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In the plans for the completion of the hatcheries, Erie 

 was, of course, included and to meet the problem of water 

 the Commissioners of Water Works of the City of Erie 

 donated to the Department of Fisheries a portion of the 

 park at the water works. This is located on the lake 

 and the Department's boat can land immediately at the 

 hatchery door the eggs which have been gathered by 

 the fishermen, and receive the young fish to be planted. 

 The last Legislature has made an appropriation which 

 will enable the Department not only to put up a com- 

 plete hatchery, but at the same time erect a building 

 ornate enough to be in keeping with the beauties of the 

 park. The building will have a capacity to handle any 

 ordinary catch, but it can always be supplemented, if 

 overcrowded, by the batteries at Wayne, Torresdale 

 and Union City. 



At Union City much work has been done in the exten- 

 sion and completion of ponds and its success in bass 

 work this year is most gratifying. 



It will be understood that while all these works of 

 completion were going on, the work of fish culture was 

 badly hampered, but the Department is glad to say that 

 the results have been most gratifying and every applica- 

 tion for fish has been or is being filled in its turn. The 

 Department has adopted a plan of shipping fingerlings, 

 which in the trout run from three to seven inches in 

 length, and in the other fish from two to four inches, 

 except, of course, in such cases as that of the wall-eyed 

 pike where the hatch is so enormous that the fish must 

 be shipped as fast as they are hatched. This sending 

 of the larger fish has met the warmest commendations 

 of the recipients, and there is hardly one applicant who 

 has not written to express his approbation. 



The fish when shipped are counted and the applicant 

 receives a notice telling how many fish are sent and 

 asking him to state the number received and the condi- 

 tion. This seems a good innovation, as the Department 

 now knows exactly how many fish were sent to an appli- 

 cant, how many he received and their condition. It is 



