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FISH PURCHASED AND SOLD BY A. BOOTH & COMPANY AT ITS BRANXHES 

 IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO DURING YEAR ENDING APRIL 30, 190*. 



FRESH WATER FISH. 



Black bass 



White bass 



Black fins and tulibees. 



Brook trout 



Buffalo 



Bullheads 



Carp 



Catfish 



Chubs 



Ciscoes 



Crappies 



Eels 



Mullets and suckers 



Muskalonges 



Perch 



Blue pike 



Grass pike 



Yellow pike 



Sheephead 



Spoonbills 



Stuigeon 



Sunhsh 



Trout 



Whitefish 



Miscellaneous 



SALT WATER FISH. 



Striped bass 



Black sea bass 



Blue fish 



Steak cod 



Market cod 



Flounders 



Haddock 



Halibut 



Salt water herring 



Kingfish 



Lobsters 



Mackerel 



Spanish mackerel. 



Pompano 



Salmon 



Shad roe 



Smelts 



Red snapper 



Turbot 



Weak fish 



Total, pounds. 

 Oysters, gallons . . 



186,209 



7,197 



1,308,319 



8,7.53 



82,368 



183,287 



525, .5.58 



33.670 



676,690 



2, .59.5, 677 



13,666 



59,170 



878,427 



2.116 



1,909,866 



.51,423 



696,532 



1,318,208 



142,694 



79,924 



97.637 



88,318 



5,7.59,000 



3.437,096 



60,350 



1,243 



4,134 



2.37,359 



177,033 



5,710 



67.818 



38.961 



1,542.462 



64.a37 



675 



129,243 



6.3,800 



73,892 



13,486 



1,067,248 



41,572 



498.093 



423,040 



3,721 



2,161 



20,002,135 



4,455,688 



24,457,823 

 317.854 



Cmxtox. Ili... .Tan. 21. 1905. 

 jS. p. Bartlctt, Esq., Secrchir}/ niinnis FiKh Co»u)ij.s.s'/oji. Quiuc]/. lUinois: 



Dkak 8ih — Replying' further to your favor of recent date and makings 

 inquiry in regard to the fish at Weldon Springs, will say that last season a 

 few bass were taken weighing fotir pounds. The pike have also made a 

 splendid growth, one being caug'ht which weighed seven pounds. We have 

 followed your advice in taking- care and protecting our tish, in not allowing 

 any to be taken from the water until after the 1.5th of .Tune, and we have 

 also stocked the lake several times with niinnows and now have an abund- 

 ance of live feed. AVeldon Spring's has become localh' quite a resort, and our 

 splendid tish is one of the attractions. We shall look for a stipply of bass 

 from the State this season, and would also appreciate a consignment of ring- 



