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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Ill 
  addition 
  to 
  liis 
  regular 
  Avork 
  tlio 
  writer 
  acted 
  as 
  representative 
  of 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  on 
  the 
  Government 
  board 
  of 
  man- 
  

   agement 
  at 
  the 
  Cotton 
  States 
  and 
  International 
  Exposition, 
  held 
  at 
  

   Atlanta, 
  Ga., 
  from 
  September 
  18 
  to 
  December 
  31. 
  His 
  presence 
  was 
  

   required 
  in 
  Atlanta 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  September 
  to 
  superintend 
  the 
  

   installation 
  of 
  the 
  cxliibit, 
  which 
  embraced 
  a 
  display 
  of 
  the 
  apparatus 
  

   used 
  in 
  fish-cultural 
  work 
  and 
  scientific 
  investigations 
  and 
  fisheries 
  of 
  

   America, 
  also 
  a 
  hatchery 
  where 
  practical 
  fish-cultural 
  work 
  was 
  con- 
  

   ducted 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  aquarium 
  where 
  the 
  important 
  food-fishes 
  of 
  the 
  

   South 
  Atlantic, 
  Gulf, 
  and 
  Middle 
  States 
  were 
  displayed. 
  While 
  the 
  

   writer 
  was 
  absent 
  from 
  Washington 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  was 
  

   directed 
  by 
  J. 
  F. 
  Ellis, 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  car 
  and 
  messenger 
  service. 
  

  

  INSPECTION 
  OF 
  STATIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  assistant 
  inspected 
  the 
  fish-cultural 
  stations 
  at 
  St. 
  Johnsbury, 
  

   Vt., 
  Woods 
  Hole 
  and 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass., 
  Wytheville, 
  Va., 
  Northville, 
  

   Mich,, 
  and 
  Put-in 
  Bay, 
  Ohio, 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  submitted 
  reports 
  

   covering 
  recommendations 
  for 
  improvements, 
  etc. 
  

  

  STATION 
  OPERATIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  stations 
  operated 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  

   eggs 
  furnished 
  for 
  distribution 
  by 
  each 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  

   tables, 
  also 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  distributed, 
  including 
  32 
  species 
  and 
  1 
  

   crustacean, 
  the 
  lobster. 
  A 
  comparison 
  of 
  this 
  season's 
  work 
  with 
  the 
  

   previous 
  one 
  shows 
  a 
  large 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  fry 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   important 
  commercial 
  species 
  propagated 
  — 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  shad, 
  salmon, 
  

   lake 
  trout, 
  whitefish, 
  cod, 
  flatfish, 
  and 
  lobster. 
  

  

  Statement 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  fish 
  efif/s 
  furnished 
  for 
  disirihuiion 
  hij 
  the 
  stations 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Commission 
  of 
  Fish 
  and 
  Fisheries 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1895-96. 
  

  

  