TENTH ANNUAL MEETING. St 
LXIX. 1872—Jnvention of the Williamson or Caléfornia Flatching 
Lrough.—This apparatus, similar to the Clark trough except that the 
water flows from below instead of from the top, was invented about 
1872. [MILNER: Report_U. S. F. C., II., ps 547.] 
LXX. 1872—Jutroduction of Whitefish tnto Caléforniéa—In Febru- 
ary, 1872, the U.S. Fish Commission shipped 216,000 whitefish eggs 
from Clarkston, Mich. to San Francisco. [Report U. S. F. C., 
EI, Pay 5 50. ] 
LXXI. 1872—Establishment at the Salmon Breeding Establishment at 
Bucksport, Me— In 1872 the extensive salmon breeding establishment 
at Bucksport, Me., was erected under the direction of Mr.C. G. Atkins 
and at the joint expense of the Fish Commission of Maine, Massachu- 
setts and Connecticut, and of the United States Commission, which 
contributed funds to the amount of half the expense. This establish- 
ment has since passed entirely under the control of the United States 
Commission. [Report U.S. F.C., IL. p. xviii.] 
LXXII. 1873—+first Propagation of the Striped Bass——In May, 1873, 
Mr. M. G. Holton succeeded in propagating this species artificially at 
Weldon, N.C. [Repo U, SFC. Part dL, pp. 5$a-554.] 
LXXIII. 1873—The California Aguartum Car—tIn 1873 Mr. Living- 
ston Stone, under the auspices of the U. S. Fish Commission and that 
of California, fitted up an aquarium car in which it was proposed to 
carry many species of fish to California. The car was capsized June 
8th, in the Elkhorn River, Nebraska. In 1874 the experiment was re- 
peated in behalf of the California Commission, [Report (U.S. 2G. 
x XVils 
LXXIV. 1873—E£stablishment of the Ohto Fish Commisstion.—The 
Ohio Fish Commission was established in June, 1873, by the appoint- 
ment as commissioners of John H. Klippart, John Hussey and Dr. E. 
Stirling. By act of April 26th, 1876, the commission in its present 
form was organized. Up to 1880 $29,000 had been voted for fish cul- 
ture. [Reports of Ohio State Fish Commission (1.), 1874; I., (1875-6). 
1877; Il., (1877) 1878; III, (1878) 1879; IV., (1879) 1880; V., (1880) 
1881.] 
LXXV. 1873—Establéshment of the Wisconsin Fish Commésston.—iIn 
1873 an appropriation was made by the Legislature to be expended un- 
der the direction of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries. In 1874 
William Welsh, A’ Palmer and P. R. Hoy were elected commission- 
ers. Up to 1880 $38,860 had been voted for fish culture. [Reports L., 
1874 ; II., 1875; III., 1876; IV.,1877; V., 1879; VI., 1880. 
LXXVI. 1873-4—Culture of the Land-Locked Salmon. 
Establishment of the Hatching Station of Grand Lake Stream.—Expe- 
