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coiiiioelod with fish cnllnre, directly or indirectly for any 

 lenf^tli of time, appreciates the meajjerness of our knowledfi'e 

 regarding the conditions in the Great Lakt^s att'ecting th(^ life 

 of the commercial fishes themselves. One of th(> things that I 

 talked with the Professor about at tlu^ time we were carrying 

 on these investigations was the desirability of definitely deter- 

 mining whether certain localities furnished more fish food 

 than others, which had a practical bearing on the question of 

 where fish should be planted. Of course, we take the ground, 

 and it stands to reason, that where the fish deposit their spawn 

 is the proper place to deposit the young fish with best chances 

 of success. I'resumably there is a food there for the young 

 fish when they are hatched naturally. 



There is another thing I think it would be interesting and of 

 value to know, and that is when the emigration of the young- 

 fish commences from spawning beds? Do they change the 

 character of their food as they grow older, and what are their 

 movements during the year? There are many things that 

 might be suggested as proper subjects for investigation. It 

 seems to me. with the amount of money the United States Com- 

 mission has at its disposal, while they have a great many chan- 

 nels into which it can be turned, that a station equipped with 

 buildings of reasonable cost which would answer the purpose 

 and arrive at the results, might be established without an ex- 

 travagant expenditure of money. A fitting illustration of this 

 idea was presented by our friend Titcomb last night in his lec: 

 ture. He showed us a cheap station where he has accomplished 

 nearly the same results as the St. Johnsbury, and I should 

 presume, from the looks of the picture, that the cost was much 

 less than that of the St. Johnsbury station. I hope the mat- 

 ter will not be dropped, but that means may be found by which 

 Professor Reighard's plans can be carried out. 



Mr. Reighard: You asked me whether I thought it would 

 be an advantage to the Society to take some action in regard 

 to this. It seems to me it would. You gentlemen have much 

 more experience in such matters than I have, but it seems to 

 me that a resolution passed by the Society, or perhaps the ap- 

 ])ointment of a committee by the society, would aid very mate- 

 rially in furthering this plan. 



Secretary Whitaker: Action was taken last year. I had 

 forgotten about it when you spoke to me about it some time 

 ago; but this idea was fully indorsed last year and a resolu- 

 tion was ])assed asking that it be carried out. 



Mr. Clark: The idea of the Professor now is, to have a com- 

 mittee appointed to formulate a plan in the line of a permanent 

 station. 



Mr. Reighard: I say, Mr. President, I do not know much 

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