REPORT ON THE PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF 
FOOD-FISHES. 
By S. G. WortTH, Acting Assistant in Charge. 
INTRODUCTION. 
In the Report proper of the Commissioner, pp. 6 and 14, reference 
may be found concerning the appointment of Dr. Tarleton H. Bean as 
assistant in charge of the Division of Fish-Culture, and also Dr. Bean’s 
subsequent appointment as United States Fish Commission represent- 
ative at the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. The per- 
formance of duties incident to the Exposition caused Dr. Bean to be 
absent from the Washington office after January 15. 
Duties devolving upon the acting assistant, additional to those of the 
office of the Division of Fish-Culture, consisted in the installation of 
shad-hatching operations at Battery Island Station, the supervision of 
Central and Bryan Point stations, the preparation of artificial fish eggs 
for illustrating the hatching of eggs of a semi-buoyant and floating 
nature at the World’s Fair, Chicago, the adaptation of a baggage car 
for transporting fishes in water oxygenized on a new plan, namely, with 
air circulation, and assisting the Commissioner in preparing for and 
conducting his experiments for solving in advance the value of salt 
water wholly artificial in character as the medium for exhibiting marine 
animals and plants in a live state at Chicago. There was also large 
expenditure of time and individual labor as a member of the civil 
service board of examiners of the Fish Commission. 
STATION OPERATIONS. 
The stations operated during the year were: 
Schoodic Station, Maine. Wytheville Station, Virginia. 
Craig Brook Station, Maine. Put-in Bay Station, Ohio. 
Green Lake Station, Maine. Northville Station, Michigan. 
Gloucester Station, Massachusetts, Alpena Station, Michigan. 
Woods Hole Station, Massachusetts. Duluth Station, Minnesota. 
Delaware River Station (steamer Fish Quincy Station, Illinois. 
Hawk). Neosho Station, Missouri. 
Battery Island Station, Maryland. Leadville Station, Colorado, 
Bryan Point Station, Maryland. Baird Station, California. 
Central Station, Washington, D. C. Fort Gaston Station, California. 
Fish Ponds, Washington, D. C. Clackamas Station, Oregon. 
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