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  Tolii^ 
  K.vrvlhnr,!. 
  WILLIAM 
  T. 
  HAMILTON, 
  

  

  Governor 
  of 
  Maryland. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  l?ei)Oi't 
  <'ontaiiis 
  only 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   operations 
  ol" 
  the 
  Maiyland 
  Oonnnission 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  con- 
  

   ducted 
  undei- 
  my 
  own 
  supeivision. 
  Chapter 
  loO 
  of 
  the 
  

   laws 
  of 
  1874, 
  providing 
  for 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  Comniis- 
  

   sioners 
  of 
  Fishei'ies, 
  ]-e(prii'es 
  ''that 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  (commis- 
  

   sioners 
  shall 
  come 
  IVom 
  the 
  Kastei'n, 
  and 
  one 
  trom 
  the 
  

   Western 
  Shore 
  of 
  the 
  State." 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  agreed, 
  as 
  this 
  law 
  seemed 
  to 
  direct 
  such 
  a 
  

   course, 
  that 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Shore 
  

   should 
  be 
  conducted 
  by 
  my 
  colleague, 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  

   the 
  w'estern 
  ]>ortion 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  should 
  be 
  directed 
  by 
  

   myself. 
  

  

  To 
  enable 
  us 
  each 
  to 
  carry 
  on 
  the 
  o})erations 
  in 
  our 
  

   special 
  sections 
  the 
  ai)pro|)riation 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1880-81 
  

   was 
  equally 
  divided 
  between 
  us. 
  

  

  The 
  w^ork 
  of 
  investigation. 
  propagati(jn, 
  distribution, 
  

   etc.. 
  has 
  been 
  ccmdiicted 
  on 
  as 
  an 
  extended 
  a 
  scale 
  as 
  the 
  

   means 
  at 
  my 
  command 
  ])ermitted. 
  The 
  details 
  of 
  these 
  

   operations, 
  including 
  a 
  disti-ibution 
  of 
  ],r)()0.()()() 
  shad 
  

   and 
  600 
  carj) 
  in 
  \vatei-s 
  wholly 
  within 
  the 
  eastern 
  secti(m 
  

   of 
  theStat(\ 
  diiectly 
  under 
  my 
  supervisi(m. 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  follo\ving 
  i)ages. 
  

  

  The 
  young 
  tisli 
  dei)osited 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Bay 
  will 
  

   be 
  as 
  W(M1 
  foi- 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  

   shore 
  as 
  for 
  the 
  other, 
  for. 
  on 
  theii- 
  i-eturn 
  from 
  the 
  sea, 
  

   they 
  are 
  taken 
  by 
  our 
  citizens 
  <tn 
  either 
  shore 
  in 
  the 
  

   common 
  waters. 
  

  

  I.\ 
  IKOIMC'IIO.N. 
  

  

  The 
  yeai' 
  1880 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  very 
  important 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  