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receipt of no applications from
Your Department for White--
fish fry - save one made by
Mr. [Bryson?] M.P. for Chatts Lake
Co. of Pontiac P.Q. and those will
be supplied from the Newcastle
Hatchery -

I shall therefore con-
tinue the distribution of the fry
at Sandwich at points in Lake
Erie as mentioned unless other
wise instructed by Your Dept.

I am Sir
Yours Obedly
Sam Wilmot
[?] [?]

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Mr. Tilton Esq
Depty Minister of [?]
Ottowa

Sir

I beg to acquaint
you of the fact that a large
number of the Whitefish fry
at the Sandwich Hatchery
in readiness for distribution
from the extremely limited space
in the [tank?] for keeping the fry
it is necessary that they
should be put out immediately.

[For?] this emergency I [had?]
instructed Mr. Parker to [help?]
distribution along the shore [of Lake?]
Erie at the points [mentioned?]
my annual Report, which I
refer to with the view that
[?] whether you [?]
the proposition to plant the [?]
at points in Lake Erie [?]
in the Detroit River, which [?]
[?] the case hitherto generally
adopted.

I am [?] [?]