Reports on the Fisheries, Etc., of the Dominion of Canada (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX; MR. W. H. VENNING'S REPORT. Saint John, N. B., 10th October, 1867. To the Honorable the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa. Sir, --I have the honor to submit a lleport, the result of my labours in the duty assigned me. I regret that it is not more full and comprehensive, and I particularly regret the paucity of statistical information it presents. The time to which I was limited by your letter of iustructions precluded me from obtaining this more fully, as is explained in the Report. Begging your leniency to all imperfections which may be apparent, I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, W. H. Yenning. REPORT To the Honorable the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa. Sib, --In obedience to your letter of instructions of.the 9th August, ordering me to examine into and report upon the present condition of the Fisheries of the Bay of Fundy, and of the rivers emptying into it, and to your oral instructions of the 21st August, directing me to include io. that examination the South-west Branch of the River Miramichi, I have the honor to report, that after having had an interview in Saint John, with W. F. Whitcher, Esq., of the Department of Marine and Fisheries, and having received from him some additional instructions and suggestions as to the points upon which information was most desirable, I proceeded at once to the upper waters of the South-west Miramichi, in order to see, before the fishing season closed, the actual state of things on that much abused river. The highest points to which migratory fish ascend to deposit their spawn, are about fourteen miles above the Forks, in the County of Garleton. The river here divides into two streams, called the North and South Forks, up both of which, but especially in the vicinity of t..