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basal slope of Mount San Antonio. From the end of the electric car 

 line to the hatchery site is six and one half miles of good road, over 

 Avhich a team or auto truck can convey the fish to the cars without 

 difficulty. We were informed that the State could secure the hatchery 

 site and the water necessary to operate the hatchery at a nominal sum. 

 A lease for at least twenty-five years or a water right or deed for 40 

 inches of water and two acres of land would be necessary. We shall 

 endeavor to get an option on this site and a statement of the amount 

 asked for the land and water rights. If the same can be had at a 

 reasonable figure, I would respectfully recommend that an appropria- 

 tion be asked of the next legislature for the purchase of the site or a 

 lease of same, as well as for the construction of the hatchery, pipe 

 line, dam, cottage, and for the purchase of an auto truck. 



This proposition is an important one. The rapidly increasing popu- 

 lation of the southern part of the State makes it necessary to distribute 

 a greater number of fry in that section each year, and the most 

 economical way of doing it is to establish a hatchery there. 



INCREASE OF HATCHERY WORK. 



With the rapidly increasing population of California, I believe that 

 proportionate increase should be made in the hatchery work, so that 

 a larger number of fish can be liberated each season to meet the demands 

 of the increasing population. Several varieties of food and game fishes 

 from the eastern states should be introduced, as I have recommended 

 in my monthly reports to the Board. 



DANGER IN INTRODUCTION OF PREDATORY FISH. 



I wish to call the attention of your honorable Board and the legis- 

 lature to the danger of allowing any of the more predatory fishes 

 from the eastern waters to be introduced into this State. I would 

 respectfully recommend that the legislature make it a misdemeanor 

 for any person, company or corporation to introduce, carry, trans- 

 plant, distribute, or ship into the State of California any live fish or 

 fish eggs without first having obtained a permit in writing from the 

 Board of Fish and Game Commissioners. A number of persons have 

 recently asked the Commission for some of the more predatory fishes 

 to be placed in the waters of our own State. They mean to be inter- 

 ested and progressive and do not realize the great damage that can 

 be done by introducing undesirable species. In my opinion a strict 

 law should be passed covering the subject so that no one will ever 

 be allowed to introduce species that would be injurious and probably 

 exterminate the valuable food fishes that we already have and are 

 endeavoring to propagate in future. 



WITHDRAWING SALMON EGGS FROM THE SACRAMENTO RIVER. 



I mentioned in the report on the Price Creek Hatchery, that I believe 

 sufficient eggs can be taken from Eel River and Mad River to stock 

 those rivers. Heretofore these rivers have been stocked with eggs from 

 the Sacramento River. I believe that this should not be continued and 



