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to deposit the young fish. It must be presumed that the 
food conditions exist in such places which are most favor- 
able to the sustaining of the life of the young fish. 
Our statistical agents engaged in the collection of sta- 
tistics concerning the fisheries of the State are directed to 
interview the fishermen at all points and to learn from them 
as nearly as possible the exact locality of the spawning 
beds, and to carefully note the same, that it may be used 
for future reference in making plants. This has been done, 
and as nearly as we can we follow this information in de- 
termining where plants shall be made. 
The great difficulty concerning this matter is, that such 
information is to a certain degree unreliable at best, but it 
is the best we have at present, and is helpful to assist us in 
determining as nearly as possible the best localities. 
In this connection I wish to say you will remember 
probably that this is one of the questions I have before 
urged which should be taken up and determined definitely. 
Every spawning bed of the commercial fishes of the great 
lakes should be fixed by investigation and by persons 
qualified to judge by education and training where they 
are, and these localities so determined should be marked 
upon charts for the use of the fishculturist. 
THE FISHERIES EXHIBIT AT THE WOREDS 
FAIR. 
BY CAPT. J. W. COLLINS. 
Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN: I regret exceedingly 
the short notification I had of this meeting, and the 
amount of work which has devolved upon me immediately 
prior to the meeting has made it impossible for me to pre- 
pare a paper as I had hoped to do, reviewing the work and 
