﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  7 
  

  

  will 
  result 
  iu 
  the 
  ultimate 
  destruction 
  of 
  tbe 
  business 
  unless 
  proper 
  

   restrictive 
  laws 
  are 
  enforced. 
  The 
  report 
  upon 
  this 
  investigation 
  was 
  

   printed 
  as 
  Senate 
  Document 
  40, 
  Fifty-fourth 
  Congress, 
  second 
  session, 
  

   and 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  found 
  as 
  an 
  appendix 
  to 
  this 
  volume, 
  pp. 
  223-262. 
  

  

  The 
  sundry 
  civil 
  act 
  of 
  1895 
  appropriated 
  $500 
  for 
  an 
  investigation 
  

   and 
  report 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  advisability 
  of 
  establishing 
  a 
  lish-hatchery 
  at 
  some 
  

   suitable 
  point 
  iu 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  Hampshire, 
  and 
  accordingly^ 
  arrange- 
  

   ments 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  an 
  inspection 
  of 
  the 
  conditions 
  on 
  the 
  Merrimac 
  

   Kiver 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Atlantic 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  and 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  a 
  

   hatchery 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  restocking 
  the 
  rivers 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  with 
  that 
  

   imi)ortant 
  commercial 
  fish. 
  A 
  careful 
  examination 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  July 
  

   and 
  August, 
  1895, 
  of 
  the 
  Soucook 
  Eiver, 
  the 
  dams 
  and 
  fishways 
  on 
  the 
  

   Merrimac 
  at 
  Livermore 
  Falls, 
  Sewall 
  Falls, 
  Gavins 
  Falls, 
  Amoskeag 
  

   Falls, 
  Lowell, 
  and 
  Lawrence. 
  The 
  results 
  of 
  this 
  examination 
  show 
  that 
  

   while 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  such 
  a 
  revival 
  in 
  the 
  run 
  of 
  salmon 
  as 
  to 
  insure 
  

   the 
  successful 
  operation 
  of 
  a 
  salmon 
  hatchery 
  at 
  some 
  point 
  on 
  the 
  

   Merrinuic'liiver 
  or 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  neither 
  the 
  i)resent 
  conditions 
  nor 
  

   the 
  immediate 
  x>rospects 
  warrant 
  the 
  expenditure 
  of 
  money 
  and 
  effort 
  

   in 
  the 
  attempt. 
  Further 
  investigations 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  decide 
  as 
  to 
  

   the 
  desirability 
  of 
  establishing 
  a 
  hatchery 
  for 
  the 
  i)ropagation 
  of 
  other 
  

   species 
  of 
  fiish 
  of 
  commercial 
  value. 
  

  

  The 
  exhibit 
  of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  deC. 
  

   Eavenel, 
  at 
  the 
  Cotton 
  States 
  and 
  International 
  Exposition, 
  held 
  

   in 
  Atlanta 
  from 
  September 
  IS 
  to 
  December 
  31, 
  1895, 
  was 
  considered 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  attractive 
  and 
  popular 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  exposition, 
  

   particularly 
  the 
  aquarium. 
  The 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  were 
  

   shown 
  by 
  models 
  of 
  hatcheries 
  and 
  apparatus 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  collection, 
  

   hatching, 
  and 
  transportation 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  fish 
  eggs, 
  and 
  of 
  vessels 
  and 
  

   appliances 
  employed 
  in 
  scientific 
  investigations 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries. 
  

   There 
  were 
  also 
  exhibited 
  photographs 
  of 
  hatcheries, 
  casts 
  of 
  fishes, 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  marine 
  life, 
  statistical 
  and 
  other 
  charts, 
  and 
  pictures 
  

   illustrating 
  fishery 
  methods. 
  Especially 
  interesting 
  to 
  visitors 
  was 
  

   the 
  practical 
  illustration 
  of 
  fish-culture. 
  Two 
  hatching 
  troughs 
  and 
  

   a 
  hatching 
  table 
  were 
  fitted 
  up, 
  and 
  in 
  December, 
  when 
  the 
  water 
  

   became 
  sufficiently 
  cool, 
  lake-trout 
  and 
  quinnat-salmon 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   hatched, 
  and 
  the 
  fry 
  planted 
  in 
  a 
  pond 
  near 
  Atlanta 
  and 
  a 
  lake 
  in 
  the 
  

   Exposition 
  grounds. 
  

  

  The 
  aquarium, 
  intended 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  model 
  of 
  its 
  kind 
  both 
  architecturally 
  

   and 
  in 
  its 
  arrangement 
  of 
  tanks 
  and 
  apparatus, 
  was 
  designed 
  and 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  with 
  great 
  care. 
  It 
  contained 
  seventy-six 
  species, 
  mainly 
  

   showing 
  the 
  commercial 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  South, 
  though 
  other 
  food 
  and 
  

   ornamental 
  fishes 
  and 
  curions 
  specimens 
  of 
  aquatic 
  life 
  were 
  included. 
  

  

  The 
  exhibit 
  received 
  the 
  award 
  of 
  a 
  grand 
  prize, 
  a 
  diploma 
  of 
  recog- 
  

   nition, 
  and 
  two 
  gold 
  medals. 
  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  exposition 
  the 
  aqua- 
  

   ria, 
  tanks, 
  pumps, 
  piping, 
  etc., 
  were 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   Institution 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park. 
  A 
  detailed 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  exhibit 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  as 
  an 
  appendix 
  to 
  this 
  volume, 
  

   pp. 
  117-1C7. 
  

  

  