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G. L. Bailey, Portland, Me., famished his patent landing-net frame 

 with patent ring. 



A figure representing a modern angler was clothed and fitted oat 

 by A. G. Spalding & Bros., of Chicago, with a Kosmic rod, reel, line, 

 net, and the angler's snit. 



E. D. Hume, of Gold Beach, Greg., presented for exhibition a spawn- 

 ing box for holding salmon when taking eggs or milt, such as he uses 

 on Rogue Biver, Gregon. 



The Colorado Fish Commission, through Mr. G. G. French, secretary 

 of the Colorado World's Fair Commission, lent a trout transportation 

 can, a spawning can, a zinc hatching tray, and a pair of nippers. 



Mr. Henry W. Elliott, 317 Detroit street, Cleveland, Ghio, lent his 

 valuable series of water-colored paintings, illustrating the fur-seal and 

 other related fisheries of Bering Sea. 



Permission was obtained from Harper & Bros., Scribner & Co., the 

 Outing Magazine Company, the Cosmopolitan Magazine Company, the 

 Century Magazine Company, and Frank Leslie's Publishing Monthly 

 Magazine Company to borrow illustrations from their respective maga- 

 zines for the use of the Fish Commission exhibit. 



In the preparation of the illustrations of Alaskan fisheries, Mr. Ivan 

 Petrofi's sketches were utilized, and he also superintended the construc- 

 tion of certain models showing native fishing methods. 



Mr. Alexander Agassiz, Cambridge, Mass., furnished plans and pho- 

 tographs of the Zoological Laboratory at Newport, R. I., besides mem- 

 oirs by himself, Garman, Hillman, DePourtales, and Whitman. 



Hon. J. J. Grinlinton, commissioner for Ceylon, presented copies of 

 the Handbook and Catalogue of the Ceylon Courts. 



Hon. Arthur Renwiek, executive commissioner for New South Wales, 

 furnished numerous copies of a catalogue of Australian mammals and 

 of a work on edible crustaceans and fishes, which were intended partly 

 for the library of the Commission and partly for distribution from its 

 office. 



Acknowledgments are due to Capt. William T. Lee, of Gloucester, 

 Mass., and Capt. William M. Ellis, for specimens of rare and curious 

 fishes obtained by them on La Have Bank. 



Also to F. F. Dirnick, Boston, Mass., for a curious fiounder, and to 

 Capt. Alfred Bradford, of Gloucester, for a collection of flounders 

 taken with the beam trawl. 



Miss E. E. Davidson, Jamaica Plains, Mass., lent two cases of stuffed 

 European fishes prepared in accordance with the process of her father, 

 Dr. Davidson. 



E. A. Holmes, Eastport, Me., sent a living albino lobster. 



