38 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



4. Measurements made on the carapace, thus minimizing the 

 personal equation in legal measurements. 



5. Licensing all lobster fishermen and dealers for the purpose of 

 securing facile enforcement of laws. 



6. State regulation of methods of capture and possession, and 

 federal regulation relative to interestate shipment. 



7. Setting aside suitable places for breeding purposes, upon which 

 fishing is regulated. 



And be it further 



Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the Honorable the 

 Secretary of Commerce, and to the Honorable Commissioner of 

 Fisheries at Washington, and to their Excellencies the Governors 

 of all the States of the Union, with the request that this be given 

 consideration at the Conference of Governors soon to be held at 

 Boston, Mass." 



Your Commission desires in this connection to acknowledge the 

 many courtesies extended to the president and members of your 

 Commission by the United States Bureau of Fisheries. 



BIOLOGICAL RECORDS. 



Physical and biological records of various kinds have been con- 

 tinued at the Wickford Hatchery and Experiment Station. 



AN EXHIBIT AT KINGSTON FAIR. 



An exhibit of marine and fresh water fishes was given as usual 

 at the Washington County Fair at Kingston. Over two hundred fish, 

 including twenty-six different species were kept alive in the glass 

 aquarium tanks during the days of the fair and were viewed by the 

 usual crowds. 



PROPAGATION OF LOBSTERS AT WICKFORD. 



Your Commission has continued its propagation of the lobster 

 at the Wickford Hatchery and Experiment Station along the same 



