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laid, walks unci drives built, grounds graded, trees set out, and vari- 

 ous other work has been carried on. 



The lobster and cod station at Boothbay Harbor, Me., has been com 

 pleted and propagation work has begun. During the year boilers and 

 pumps and a steam-heating plant were installed, piping run, and hatch- 

 ing apparatus constructed and set up. The hatchery is provided with 

 14 lobster tables, 16 feet by 3 feet 3 inches, and 12 cod tables of 9 boxes 

 each, the entire floor space, except passagewa3 7 s, being thus occupied. 

 The frame dwelling originally on the premises has been repaired and 

 remodeled into a residence for the superintendent, and an old store- 

 house has been fitted up as quarters for the men. The grounds have 

 been graded and a stone retaining abutment, 70 feet long, built along 

 the north wall of the hatchery. By January 10 the station was ready 

 to accommodate cod eggs, and by April the lobster equipment was in 

 place and the hatchery fully supplied with the most approved hatching 

 apparatus. 



Special appropriations have provided for improvements at several 

 of the older stations. At White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., there have 

 been erected a foreman's cottage, 39 by 37 feet, 1£ stories high, con- 

 taining 7 rooms; a workshop, 30 by 30 feet, 1 story high, containing 

 suitable rooms; a stable, 30 by 20 feet, arranged for 2 horses and 

 vehicles; and an ice house. These buildings are all frame. Three 

 more large bass ponds and 6 spawning ponds have been constructed, 

 pipe lines laid, grounds graded, and trees set out. 



At Green Lake, Me., the improvement of the water suppl} r has 

 been in progress. The dam at Rocky Pond has been rebuilt, lumber 

 obtained for a new flume, and the construction of the latter begun. 

 Seven of the rearing ponds have been repaired, buildings repaired and 

 painted, roads graded, and bridges put in order. No work has yet 

 been undertaken on the proposed new road to the hatchery owing to 

 the difficulty of obtaining a proper title to the land. 



At Gloucester, Mass., several much-needed improvements to the 

 buildings and station have been completed. Among the principal of 

 these were the laying of a marine telephone cable from the island to 

 the mainland, and a considerable addition to the pier. A wing to the 

 hatchery, 20 by 30 feet, was erected, and the foundations of the build- 

 ing and those under the boiler and chimney were strengthened. The 

 main hatchery, containing the lobster apparatus, was fitted throughout 

 with galvanized -iron pipe, and by a rearrangement of the tables room 

 was made for 5 additional cod tables, thus increasing the total capacit} r 

 from 50,000,000 to 65,000,000 cod eggs. 



An appropriation of $5,000 provided for the protection of tin 1 sta- 

 tion at Manchester, Iowa, against floods. Plans and specifications 

 were accordingly prepared for altering, broadening, and deepening 

 the channels of the two streams flowing through the grounds, raising 

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