6 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
EXPOSITIONS. 
The Worlds Columbian Exposition, Chicago.—Capt. J. W. Collins, 
assistant in charge of the Division of Fisheries, continued as repre- . 
sentative of the Commission on the Board of Management and Control 
till the latter part of 1892, when he resigned from the Commission. On 
December’29 Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, assistant in charge of the Division 
of Fish-Culture, was appointed as his successor on the Board. 
Columbian Historical Exposition, Madrid, 1892.—The participation 
of the Commission in this Exposition consisted in the transmission of 
a complete set of the publications of the Commission. In recognition 
of this exhibit, the Board of Directors of the Exposition conferred a 
a bronze commemorative medal, which has been deposited in the United 
States National Museum. 
ADDITIONAL FISH-CULTURAL STATIONS. 
Fish-hatchery at St. Johnsbury, Vt.—In the previous report reference 
was made to the selection of a site near St. Johnsbury for the fish- 
cultural station directed by law to be established in the State of Ver- 
mont. On July 21, 1892, the necessary plat of the site selected and 
the deeds conveying the different properties to the United States © 
were forwarded to the United States Attorney-General. The following 
December that officer certified to the sufficiency of the deeds to vest 
in the United States valid titles; and in January, 1893, the purchase 
money was paid to the respective owners. These payments were, to EH. 
and T, Fairbanks, $1,070; Asa 8. Livingston, $300; John Morgan, $500; 
Calvin H. Cushman, $600; total, $2,470. 
By the act approved July 5, 1892, a further appropriation of $10,000 
was made by Congress for the completion of the station, to include the 
erection of buildings, the introduction of water supply, the construction — 
of ponds, and other features in the development of the station. Owing, 
however, to the death of the engineer of the Commission and the delay 
incident to the selection and appointment of a successor, no actual 
construction work was undertaken during the year. 
Fish-hatchery in New York.—Under the authority given by the act 
approved March 3, 1891, for the establishment of a fish-cultural station 
on or near the St. Lawrence River, New York, a preliminary investiga- 
tion was made of certain localities in that State with a view to selecting 
a station furnishing the requirements as set forth in the report of the 
Commissioner for 1889-91, page 57. A site was examined at Theresa, 
but no conclusion in regard to the matter was reached at the time. 
Derogatory reports of the water supply of that place having been 
received, a further examination was made the following August, and 
the result demonstrated the unfitness of the site. In view of the ill 
success that attended investigations looking toward the selection of a 
suitable site (examinations having been made at Waddington, Redwood, 
Clayton, St. Lawrence, Richland, Pulaski, and Sand Bank, none of 
which nearly reached the standard required), aud owing to the lateness 
