152 JJFORNl \ FTSH and <; \.mi 



i'l NDITUR] 



At the lasl □ of the Legislature an appropriation of two 



isand dollars was made to aid the commissioners in prosecuting 

 their work, and, Bince our lasl biennial report, we have expended the 

 loll' amounl 



$22 ::. 







Troul ah Yuba 300 00 



ph 50 



of hat .'.m:. i  i, and examini 



E I I 



r Sp< ckli 'i Trout placed In Si 



100 00 



Ma; ilimatl* ty for S Troul placed in the 



f Alameda Creek 



 ward for the first Shad taken 



veling expenses of Commissioners 44 00 



Ju; of R. H. Elam as Fish Warden, to 



Cruz 60 00 



June i Haight and Temple for legal services 50 00 



June Paid Bugby for drawing for fish ladders 



June 3. Paid Cleveland for fittinp up breeding troughs 77 2^ 



Jun< I T. H. Selby & Co. for lead pipe 09 



June 12. Paid Expenses of defending Salmon Laws 48 25 



June 12. Paid Acclimatization Society for Trout placed in American River 120 00 



July 2. i Henses of Commissioner to Sacramento to meet Shad 8 75 



Julv 10. Paid Comer and Frazer for Tahoe Trout placed in Lake Merced, 



8000 in number 120 00 



Julv 14. Paid J. G. Woodbury for services, enforcing the Salmon Laws — 1 r '4 50 

 Julv 14. Paid Acclimatization Society for 6000 Tahoe Trout placed in 



Alameda Creek 120 00 



July 14. Paid expenses of placing the same 51 50 



Julv 14. Paid total expense of the Aquarium Car bringing fish, eels, and 



lobsters from the Atlantic Coast to California *3.912 18 



Total amount expended $5,84" 56 



* A part of this amount will he restored by a settlement now pending with 

 the railroad companies. 



RECAPITULATION" 



Amount of appropriation of 1870 $5,000.00 



Amount of appropriation of 1372 2.000.00 



Total $7,000.00 



Expenditures as per report of 1870 and 1871 $1,137.22 



Expenditures as per report of 1872 and 1873 5,845.56 



Cash remaining on hand Dec. 31. 1873 17.22 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



S. R. Throckmorton, 

 B. B. Redding, 

 J. D. Far well, 



$7,000.00 



Commissioners. 



