distributed in the waters of the Dominion during the last few years, and
new government hatcheries are constantly being erected.

Yours, &c.,

FRANK TODD, Fishery Overseer, Saint Croix District.





ARTICLE II

SKETCH OF THE PENOBSCOT SALMON-BREEDING ESTABLISHMENT

by

Charles G. Atkins

Written by request of Prof. S. F. Baird, for the London Exhibition,
1883

_Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission_, Vol. 3, Page 373, 1883




The rivers of the United States tributary to the Atlantic, north of the
Hudson, were, in their natural state, the resorts of the migratory
salmon, _Salmo salar_, and most of them continued to support important