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about putting up the jars [?]
care of the fry afterward [?] [I suggested?]
sending some one who has some
knowledge about the matter but the
Dept writes they will send a messenger
themselves, which may be I [didn't?] [know?]
but I suppose some one needs to go to
B.C. but I don’t see any [?]
of the Eggs [getting?] there [in?] safety [with?]
a [green?] [hand?] – however all [we know?]
to do is to carry out instructions,
the Dept proposes to send them by
the Dominion Express Co, which [?]
in connection with the C.P.R. to B.C.

Regarding the other [?]
which is to go to Nova Scotia &
New Brunswick, [Charley?] will take
them along with a lot of Salmon
Trout Eggs. He wants to lease their
[creek?] if so you will have to [send?]
on this lot the moment you [get?]
my telegram to do so –

Regarding your application
about Pickerel Eggs to the Dept, your
Seller has [?] sent me [a report?]
upon and I have [?] your
[?], with the further [?]
that you be instructed to make the
arrangement to [?] with the fish –
even for several years, in this […]

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[…] way we will not be troubled
with our American friends bothering
the fishermen you are working with.
I have also [asked?] the Dept to
instruct you to [set?] your White-fish
[Station?] in the same way and that
you secure them at once.

About your dwelling
I think you had better write
to the Dept, and say that when
I was last at Sandwich I told
you that you would have to
move out of the part of the hatchery
you now occupied for dwelling
purposes, as it would be [?]
to make more room for hatching
purposes as originally intended
and as the present space was
for too small for carrying on
the business properly – [I urge?] all
this upon them and also give
them some idea as to what you
may want for dwelling purposes.
In this way they will no doubt [send?]
your application to me [to?] [?] [you?]
and I think this course will be
most likely to succeed – You
had also better make a formal
application to me for a lot more
glass jars, for with those you […]