6 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



EXPOSITIONS. 



The WorUTs Columbian Exposition, Chicago. — Capt. J. W. Collins, 

 assistant in charge of the Division of Fisheries, continued as rejire- 

 sentativeof the Commission on the Board of Management and Control 

 till the latter part of 1892, when he resigned from the Commission. On 

 I)ecember'29 Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, assistant in charge of the Division 

 of Fish-Culture, was appointed as his successor on the Board. 



Colnmhian Historical Exposition, Madrid, 1892. — The participation 

 of the Commission in this Exposition consisted in the transmission of 

 a complete set of the publications of the Commission. In recognition 

 of this exhibit, the Board of Directors of the Exposition conferred a 

 a bronze commemorative medal, which has been deposited in the United 

 States National Museum. 



ADDITIONAL FISH-CULTURAL STATIONS. 



Fish-hatchery at St. Johnshury, Vt. — In the previous report reference 

 was made to the sele<;tion of a site near St. Johnsbury for the fish- 

 cultural station directed by law to be established in the State of Ver- 

 mont. On July 21, 1892, the necessary plat of the site selected and 

 the deeds conveying the dififerenc properties to the United States 

 were forwarded to the United States Attorney-General. The following 

 December that officer certified to the sufficiency of the deeds to vest 

 in the United States valid titles; and in Januarj^, 1893, the purchase 

 money was paid to the respective owners. These payments were, to E. 

 andT. Fairbanks, $1,070; Asa S. Livingston, $300; John Morgan, $500; 

 Calvin H.Cushman, $600; total, $2,470. 



By the act ai^proved July 5, 1892, a further appropriation of $10,000 

 was made by Congress for the completion of the station, to include the 

 erection of buildings, the introduction of water supply, the construction 

 of ponds, and other features in tlie development of the station. Owing, 

 however, to the death of the engineer of the Commission and tlie delay 

 incident to the selection and appointment of a successor, no actual 

 construction work was undertaken during the year. 



Fish-hatchery in New York. — Under the authority given by the act 

 approved March 3, 1891, for the establishment of a fish-cultural station 

 on or near the St. Lawrence Eiver, New York, a preliminary investiga- 

 tion was made of certain localities in that State with a view to selecting 

 a station furnishing the requirements as set forth in the report of the 

 Commissioner for 1889-91, page 57. A site was examined at Theresa, 

 but no conclusion in regard to the matter was reached at the time. 

 Derogatory reports of the water supply of that ])lace having been 

 received, a further examination was made the following August, and 

 the result demonstrated the unfitness of the site. In view of the ill 

 success that attended investigations looking toward the selection of a 

 suitable site (examinations having been made at Waddington,Eedwood, 

 Clayton, St. Lawrence, Kichland, Pulaski, and Sand Bank, none of 

 which nearly reach'ed the standard required), and owing to the lateness 



