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plished at Gloucester. In 1879 the propagation of tbe oyster was 

 accomplished, by co-oi)eration with the Maryland Commission under the 

 direction of Major Ferguson, and the distribution of the carp through- 

 out the country was begun. 



1880. — The summer station is at ^JsTewport, E. I. The Fish Haicl', a 

 steamer of 481 tons, constructed exjiressly for the work of the Commis- 

 sion, lies at the wharf, now equipped for scientific research, later to be 

 employed in the propagation of sea fish, such as the cod and the mack- 

 erel. Over fifty investigators are in the field in the service of the Com- 

 mission. The season was opened by the participation of the Commission 

 in the International Exhibition at Berlin. The first honor prize, the gift 

 of the Emperor of Germany, was awarded to Professor Baird, not alone 

 as an acknowledgment that the display of the United States was the 

 most perfect and most imposing, but as a personal tribute to one who, 

 in the words of the President of the Deutscher Fischerei Verein, is re- 

 garded in Europe as "the first fishculturist in the world." 



