On being caught six or eight months afterward, they weighed from five to seven pounds against half a pound each when sent forth to take care of themselves.

The proprietors of the fisheries defray the expense of this breeding establishment, being taxed only twopence in the pound of their rental.

This, of course, they get back with large interest and profit from the tenant-farmers of the river.

As a proof of the enhanced production of the Tay fisheries under this cultivation the fact will suffice, that they now rent for 14,000 pounds a year against 11,000 pounds under the old system.
Salmon-breeding is doubtless destined to rank with sheep-culture and cattle-culture in the future.

The remotest colonies of Great Britain are moving in the matter with vigor and almost enthusiasm.
Vessels have been constructed on purpose to convey this fair and mottled stock of British rivers to those of Australia and New Zealand.