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Recapiiulation of Expenditures by the Illinois Fish Commission for . 

 General Expenses, Collectinrj (ind Distrihiitimi Fish, etc., from 

 Oct. 1, 1902, to Sept. 30, 1904. Bills of particulars and sub- 

 vouchers are on file in the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts. 



AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 



To balance appropriation of 1901 on Oct. 1, 1902 



To appropriation available July 1, 1903 



To appropriation available July 1, 1904 



EXPENDITURES. 



By expenditures as per voucher on file for October, 1902 



November, 1902. 

 December, 1902 . 

 January, 1903.... 

 February, 1903 .. 



March, 1903 



April, 1903 



May, 1903 



June, 1903 



September, 1903. 

 October, 1903.... 

 November, 1903. 

 December, 1903.. 



January, 1904 



Februarj'. 1904... 



March, 1904 



April, 1904 



May, 1904 



June, 1904 



July, 1904 



August, 1904 



September, 1904. 



Balance of appropriation Oct. 1, 1904. 



$6, .568 83 





7, .'iOO 00 





7,500 00 







$21,568 83 





$ 624 10 





353 80 





402 64 





634 62 





488 18 





.561 94 





849 86 





1,348 90 





1,125 78 





322 47 





185 .53 





520 50 





577 04 





495 91 





541 45 





35? 65 





52. 43 





624 29 





615 90 





773 59 





620 89 





520 43 







13,073 95 



?,494 88 



FROM TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY, 1904. 



Construction of Ponds and Pond Cultural, Methods. 

 (By J. L. Leary.) 



There has been so much said relative to the construction of ponds and pond 

 ■cultural methods that it seems but very little additional can be written or 

 sug-g-ested along this line that will prove of value to the practical fish cul- 

 turist, yet those of us who have built ponds have discovered mistakes made 

 in construction, as well as experience has shown, errors in cultural methods 

 and the room lor improvement therein. 



The first great essential to successful pond building is abundance of water. 

 I am safe in making the assertion that few pond building ventures have been 

 made that were entirely satisfactory^ in this respect. We felt confident the 

 ■svipply of water was ample for all needs only to find after our ponds were 

 constructed, nine times out of ten, that this necessary element of success was 

 inadequate to supply the demand. 



The course of supply in most cases does not matter so that it is abundant. 

 It may be spring, artesian, taken from some stream, or stored from rain and 

 snow fall. .\11 will answer, though of course the purer and clearer the water 

 the better, as it adds materially to pleasure and success with the work, but 

 bear in mind it is "vvater, water — just twice as much as j'ou think you need. 



As to pond site it is necessarily secondary to water and must be located as 

 near the supplj' as possible to avoid the expense of long conduits, ditches or 

 flumes. Where artesian wells are the source of supply and so located that 

 heavy rainstorms do not affect them, it does away with long flumes or conduits 



