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East Carondelet, III., July 23. 18!)4. 

 3f): Geo. W. L'oxgford, Secrctanj Illinois State FL-fh Commission, Jfraamu III.: 



Dear Sir:— I report as follows: Number of arrests made, twelve; num- 

 ber of cases won, ten. I have taken three small nets used as seines with 

 a mesh of one inch. Have taken no traps. Have warrants for the arrest 

 of two parties who have left the State. 



Yours respectfully. 

 (Signed.) John F. Simons, 



Fisli Warden. 



Thornton, Cook County, July 26, 1894. 



Mr. Geo. W. Langford. Secretary State Fish Commission, Havana, I\ll.: 



Dear Sir:— Yours of the 21st at hand. Will say in reply, I have made 

 nine arrests, no cases lost as yet. I have captured four seines. Three 

 of the arrests were made yesterday, and have had no trial yet. There 

 seems to be a good deal of trouble over the Little Calumet river as to 

 whether they have a right to seine there with a two inch mesh. It i3 

 navigable as far as Blue Island, but they cannot run boats any farther as 

 there is not more than a foot of water in places. 



Yours truly, 

 [Signed.] V. Flanagan, 



Fish Warden. 



Beardstown, III., July 28. 1894. 



Hon. Geo. W. Langford, Secretary Illinois State Fish Commission, Havana. III.: 



Dear Sir:— Yours of the 21st at hand. In reply will say I have made 

 no arrests and have captured no seines or nets. 



Yours truly. 

 [Signed.] " J as. W. Morrisey, 



Fish Warden. 



July 25. 1894. 

 Mr. Geo. W. Langford, Secretary State Fish Commission. Havana. III.: 



Dear Sir:— You ask for my report, and I will give it to you as well as 

 I can remember. I got two men who were Ashing through the ice 

 last winter, and had them fined $10 and costs each. I have not been able 

 to detect any violations since. I spent four nights on Long Lake as I 

 heard thev were fishing there, but they did not spear any. I liave been 

 on the lookout on this lake also, and I have not got anything for it. and 

 I am going to send in my resignation. 



Yours truly, 

 [Signed.] James O'Neil. Fi.^h Warden. 



N.\T1VE FOOD FISH DISTRIBUTED. 



The distribution of native fish covers the State as nearly as 

 possible, wherever a stream can be reached by passenger train. 

 Below is given a list of plants. The number in each plant varies 

 from 200 to 5,000, according to size and variety. In great majority 

 of instances, breeding fish were planted. The list does not include 

 the plants of fry, such as wall-eyed pike and perch, which were 

 in most instances planted in the larger rivers and streams, aggre- 

 gating about 19,0 )0,000 in numbers, 12,000,000 of this number 

 having been obtained from the U. S. Fish Commission and hatch- 

 eries outside of the State: 



