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TENNESSEE. 



Iii compliance with act of Congress approved August 5, 1S92, pro- 

 viding "for investigation and report respecting the advisability of 

 establishing a fish-hatching station at some suitable point in the State 

 of Tennessee," the necessary inquiries to that end were conducted in 

 September and October, 1893. The observations were limited to the 

 eastern part of the State, as it was known that the conditions required 

 for such a station as was contemplated were most likely to be found 

 there, Many of the streams of that region are suitable for trout, but 

 the majority are better adapted to the various species of pond and 

 river fishes, and eastern Tennessee is especially noteworthy for its 

 numerous large springs. More than ,30 of the latter, together with 

 their surroundings, chiefly in the vicinity of Greeneville, Cumberland 

 Gap, Knoxville, Marysville, Athens, Cleveland, and Chattanooga, were 

 examined with reference to their suitability for the purpose in question. 



A careful study was also made of a number of streams in the same 

 region with respect to their character and volume, the physical features 

 of the adjacent country, and the abundance and distribution of their 

 fishes, special attention being paid to the food and game species, of 

 which there are a large number of varieties. The principal game 

 fishes are the small-mouthed black bass, the "jack salmon' 1 (Stizostedion 

 vitreum), and the speckled trout, the first two occurring in the larger 

 streams, the last in the small, colder ones that flow down the mountain 

 slopes on the eastern boundary. 



Only four of the springs examined were found to approximate the 

 requirements of the proposed hatching station, two of these being in 

 the neighborhood of Cleveland, one near Greeneville and one near 

 Athens, the last offering the greatest natural advantages, but being 

 somewhat distant from a railroad station and source of general sup- 

 plies. A report upon the question of site was transmitted to Congress 

 iii January, 1894, and was printed as Senate Miscellaneous Document 

 No. 52, of the Fifty-third Congress, second session. In this the Com- 

 missioner reserved his opinion respecting the choice of a location until 

 additional inquiries could be made, but recommended action favorable 

 to the establishment of a station. A general report upon the results 

 of the investigation is in course of preparation. The examinations were 

 conducted by Professor Evermann, assisted by Dr. 11. E. Gurley, and 

 by Dr. J. T. Scovell, of Terre Haute, Ind. 



OHIO, INDIANA, AND MICHIGAN. 



During July and August, 1893, a detailed examination of the Maumee 

 River basin, including its principal lakes and tributary streams, was 

 made for this Commission by Prof. Philip H. Kirsch, fish commissioner 

 of the State of Indiana, assisted by Mr. W. S. Blatchley, of Terre 

 Haute, Ind., and Mr. Charles Beeson, of the Indiana University. This 

 basin covers a considerable area in the northwestern part of Ohio, and 



