60 INLAND FISHEEIES. 



in various localities iiuder the direction of Dr. H. C. Bumpns, 

 Director of the Biological Station at Wood's Hole and member of 

 your commission. The record of the progress of the first year of 

 investig-ation was embodied in the last report (page 42). 



On the first of June of the present year the first lot of newly- 

 hatched lobsters was brought from Wood's Hole to Wickford, 

 and throughout the rest of the season the Wickford Station co- 

 operated with the United States Fish Commission in their experi- 

 ments. Eleven importations of lobster fry were brought to Wick- 

 ford during June and the first of July, and the results obtained 

 here were more satisfactory than in any other locality in which 

 the experiments were conducted. 



The following is a report on the progress made in lobster-culture 

 at the Wickford Station : 



