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and Americans at Berlin and London. Bnt, while the 

 National Fish Commission succeeded so well in securing 

 recognition for our fisheries abroad, and though all honor 

 is due Prof. G. Brown Goode, who so ably represented 

 this country on those occasions, it nevertheless will be 

 apparent to all that, while it was then practicable to illus- 

 trate the princii^al features of American lisheries and 

 fish culture, it was not possible, with the means and time 

 available, to make a thoroughly exhaustive presentation of 

 them. 



Never before has the occasion presented itself to do this, 

 and, as has been stated, it should be a matter of much 

 satisfaction that the management of the World' s Fair have 

 arranged to construct a group of buildings specially de- 

 signed for the purj^ose of a fisheries exhibit — an action 

 which should result in the most hearty co-operation of all 

 who are interested in tishing and the industries dependent 

 thereon, and the inauguration of such an effort on their 

 part as will result in making this section of the Exposition 

 equal to any in completeness and attractiveness. 



Before proceeding to a more detailed consideration of 

 these buildings, pennit me to say that the exhibit of the 

 United States Fish Commission, illustrative of its work 

 and functions — including scientific exploration, fish cul- 

 ture and fisheries, but exclusive of live fish — will be located 

 in the Government building immediately opjwsite the cen- 

 tre of the main fisheries building, with which it will be 

 connected by a bridge crossing the ornamental lagoon. 



For the reception and accommodation of general exhibits 

 of fish, fisheries, and fish culture, both domestic and for- 

 eign, there will be a grouj) of three buildings, most admir- 

 ably and api)ropriately located on an island in the lagoon 

 at the northern part of Jackson Park near the outlet to 

 Lake Michigan. These buildings have been designed in 

 the Spanish Romanesque style by the well-known architect, 

 Mr. Henry Ives Cobb. They will be somewhat unique, but 



