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victions: and had fines imposed to the amount of $12,780, of 
which sum $9,001 were collected, and those who refused to pay 
their fines sent to jail for one day for each dollar of fine unpaid. 
The Erie hatchery was made nearly self-supporting from the 
collection of license fees from fishermen on the lake. 
Sufficient money was collected from illegal fishermen to oper- 
ate one hatchery for one year. This is made possible through 
the department’s receiving one-half the fines collected, less five 
per cent which go to the county treasurer. The other half of the 
fines go to the wardens making the arrests. 
Reorganized the constable service in the capacity of these 
officers, as ex-officio fishwardens. 
Conducted experiments for the extermination of German 
carp from the waters of the commonwealth as a dangerous and 
destructive fish. 
Built additional ponds at the Corry hatchery for the expan- 
sion of its trout work. 
Established a Press Bureau by which the work of the depart- 
ment is kept constantly before the public in Pennsylvania with 
the consequent arousing of strong public sentiment in favor of 
a great expansion in both fish cultural and fish protective work 
and which has brought forth a strong demand in all parts of 
Pennsylvania for the legislature to build and maintain hateh- 
eries for the cultivation of black bass and other suitable fishes 
which will produce at least an equal number of each species as 
the state now produces of brook trout, namely, six millions or 
more. 
All of the work accomplished by the department has been on 
less than $23,000. Of this sum $12,500 was from an appropria- 
tion for fish cultural purposes and expenses of running the de- 
partment, three thousand dollars from license fees from com- 
mercial fishermen and fishbaskets and two thousand dollars from 
fines and five thousand dollars from an appropriation to pay the 
salaries and expenses of wardens. Of course this does not in- 
clude fifteen thousand dollars appropriated for the building of 
two new hatcheries. 
In consequence of the aroused public sentiment and the satis- 
faction, which members of the legislature have expressed, there 
is a prospect of a hberal appropriation for next year’s work. 
