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1872 — A1 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. 



1S73— The State of Ohio appointed a Fish Commission, and from 

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

 $29,500. 



L873 — The State of Wisconsin appointed a Fish Commission, and 

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



SIO.OIH). 



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

 187 l up to 1880 money was appropriated for the artificial culture of 

 li-h amounting to $23,500. 



1S75— 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. 



1S76— 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 1 880 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 w r ere 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. 



