REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 1h) 
the act of Congress, its propagation of food fishes must cease, because it would be 
intolerable for it to exercise any of its functions under the direction and control of 
persons over whom it has no authority. 
Ti the acts of Congress creating this department are void, the Government must of 
necessity suspend it, and such suspension would mean an immense loss to the state 
of Michigan, and probably a much greater loss to the states bordering on tide water, 
where shellfish are propagated. The constitutionality of this legislation has not 
before been questioned in the courts, and if the laws of the United States seeking to 
confer upon the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries the right at all times to take fish 
needful fer the conduct of his duty, notwithstanding contrary legislation by the 
state, is unconstitutional, such graye consequences must flow from a judgment 
announcing it that it seems to me not proper to pass upon that question on a pre- 
liminary hearing where the preparation must of necessity be inadequate. The pre- 
cipitate action of the defendants in this case indicates that a dissolution of the 
injunction would lead to an unseemly conflict which should be avoided, and there- 
fore the injunction will remain in force until the final hearing of the cause, 
RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Requests for the eggs of American fish for foreign countries have 
been received through diplomatic and other channels, and, as in pre- 
vious years, have been complied with as far as practicable. For long- 
distance shipments only eggs with a protracted hatching period are 
available, and of these the salmonoid eggs are the most important. 
Upward of 2,500,000 of such eggs have been presented to Canada, 
Argentina, England, Wales, France, Japan, and New Zealand, as 
follows: 
Number of 
Countries. Species. | eggs. 
Canad ater e er we kisns cceisces RIT DOWatlOUb aetece on ce cieeis =e ree aa aie ae er oitte ctor ett aerate 20, 000 
ATO EMM Ae nce oaice semen one Steclheaa@itrowteyacaseee ees tec temaeeece cccciimecieicloaa conte 20, 000 
Brook (lout ee eacates daueiwso ee mele aetioe = Sea chee stiewoeeie Ss teweaee 100, 000 
4 IDE We (HRA Soe Cane EN enna. o Seon CC San eB et CoD Aone eneaEe 50, 000 
NVI eR fis a east ate eee ere od ree ee Staci cs eae ae wc ain | 1, 000, 000 
andlockedisa lm One psas een stents oe leisieeiaee Cee 50, 000 
ns langtiss. 2. case cece een ee Rain bowrtroutes te eye. eae eee «settee scene bis aeeee semen 10, 000 
Wiitie=fis hee Sian oe esas ec cee ec cnissici sain sina ce oesicniel 25, 000 
AAUGUIUS te ES S a See Black spothedstroutm wee eae nce acs oacce nM see aseenete coos s 25, 000 
TANCE! ec cies e ue Se aweee Raimbowitloubi- acess tecsaceaeciece Basie amas eine Seen misiee ene 10, 000 
WapaMy! fee soso ace Jonas wale JBIROOLS KOOKS oewoneaces nesecenee ieee diana achiziselleleierele eisai desis 25, 000 
NeweZealan Goo. ecaeccacae idence sae setes Ae REG Sea ao Ree Ee ame i he Eee amit 1,000, 000 
Quinnatismlmo mess feces teins saoocteesc ence wea cemeteries 300, 000 
TNGLENT as Gein pes PAGE| AEE CEE SERRE nen E Pre ee, nae Seen Pret ae Sate | 2, 635, 000 
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Cordial relations exist between this Bureau and the department of 
marine and fisheries of the Province of Ontario. The minister per- 
mits the Bureau to collect white-fish and lake trout spawn in the Cana- 
dian waters of Lakes Superior and Erie, and in return for this privilege 
the Bureau makes plants of fry near the international boundary or in 
the Canadian waters adjacent thereto. 
The eggs presented to the Argentine Republic marked the beginning 
of fish culture in that enterprising country. They were sent in care 
of a representative of the Bureau, were en route from forty-six to 
fifty days, and arrived at their destination and were hatched with an 
