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«ieviug and boxes. It is Lest to have the man come in time 

 to make the boxes. I will get all of the above or any part 

 -of them that you Avish; I consider the contract closed, and 

 will send one of my men when you order. 



Your's, Setii Green. 



T. B. Fergusox, Esq. , 



(Jommissioner of Fisheries, Md. 



Maryland Commission, Fish and Fisheries, 



192 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. 



3Iarch 2mh, 1875. 

 ■Seth Green, Esq., Kochester, New York. 



Dear Sir : — On receipt of your's of the 11th inst., closing 

 our contract, I put my men to making boxes, so as to have 

 everything ready. How many do you think we will need ? 

 How many have you been able to use at jonr camp on the 

 Hudson ? The twenty-two inch cloth costs sixteen cents per 

 equare foot here. I think when we priced it in Eachester, it 

 was somewhat less. Your's truly, 



T. 'B. Ferguson, 

 Commissioner of Fisheries, State of Maryland. 



P. S. We are observing the development of the spawn, 

 and as soon as it approaches ripeness, I will telegraph for 

 your man. What is the name of the man you have detailed 

 ibr me? Your's, 



T. B. Ferguson, 

 Commissioner of Fisheries, State of Maryland. 



We wrote for the man on April llrtli, and Oren Chase, of 

 Rochester, reported for duty on the 20th of April. 



Mr. Oren Chase was provided with as complete an outfit 

 for shad hatching as the appropriation would permit; Hatch- 

 ing boxes which had been prepared after Seth Green's model, 

 sufficient to hatch a half-million of eggs daily if tlie spawners 

 'Could be obtained, all of which were placed on the Steamer 

 ''Leila,'" Capt. Jesse I\. Hines, who had been instructed, 

 through the courtesy of the Oyster Police Board, to render 

 the Commission any assistance in his power. We beg leave 

 here to express our obligations to the Board for assistance 

 ■they have from time to time cordially rendered, and to Capt. 

 Hines for the agreeable and efficient manner in which he has 

 carried out their instructions. 



Mr. Chase, with his assistant, was transferred to the 

 Schooner "Louisa Whyte,"' Capt. John Forrest command- 

 ing, at the mouth of the Patuxent, and was instructed to 



