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1872 — At Bucksport, State of Maine, an extensive breeding place 

 was established at the joint expense of certain States and the United 

 States Commission, under the control of the United States Commis- 

 sion. 



1873 — The State of Ohio appointed a Fish Commission, and from 



1873 to 1880 the sums voted for fish culture amounted to nearlv 

 $29,500. 



1873 — The State of Wisconsin appointed a Fish Commission, and 

 from 1873 to 1880 the sum voted for fish culture amounted to about 

 $40,000. 



1874 — The State of Iowa appointed a Fish Commission, and from 



1874 up to 1880 money was appropriated for the artificial culture of 

 fish amounting to $23,500. 



1875 — The New York Commission succeeded in hatching sturgeon, 

 and were very successful. 



1875 — The State of Minnesota appointed a Fish Commission, and 

 from 1875 to 1880, sums were appropriated amounting to $23,000. 



1876 — The State of Kentucky appointed a Commission of Fisheries,. 

 and from 1876 to 1880 the various sums appropriated for fish culture 

 were, in total, $11,000. 



1877 — The State of Kansas appointed a Fish Commission, and from 

 1877 to 1880 appropriated for fish culture the sum of $2,500. 



1877— Germany and the United States were successful in the artifi- 

 cial hatching of herring. 



1877 — United States successfully introduced three species of carp 

 from Germany. 



1877 — United States Congress established a Government carp pond 

 by special appropriation, from which pond several hundred thousand 

 carp have been distributed to all parts of the United States. 



1877 — The State of Colorado established a Fishery Commission, 

 and from 1877 to 1880 appropriated for fish culture the sum of $2,000. 



1877 — The State of Nevada appointed a Fish Commission, and from 



1877 to 1880 the sum of $2,500 was appropriated. 



1877 — West Virginia appointed a Commission of Fisheries, and 



from 1877 to 1880 there was appropriated for fish culture about $4,000. 



1877 — There was one salmon caught in the Delaware River, and in 



1878 there were several hundred taken. 



1876 — Salmon were planted in the Connecticut River, and in 1878 

 the fishermen caught more than six hundred. 



. 1878— Sole were introduced by the United States Commission into 

 the United States. 



1878 — Codfish were successfully hatched on the coast of Massachu- 

 setts by the United States Commission of Fisheries. 



1879— Haddock were successfully hatched, in large numbers, by 

 the United States Commission of Fisheries on the coast of Massachu- 

 setts. 



1880— The United States Government built and equipped a large 

 steam vessel for the transportation of fish. 



1880 — Spanish mackerel and other species of European fish were 

 introduced by the United States Commission. 



1880— Countries to which prizes were awarded at the Berlin Inter- 

 national Exhibition, were as follows: 



United States: Six gold medals, one silver, one bronze, and two 

 honorable mentions. 



Germany: Three gold, one silver, three bronze, and eleven honor- 

 able mentions. 



