a2 Fish Cultural Association. 
latter did not: This, however, was not continued long enough 
to be perfectly satisfactory, and the results require confirm- 
ing. 
The ever-shifting localities of my labors have for the 
past few years prevented the beginning of many most inter- 
esting experiments, and abruptly terminated others faigly 
under way, and I would be much pleased to have others fol- 
jow these imperfect trials, and either prove or disprove the 
views that at present I entertain, and which, I think, are 
sufficiently indicated by the tone of this paper. 
Tue PresipENT called on the United States Commissioner 
of Fisheries for some information in regard to statistics of 
fish in this country. 
Proressor Bartrp: I suppose you refer to statistics of 
production, showing a comparison between that of this coun- 
try and Canada. I would say in this connection that I 
was in attendance at the Fishery Commission, at Halifax, 
last summer, and found there the great necessity of coming 
to an appreciation of the great deficiency of our statistics. 
The Canadians have great facilities by which they get under 
almost a single head the statistics of nearly all the fish in 
the dominion. The results are very satisfactory and desira- 
ble. They have paid fish-inspectors, who are stationed along 
the coasts and gather in the number of fish taken, and re- 
port that number to a superior officer, who adjusts and tabu- 
lates them, so’ that at the’ end) of) the year they: can’ get ya 
complete account of every barrel of mackerel, every quintal 
of codfish, every pound of trout, and all the bass, and all 
the oysters, and all the products of the sea. We have 
nothing of that kind in the United States. Last year the 
