406 FISH CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 
XXXV. 1865—Ferst Effort at Propagation of Codfish.—\In March 
1865, Prof. G. O. Sars, then engaged in investigating the codfisheries 
of the Lofoten Islands, Norway, succeeding in fertilizing and 
hatching the eggs of the cod. This appears to have been the first at- 
tempt to propagate sea fish artificially. [Rep. U.S. F. C. Vie 375838 
XXXVI. 1865—Begznning of Fish Culture in Austria.—in 1865 the 
Government establishment at Salzburg was founded, and in 1873 every 
province in the Empire was provided with its own breeding establish- 
ment. [BOUCHON-BRANDELET: Report U.S. F. C., Part IL, p. §18.] 
XXXVIIL. 1866—Lstablishment of the Fish Commission tn Connecticut. 
—In 1866 the Fish Commission of Connecticut was established, F. W. 
Russell and Henry C. Robinson being appointed Commissioners, 
From 1868 to 1880 $43,300 was appropriated by the State for purposes 
of public fish culture. [Reports of the Commissioners, I., 1867; IL., 
1868 ; III., 1869; IV., 1870; V., 1871; VI., 1872; VIL., 1873; VIIL,1874; 
IX:, 1875;\K.,.1876; X1,, 1877; XII.,. 1878; XIII], 1879; XI1V., 1880.) 
XXXVIII. Establishment of the Pennsylvania Fesh Commdsston.—In 
1866 the Pennsylvania Commission was organized, but no regular 
commissioners were appointed until 1870, when James Worrall was 
elected by the Legislature to that office. From 1873 to 1880 the 
State has appropriated $99,030 for purposes of public fish culture. 
[Reports of the Commissioners for the Restoration of the Inland Fish- 
eries, I., 1870 (1871) ; II., 1871 ; (1872) ; [see Report U. S. Fish Culture, 
II., p. 782]; III., 1873 (1874) ; IV., 1874 (1875); V., 1876 (1877); VI., 1877 
(1878) ; VII., 1878 (1879).| 
XXXIX. 1866—The Establishment of the Canadian Commiésston of 
Fishertes—The Dominion of Canada this year established'its Fishery 
Commission, which has since, under the direction of Commissioner 
W. F. Whitiker, performed such efficient service. 
XL. 1867— The Establishment of the First Hatching Establishment tu 
the United States for Public Fish Culture —Al\lthough New Hampshire, 
as has just been stated, was first to take active measures toward re- 
stocking its streams, Massachusetts in 1867 again took the lead, estab- 
lishing a hatchery for shad at South Hadley Falls on the Connecticut 
River. [MILNER: op. cit., p. 542, Massachusetts Reports.] 
XLI. 1867— The Invention of the Seth Green Shad Box—While ope- 
rating on the Connecticut River in 1867, Mr. Seth Green devised that 
form of floating hatching box, with wire bottom, tilted at an inclina- 
tion toward the current, which bears his name and which has been so 
extensively used in shad hatching in all parts of the United States. 
[MILNER : op, cit., p. 543. Rep. Mass. Comm. Fisheries, 1868, p. 35, 
pl. rt.] 
