD, Barrister.<br />
I. B. LAMB, Druggist. D. MANSELL, County Treasurer.<br />
H. C. PHILLIPS, Constable. R. B. ALGuIRE, Clerk Division Court,<br />
GE0. BEDFORD, Merchant.<br />
And others.<br />
BROCKVILLE, April, 1888.<br />
BENEFITS FROM MIRAMIOHI HATCHBRY, N.B.<br />
Hon. M. Adams, one of our most prominent public men and a leading sportsman,<br />
says: "The fly-fishing on the North-West Miramichi was better this season<br />
than it has been for the past fifteen years." Speaking of the hatchery he says: "I<br />
am a firm believer in artificial fish hatching, and I look for great results from the<br />
young fry which have been planted in the head waters of our streams, provided that<br />
those streams are properly protected, and I sincerely believe, if it had not been for<br />
the hatchery the salmon would now be nearly exterminated from our rivers.<br />
"Take the marked increase on the main North-West River—season after season<br />
the fly-fishing was nil; but in 1887 there was a record of eighty-seven salmon and<br />
grilse,—this year 1888, 300 salmon and grilse were caught, and the river teeming<br />
with young fish - If, in former years the young salmon had been planted away up<br />
the rivers and in brooks, a short distance from the main rivers, as they have been for<br />
the past two years,—who could estimate the results? It was a blessing that the fish<br />
hatchery was established, for if it had not been, in my opinion, few salmon would be<br />
found in our river. The fish house is a credit to you"<br />
Jared Tozer, of the firm of Tozer & McDonald, says: "I believe that the fish<br />
hatchery is a great benefit to our rivers, and think, that if it had not been for the fry<br />
planted from it, the supply of fish would now be nearly exhausted, as the almost<br />
total destruction of salmon in non-tidal waters, previous to the past two years, would<br />
have caused our rivers to be destitute of fish, if the supply had not been kept up from<br />
some other source besides the natural one. In regard to the catch of fish by my own<br />
nets, I may say it has been steadily on the increase for the last three years."<br />
1W. Sutherland, overseer for the upper section of the North-West and its tributaries,<br />
says: "I am a strong believer in artificial fish hatching, and I think that the<br />
hatchery on this river is the only means by which the supply of salmon has been<br />
kept up in our streams when the destruction of parent salmon on the spawning<br />
grounds, by poachers, previous to the past two years, is taken into consideration. I<br />
also approve of the method of capturing parent fish for this house, contrary to the<br />
statement published last year under my name, by the New Brunswick Inspector of<br />
Fisheries in the Report on the Fisheries," page 14g.<br />
John Ferguson, Esq., a noted fly fisherman, says: "The catch of fish on the<br />
North-West was better this season than for any season during the past twelve or<br />
fifteen years. I believe that artificial fish hatching is a great benefit to our streams<br />
in keeping up the supply of this important fish."