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seven million seven hundred and fifty thousand. The 
brook trout plant of 1883 was two hundred and sixty-nine 
thousand, and that of 1884 was three hundred and fifty- 
three thousand. : 
In the Sixth Report it is again urged that there ought 
to be hatching-house room sufficient for at least a million 
brook trout. In 1883 a new site was chosen at the corner 
of Joseph Campau avenue and Lafayette (now Champlain) 
street, for the Detroit whitefish station. This site is 100 
feet square. The lots were rented, and a hatchery 40 by 
80 feet built with a shop and barn 30 by 46 feet in the rear 
along the alley. This building cost about fifty-six hun- 
dred dollars, and was equipped entirely with Chase jars. 
It held 812 jars, with a hatching capacity of about forty- 
two million whitefish eggs. About this time more land 
was purchased near the trout station at Paris, and the 
ponds increased and grounds much improved. 
In August, 1883, a whitefish hatching station was es- 
tablished at Petoskey, upon leased grounds, but for var- 
ious reasons, principally connected with the condition and 
quality of the water supply, this proved another mistake, 
and a somewhat costly one, too. Without going into de- 
tail, suffice it to say that this hatchery, after being used 
two or three years, had to be abandoned. As early as 
1883, a movement was inaugurated towards the establish- 
ment of a whitefish and trout hatching station upon Lake 
Superior, but it did not result in anything tangible until 
several years later. 
In October, 1883, a meeting was held at Detroit of the 
Fishery Commissioners of the States bordering the Great 
Lakes, upon invitation of the Michigan Commission. Com- 
missioners attended from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio and 
Michigan, and a representative of the United States Fish 
Commissioner was present. A movement to secure uni- 
formity of legislation led to the consideration of the sub- 
ject of Federal supervision of the fisheries of the Great 
