﻿XIV 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  live-lish 
  exhibit 
  is 
  intended 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  food-fishes 
  propagated 
  by 
  the 
  

   Commission, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  important 
  economic 
  fishes 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mississippi 
  River 
  Valley 
  and 
  the 
  Southern 
  States. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  scientific 
  inquiiy 
  are 
  exhibited 
  models 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  

   of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  models 
  and 
  types 
  of 
  apparatus 
  for 
  collecting, 
  assort- 
  

   ing, 
  aud 
  i^reserving 
  specimens, 
  and 
  samples 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  appliances 
  

   used 
  in 
  physical 
  observations. 
  The 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  work 
  are 
  

   shown 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  charts, 
  specimens 
  of 
  corals, 
  starfish, 
  sea-urchins, 
  and 
  

   various 
  invertebrate 
  animals, 
  besides 
  an 
  extensive 
  collection 
  of 
  oysters. 
  

  

  Models 
  of 
  pound 
  nets, 
  seines, 
  spears, 
  hooks, 
  trawls, 
  etc., 
  illustrate 
  the 
  

   methods 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Southern 
  States, 
  and 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  models 
  of 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  shows 
  their 
  develoi)ment 
  from 
  the 
  crude 
  

   craft 
  first 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  to 
  the 
  vessels 
  now 
  employed. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  fish-cultural 
  section 
  hatching 
  apparatus 
  has 
  been 
  erected 
  to 
  

   illustrate 
  jn-actical 
  fish-culture, 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  eggs 
  of 
  various 
  

   species 
  will 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  exposition 
  and 
  hatched. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  architect 
  and 
  engineer 
  various 
  maps, 
  charts, 
  and 
  

   illustrations 
  have 
  been 
  made, 
  and 
  plans 
  and 
  si)ecifications 
  prepared 
  for 
  

   the 
  alterations 
  and 
  additions 
  authorized, 
  and 
  repairs 
  necessary 
  at 
  the 
  

   different 
  stations. 
  Work 
  at 
  the 
  new 
  stations 
  in 
  Texas, 
  Montana, 
  and 
  

   Iowa, 
  which 
  was 
  in 
  progress 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  has 
  been 
  

   comi)leted. 
  

  

  At 
  San 
  Marcos, 
  Tex., 
  contracts 
  were 
  given 
  out 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  

   for 
  the 
  various 
  constructions 
  necessary 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  station, 
  and 
  by 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  November 
  the 
  office 
  and 
  workshop 
  were 
  finished. 
  During 
  

   the 
  fall 
  and 
  early 
  winter 
  a 
  concrete 
  basin 
  was 
  built 
  around 
  the 
  well, 
  

   4,000 
  feet 
  of 
  pathways 
  were 
  laid 
  out, 
  a 
  roadway 
  3,000 
  feet 
  long 
  was 
  

   built, 
  the 
  grounds 
  were 
  graded 
  and 
  fenced, 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  suitable 
  

   ornamental 
  trees 
  were 
  set 
  out. 
  Ponds 
  were 
  excavated 
  and 
  the 
  station 
  

   was 
  in 
  condition 
  for 
  fish-cultural 
  work 
  in 
  December. 
  

  

  At 
  Bozeman, 
  Mont., 
  the 
  work 
  was 
  completed 
  with 
  the 
  funds 
  made 
  

   available 
  by 
  the 
  approi^riation 
  of 
  June, 
  1896, 
  and 
  the 
  station 
  turned 
  

   over 
  to 
  the 
  superintendent 
  on 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  January, 
  1897. 
  The 
  station 
  

   consists 
  of 
  a 
  hatchery 
  with 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  about 
  500,000 
  eggs, 
  an 
  eight- 
  

   room 
  cottage 
  for 
  the 
  superintendent, 
  an 
  ice-house, 
  a 
  barn, 
  aud 
  other 
  

   outbuildings. 
  Four 
  stock 
  ponds, 
  eight 
  rectangular 
  ponds 
  for 
  rearing 
  

   yearling 
  fish, 
  and 
  twelve 
  nursery 
  ponds 
  were 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  ready 
  for 
  use. 
  

  

  Work 
  on 
  the 
  Manchester 
  Station 
  was 
  j^romptly 
  begun 
  after 
  July 
  1, 
  

   and 
  a 
  hatchery, 
  superintendent's 
  dwelling, 
  mess-house, 
  barn, 
  and 
  other 
  

   necessary 
  buildings 
  were 
  erected, 
  and 
  an 
  old 
  farm-house 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  

   remodeled 
  for 
  foreman's 
  quarters. 
  Twelve 
  small 
  rearing-ponds 
  were 
  

   completed 
  and 
  eight 
  large 
  ones 
  excavated 
  ; 
  a 
  wagon 
  bridge 
  was 
  built 
  

   across 
  the 
  Spring 
  Branch, 
  the 
  hatchery 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  water 
  

   suj)ply 
  by 
  a 
  14-inch 
  pipe, 
  and, 
  though 
  the 
  large 
  ponds 
  were 
  not 
  lined, 
  

   the 
  station 
  was 
  in 
  condition 
  to 
  begin 
  active 
  work 
  in 
  January. 
  

  

  An 
  act 
  of 
  Congress 
  approved 
  June 
  8, 
  1896, 
  provided 
  for 
  improvements 
  

   at 
  Northville 
  Station, 
  Michigan, 
  aud 
  in 
  accordance 
  therewith 
  arrange- 
  

  

  