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the results connected with the fisheries exhibit at this Ex- 
position. It will not, therefore, be practicable for me to 
adequately present to you those matters which I had hoped 
to bring to the attention of the Society. 
About two years ago I had the honor of addressing the 
Society concerning the then proposed fisheries exhibit at 
the World’s Fair in 1893, and viewing it from that stand- 
point, I had looked forward hopefully to the assembling 
of collections here which would adequately represent 
much, if not all, that relates to the fisheries of the world, 
including the allied industries, such as fishculture, which 
has come into prominence in recent years, and also the 
scientific efforts which have been carried on to a greater or 
less extent in Europe and America in connection with the 
study of the fisheries and their prosecution. 
To say that my ideals have been realized would not be 
to state the whole truth. When I tell you that in my be- 
lief there is not a great Exposition building on these 
grounds, outside the Horticultural Building, which does 
not contain something which should be embraced in a fish- 
eries exposition, if it was such pure and simple, you can 
realize how difficult it has been to draw from those ex- 
hibits and to bring together under the roof of the Fisheries 
Building the things which are now there assembled. In 
the Agricultural Building you will find fishery products. 
In Machinery Hall it naturally follows that there are many 
devices, engines, etc., that are used in connection with 
fishing vessels or with the fisheries in some other way. In 
the Manufactures Building are any number of important 
and beautiful exhibits which would be included under the 
head of fisheries if this were a fisheries exposition alone. 
Even in the Mines and Mining Building there is a beauti- 
ful exhibit of pearls from Wisconsin, which has been 
taken there because somebody thought the taking of pearls 
was mining. In the Transportation Building are many 
forms of fishing exhibits from various parts of the world 
