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salt-water fish and shellfish, as well as natural history studies. 

 One object of the work is to arouse interest in the breeding of 

 birds for the profit and pleasure to be derived, and to encour- 

 age the utilization of the vast number of small ponds and 

 waste land in the State for the raising of fish and game for 

 market. 



NATURAL HISTORY SPECIMENS. 



About eighty finely mounted specimens of birds, quadrupeds 

 and fish which had been collected during the past ten years by 

 the Commission to form a nucleus for a State Museum have 

 been distributed among the following natural history museums 

 of the State: 



Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge. 



Cape Ann Scientific and Library Society, Gloucester. 



Peabody Museum, Salem. 



Natural History Museum, Pittsfield. 



Natural History Museum, Worcester. 



Museum of Natural History, Boston. 



Bristol County Academy of Sciences, Taunton. 



Boy Scout Headquarters, Boston. 



LECTURES. 



The Commission has an extensive collection of lantern slides 

 picturing various phases of fish and game life, and describing 

 ths work of the Board, together with suitable equipment for 

 stereopticon demonstrations. Frequent lectures are given by 

 the Commissioners, the biologist and various .deputies before 

 clubs and associations. This new branch of work gives promise 

 of most valuable results. Many citizens are desirous of be- 

 coming better informed on fish and game propagation, and 

 these practical lectures answer this purpose, as well as furnish 

 a means of stimulating interest in game protection. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



An important method of education in fish and game preserva- 

 tion is through the medium of printed instructions in the form 

 of reports, special bulletins and papers. We plan greater 

 efforts in this line, as this Commission is unable at the present 

 time to supply the demand for such works. Our publications 



