86 



a description, but will content myself with the hope that 

 all present will be there to see it in the summer of 1893. 



In this building the United States Fish Commission will 

 make a great national exhibit of our fishery resources, .em- 

 bracing many varieties of fish, marine invertebrates, etc. 

 And right here let me say that it is the purpose of the 

 Commission, as it is of the Exposition Management, to give 

 consideration to species that are economically important, 

 while the occasion w ill be improved to call attention to the 

 great work that has been done by the State and National 

 Governments in the artihcial propagation and acclimatiza- 

 tion of fish and other aquatic species, thereby restoring 

 and maintaining abundance in waters that had become 

 depleted by over-lishing or other causes. It is impossible 

 to over-estimate the consequence of this work, either in the 

 present or future, and it is beyond question desiiable that 

 this opportunity should be improved to nuike the public 

 better acquainted with it than ever before. 



The western building of the group is similar in form and 

 construct ion to that devoted to the live-lish display. Here 

 it is expected there will be assembled a niagniticent and 

 exhaustive exliil)it of all that pertains to angling ; and let 

 us ho]3e that the thousands of enthusiastic and public- 

 si^irited anglers in America and other countries, as well as 

 all those interested in the manufacture and sale of angler's 

 outfits, will join hands in making this the grandest display 

 of this kind that has ever been seen. For never in the 

 world's history has there been such satisfactory provision 

 for showing all the details of the gentle art. Not only will 

 there be ample room for installation of exhibits, but here, 

 right in the shadow of the building, Hy-casting and bait- 

 casting tournaments can be held, and the art of the angler 

 may be tested, from shore or boat, in friendly trials o-f 

 skill, and in the exhibition of the various modes and 

 methods of angling. 



As to what mav be tnibiaced in this fisheries exhibit, I 



