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Never till the fall of 1892 had the Detroit hatchery been 
completely filled with eggs. In that year the Commission 
controlled all the fisheries on the Michigan side of the 
Detroit river, and instead of letting them out to others to 
fish, hired the fishermen and absolutely controlled and 
directed the fishing. 
Through the energy, persistence and skill of the Super- 
intendent, W. D. Marks, in conducting this work, more 
fish were caught and more eggs taken than had ever been 
before. The total number of whitefish caught was 13,074, 
the total eggs taken was 4,544 quarts or 142 bushels, mak- 
ing 173,630,400 eggs. It was a beautiful and inspiring 
sight to look upon the tiers of jars in the Detroit house, 
more than a thousand in number, all filled and in active 
operation. It is a sight never equalled elsewhere and but 
once there. 
The whitefish hatchery at Detroit is undoubtedly the 
largest, best arranged, best equipped, most economical 
and most efficient in the world. No other has begun to 
compete with it in out-put. And there are few, if any, 
brook trout hatcheries that excel the one at Paris. 
The whitefish eggs are placed in the jars in November 
and December, and remain from 130 to 140 days, or until 
March and April, before they hatch; and the fry are no 
more than out of the way before the same jars are filled 
with the eggs of the wall-eyed pike, which are placed in 
the jars in April and May, and hatch in 28 or 30 days, 
coming out the last of May and first of June. 
It has been the habit of the Board for the past few years 
to hold regular monthly meetings and such special meet- 
ings as may be found necessary, and full records are kept 
in writing, in bound volumes, of the proceedings, includ- 
ing everything of interest in fishculture which comes to the 
attention or knowledge of the members from time to time. 
Full books of account are kept of all the money trans- 
actions. All payments are by checks signed by the mem- 
