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made by that officer "to prevent the
wholesale poaching on the Tobique
River" --

This unfruitful and destructive
course has been reported to me by Mr
McClusky, who is a duly appointed fishing
[?] [?] Mr Faining; and being
also the officer in charge of the Hatchery,
he has in the performance of his work
in the latter capacity, had frequent
opportunities of learning from [?]
sources, of the continued practice of
poaching and destroying salmon
at the spawning season, in the St John,
and Tobique rivers. These statements
have also been embodied in the annual
reports made to your Department by
Mr McClusky and myself.

Regarding the "antiquated
and most destructive way of netting
referred to in Mr Faining's letter;
that officer is principally to thank
for its continuance, in belittling,
and decrying the method I have [?]
[?] to carry out for many years
past; by obtaining the requisite
supplies of parent Salmon from the
nets of the Harbour fishermen of
St John, in like manner as those
fish are obtained in Tadoussac

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Gaspe and Restigouche;

Mr [Faining?] having now
admitted the [fallacy?] of the "antiquated
and destructive way of getting ova" which
he has hitherto so strenuously upheld,
[?] hopes that the [?], reliable,
and [?] method of procuring
Parent salmon at the other Hatcheries,
may also be adopted in the St John
River in the future.
Regarding the [?]
proposition to employ Mr McClusky's
men as special [favor?] until May
have completed their work of the taking
parent salmon, will hardly provide
the [?] effort of preventing the
[whole sale ?] poaching on the Tobique River
For it must be understood that the men
employed to catch salmon, [?]
the eggs and [?] at [them?] for carriages
will be the performance of this work, be
so thoroughly employed as to prevent the
possibility of their devoting the necessary
time to [?] other parts of the river from
the invading poachers. It is not generally
found that [however?] are in the habit of killing
these fish in the act of [securing?] their eggs on the
spawning beds. as it is held, even by the
poachers that salmon at this period [?]
not fit for food, being in the most [gravid?]

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William Knight

This is an excellent transcription. I have entered line breaks and edited a few words.

Sunnyday22

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