REPORT. 



To the Honorable James H. Budd, Governor of the State of California: 



In conformity with law, the Board of Fish Commissioners of the State 

 of California has the honor to submit its Fourteenth Biennial Report, 

 being the record of its work from September 1, 1894, to September 1, 1896. 



Hon. H. L. Macneil was forced by ill health to present to you his 

 resignation in January, 1895, and Mr. H. F. Emeric was named by 

 you, February 8, 1895, as his successor. 



On February 25, 1895, Hon. J. D. Redding presented to you his 

 resignation, which was accepted, and Mr. J. M. Morrison was appointed 

 to succeed him on March 12, 1895. 



Thereupon the Board met and elected H. F. Emeric president, and 

 decided to move the office of the Commission to more commodious 

 quarters, where its business could be more easily transacted. A suit- 

 able office was selected at No. 78, Flood Building, and cabinets pro- 

 cured for the library and specimens of native and introduced fish and 

 birds. This collection, while yet small, is rapidly increasing and will 

 furnish an object-lesson, valuable alike to fishermen, marketmen, and 

 sportsmen. Through the generosity of the friends of the Commission 

 suitable furnishings were presented and loaned, so that the office was 

 fitted up in a very complete manner, and without expense to the State. 



Meetings of the ' Board have been regularly held upon the second 

 Monday of every month, and at such other times as the exigencies of 

 the work demanded. A majority of the Board has been present at 

 every meeting. . Complete minutes of the meetings are on file in the 

 office. 



The work of this Commission is steadily increasing, and its field for 

 usefulness so rapidly extending that much time is required to plan the 

 work and properly attend to the various questions which are constantly 

 demanding attention. We have followed the policy laid down by 

 the first Board and adopted by every succeeding Board, both because 

 the laws governing this Commission require us to do so, and because 

 our greatest field of usefulness lies in that direction. We are greatly 

 pleased to be able to present to you, in the following pages, the splendid 

 results of this policy, and to demonstrate conclusively that the care and 

 supervision of the commercial fisheries is worthy of the best efforts of this 

 Board and will make returns a hundredfold to the people of the State. 



We quote from " A Review of the History and Results of the Attempts 



