To His Excellency, 



William Irwin, 



Governor of California : 



The Commissioners of Fisheries for the State of California, 

 appointed under an Act of the Legislature, entitled " An Act to pro- 

 vide for the restoration and preservation offish in the waters of this 

 State," approved April second, eighteen hundred and seventy, 

 respectfully submit their Fourth Biennial Report. 



