50 FISH CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 
LIX. 1871—/ntroduction of Shad into the Great Lakes.—The introduc- 
tion of shad into the Great Lakes was accomplished in 1871 by the 
New York Fish Commission, a quantity being placed in the Genesee 
River, a tributary to Lake Ontario. [Report U.S. F.C., II., p. xvii-] 
LX. 1871—Jntroduction of Shad into the Méss¢sstppz—In 1871 shad 
were introduced into tributaries of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers 
by the U. S. Fish Commission, by the hands of Mr. Seth Green and 
Mi Witham Whit, (Report U.S. F.C.;, 11. p. xvii] 
LXI. 1871—Establishment of the Salmon Breeding Establishment at 
Orland, Me.—This was erected at the joint expense of the Fish Com- 
missions of Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut. [Report U. S. F. 
C, El; p. ixvi.] 
LXII. 1872—J/mportation of Rhine Salmon.—A gift from the German 
Government, of. 250,000 eggs, and 500,000 obtained by purchase, 
brought to this country under the charge of Dr. Hessel, arriving late 
in the fall. The 4,000 or 5,000 which were sound were planted ina 
tributary of the Delaware. [Report U.S. F, C., part IL. xxii.] 
LXIII. 1872--Beginning of the Propagation of California Salmon.— 
This work, begun at the suggestion of Mr. R. B. Roosevelt, was ac- 
complished in October, 1872, for the U. S. Fish Commission by Mr. 
Livingston Stone. [Report U.S. F. C., II., xxiii.] 
LXIV. 1872—J/nvention of the Green Trough.—This device, which was 
an improvement upon the former used by Coste and Atkins, was per- 
fected in 1872, in the progress of experiments on whitefish. [M1LNER: 
Report U.S. F. C., IIL., p. 546-556.] 
LXV. 1872—The Invention of the Holton Fish-Spawn Hatcher —The 
Holton Fish-Spawn Hatcher, devised in 1872 by Marcellus G. Holton 
patented March 18th, 1873, is of much importance in the hatching of 
whitefish eggs. [MILLET: Report, U.S. F.C., IL, p. 546, plate liv.] 
LXVI. 1872—The Work of Propagating Fish Undertaken by the U. 
S. Lesh Commzsston.—At the suggestion and through the influence of 
the American Fish Culturist’s Association. The recently estab- 
lished United States Fish Commission was charged with the task of 
restoring fish to the depleted waters of the United States. [Report U. 
Seee., Lj xvi.) 
LXVII. 1878—J/nvention of N. W. Clark's Fish-Hatching Trough — 
This important piece of apparatus was devised in 1873 and patented 
March 3rd, 1874. [MILNER: Report U.S. F.C., IL, p. 546 pl. xv.] 
LXVIII. 1872—J/nvention of the Clark Transporting Case—This de- 
vice was successfully used in transporting whitefish eggs to California. 
[MILNER: Report U.S. F. C., IL. pp. 547-9.] 
