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CHAPTER V. 



THE DISSEMINATION OF ACCURATE INFORMATION CON- 

 CERNING THE AQUATIC RESOURCES OF THE STATE, 

 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENLISTING THE INTEREST AND 

 SYMPATHY OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION 

 AND DEVELOPMENT OF THESE RESOURCES. 



The work of your Commission in the reprinting and distribution 

 of the various instructive papers which occur in its annual reports 

 has continued to be quite popular. Numerous requests have been 

 received, both from this country and abroad, for literature in regard 

 to the clam, lobster and general fisheries subjects. The supply of 

 many of the reprints has become exhausted, but it is hoped later 

 on to publish other articles which will not only replace the exhausted 

 ones, but will also bring the information up to date. 



The exhibit of Sea Farming, which your Commission has given 

 for a number of years at the Fair Grounds of the Washington County 

 Agricultural Society, attracted this year as large crowds as any 

 other exhibition on the grounds, and your Commission has been 

 highly complimented upon it. 



At the Wickford Experiment Station, in addition to the enter- 

 tainment of many other visitors, your Commission, through its super- 

 intendent, has extended the courtesies of the station to high school 

 classes in biology and natural history societies. 



