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  KEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  practical 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  Commission's 
  work 
  of 
  artificial 
  propaga- 
  

   tion 
  has 
  long 
  since 
  been 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  realm 
  of 
  doubt, 
  and 
  is 
  

   appreciated 
  and 
  conceded 
  by 
  all 
  persons 
  qualified 
  to 
  express 
  an 
  intel- 
  

   ligent 
  opinion 
  thereon. 
  This 
  is 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  marine 
  spe- 
  

   cies 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  lake, 
  and 
  pond 
  species. 
  Instances 
  of 
  

   direct 
  economic 
  returns 
  from 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  have 
  

   been 
  noted 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  official 
  reports, 
  and 
  such 
  instances 
  

   are 
  continuall}^ 
  coming 
  to 
  light. 
  In 
  the 
  present 
  report 
  attention 
  is 
  

   drawn 
  again 
  to 
  certain 
  noteworthy 
  results 
  of 
  fish 
  culture 
  which 
  have 
  

   alreadj^ 
  been 
  discussed, 
  and 
  some 
  new 
  cases 
  of 
  successful 
  stocking 
  of 
  

   waters 
  are 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  STATIONS 
  OPERATED. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  stations 
  and 
  substations 
  in 
  operation 
  in 
  1903 
  was 
  46. 
  

   Substations 
  are 
  those 
  having 
  no 
  permanent 
  personnel, 
  and, 
  in 
  most 
  

   instances, 
  are 
  without 
  the 
  complete 
  equipment 
  of 
  the 
  major 
  stations; 
  

   in 
  other 
  respects, 
  however, 
  they 
  are 
  regular 
  hatcheries, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  

   cases 
  their 
  work 
  is 
  more 
  extensive 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  stations 
  to 
  which, 
  

   for 
  administrative 
  purposes, 
  they 
  are 
  attached. 
  The 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  

   hatcheries, 
  b}" 
  states 
  and 
  regions, 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table: 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  stations 
  at 
  which 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  commercial 
  species 
  

   distributed 
  by 
  the 
  Commission 
  was 
  cultivated 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  scale 
  in 
  1903 
  

   is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  tabulation: 
  

  

  