24 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



INSPECTIONS. 



During the month of November Mr. Ravenel visited Detroit and 

 Northville to confer with the superintendent of the Northville Station 

 and the State fish and game warden of Michigan, and to arrange for 

 the collection of lake-trout eggs in the Michigan waters of the Great 

 Lakes. He also visited Put-in Bay Station, inspected the improvements 

 recently made, and found the station in very good condition. Various 

 recommendations were made for further improvements — first, for the 

 dredging out of the channel and a place for anchoring the penning 

 crates. The station ver}" much needs a residence for the superintend- 

 ent. The only available house is over 2 miles from the hatchery. 



In order to familiarize himself with the work of the various stations 

 over which he had recently assumed charge, Mr. Titcomb began a 

 series of inspections in March, and before the close of the year had 

 visited the following stations in the order named: 



VVytheville, Va., Station. 

 Erwin, Teun., Station. 

 Bullochville, Ga., Station. 

 Neosho, Mo., Station. 

 San Marcos, Tex., Station. 

 Bryan Point, Md., Station. 

 Edenton, N. C, Station. 



Gloucester, Mass., Station. 



Swanton, Vt., Substation. 



Nashua, N. H., Station. 



Battery Station, Havre de Grace, Md. 



Steamer Fish Haivk, Delaware River. 



Cape Vincent, N. Y., Station. 



St. Johnsbury, Vt., Station. 



All of these stations were found to be in good condition, but each 

 one seemed to have more or less need for improvement in order to 

 keep the work up to its fullest capacity. At the Wytheville Station 

 the buildings and ponds were found to be in very good repair. An 

 ice-house is needed, as it is possible to collect at the station all the ice 

 necessary for fish-cultural work if storage room is provided for it. 

 The superintendent was instructed to introduce a power chopper for 

 preparing fish food. A bad feature about this station is the fact that 

 the spring is gradually failing in the amount of water flowing from it. 



The Erwin Station is very attractive in appearance, and everj^thing 

 being new was in good repair with a few exceptions. The superin- 

 tendent's residence is small and cheapl}^ constructed; it should be 

 enlarged and the chimney rebuilt. Arrangements were made for the 

 construction of five new ponds for the propagation of bass and other 

 pond fishes and for inclosing the station with a hog-proof wire fence. 



The station at Bullochville, Ga., was found to be in first-class condi- 

 tion, both as to buildings and ponds. One of the main sources of water 

 supply is not on the station property. It would be a great improve- 

 ment to the station if an additional purchase of land could be made, to 

 include the source of water suppl}^ and straighten the boundary lines. 



At Neosho the buildings had been recently repaired under a special 

 appropriation and the ponds were in course of construction and repair. 

 Th(; station is very inadequately supplied with water, and an additional 

 supply can be ol)tained only at large expense. 



The station at San Marcos, Tex., and everything connected with its 

 conduct, was very satisfactory. The demands upon this station are 



