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About 2,500,000 of California salmon of last j^ear's production were now 

 in the streams for which they were intended. The Bucksport settlement, 

 he explained, had also been more successful than usual. 



Mr. Green, in referring to the failure of the New York Commission to 

 cany the shad to German}-, stated that the boxes in which the eggs were 

 placed were made of tin and zinc, which formed a batter}', and the eggs, 

 he believed, were killed by the acid thus created. 



Mr. Reeder communicated to the association the substance of a commu- 

 nication from Mr. Clark, of Michigan, with regard to the hatching of 

 whitefish. He had retarded the hatching of whitefish for 135 days by 

 the use of cold water and ice, when necessary, and it occurred to him 

 [Mr. Reeder] that this system might be made effective in the transporta- 

 tion of fish across the Atlantic. After they were safely transported, 

 they might be then hatched. 



Mr. Green described the way in which the whitefish deposited their 

 spawn, which was, in effect, that they scattered it broadcast, while on the 

 contrary, he said the salmon trout deposited it in beds, and tried to cover 

 it up. 



Mr. Reeder, recurring to the subject of retarding the hatching of white- 

 fish, said that Mr. Clark's plan was to let the water cool to the tempera- 

 ture of the atmosphere, and then let it run over the eggs, and, if necessary, 

 to cool it with ice. 



The subject of establishing an Aquarium in New York, on the 

 principle of that at Brighton, was introduced l»y Mr. Eugene G. Blatch- 

 ford. He represented that the study of ichthyology was attended with 

 difficulty, and urged that an opportunity should be given for observing 

 the habits of fish in their natural element. This matter had been advo- 

 cated in the Times, Ajyj^leton's Journal, and Forest and Stream, and, in 

 hope that it would be favorably entertained, he would present a resolution 

 on the subject. He then moved a resolution expressing in effect the 

 belief of the Fish Culturists' Association that an Aquarium in the city of 

 New York would be a great benefit to science generally, and ichthyology 

 in particular, and giving its favorable countenance to any public or 

 private measure in that direction. 



Mr. Ward, of Apple(o)i's Jonrnal, said that having heard that Mr. 

 Saville Kent had severed his connection with the Brighton Aquarium, he 

 wrote to Mr. Kent with the view of getting his opinion as to the esta'olish- 

 ment of an AquaHum in Central Park. He [Mr. Ward] thought if they 

 could obtain Mr. Kent's services, and the endorsement of the public, the 

 matter would be fairly in the way of progress'. The idea he had in his 

 mind was to agitate the question in New York so that some gentleman 

 might be willing to come forward and endow an aquarium building in 



