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two wings each 51f by ITii feet, and contains a laboratory, aquarium, 

 office, 12 bedrooms, commodious halls, 2 bathrooms, and storerooms. 

 In front is a portico with a balcony, and around the sides is a veranda. 

 In the center of the large aquaria hall are two oval tanks, 12 by 8 feet 

 and 3 feet deep, constructed of white cedar and finished with cement. 

 Along the north wall, in front of each window, are placed large aquaria 

 with tidal boxes between. The room also contains a tank-table and 

 saurian tank, three compartment hatching-tables, work-tables, and 

 sinks. Along the north and south walls of the laboratory are compart- 

 ments divided by partition shelves, each compartment being provided 

 with a table for microscopes. Four large tank-tables, two at either end 

 of the room, are arranged for the experimental work of the laboratory, 

 while two long tables in the center contain lockers and shelves for the 

 supplies. At each end are sinks. All other available space is used for 

 show-cases. 



Sixty-five feet north of the main building is the mess-house, a 1^- 

 story frame structure, 36 by 33 feet, containing a dining-room, three 

 bedrooms, kitchen, and bath. Near by is the poAver-house, 36 by 33 

 feet, in which are the boiler, pumps, dynamo, etc. All these buildings 

 are lighted with electricity and have slate roofs. There are also a 

 boat-house, fuel-shed, outbuildings, and a landing-pier 80 feet long. 

 Fresh water is obtained from an artesian well 200 feet deep and a 

 brick cistern with a capacity of 10,000 gallons. Salt and fresh water 

 tanks are placed in towers on the wings of the main building, from 

 which the water is distributed bj^-pipe lines as needed. 



Under the authority of an act of Congress approved June 6, 1900, 

 correspondence was begun with a view to the selection of a site for a 

 fish-cultural station in West Virginia, and during the fall of 1900 and 

 the succeeding year a number of localities in different parts of the 

 State were examined by the Commissioner personally and by agents of 

 the Commission. A site about two-thirds of a mile from White Sul- 

 phur Springs, Greenbrier Count}^, was finally decided upon as com- 

 bining the desired requisites for both trout and bass culture. Here 

 was found a spring flowing 1,800 gallons per minute, with a tempera- 

 ture of 53 ' in August. Below the spring several small runs, with 

 temperatures of 65'^ to 70'^, can be utilized, which will augment the 

 supply by about .5,000 gallons per minute. Land was available where 

 buildings can be advantageously erected and well adapted to the con- 

 struction of ponds below the spring, and railroad facilities are good. 

 Accordingly a tract of 25 acres was purchased June 26, 1902, and the 

 preparation of plans was at once begun. 



An item in the urgent deficiency bill approved February 14, 1902, 

 so amended an item in the sundry civil bill approved March 3, 1901, 

 providing for the establishment of a fish-cultural station at Tupelo, 

 Miss., as to allow the purchase of land. The wording of the act 

 limited the location of the station to the town of Tupelo, and a site 



