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finished by covering in sides and ceiling with yellow pine. Floor 

 first covered with tarred paper, and then by matched yellow pine. 

 Office provided with book-case, and case for boxes, and office rail- 

 ing. Cost of structure was as follows: 



Contract for hulls — three — $85 each §255 00 



" floor or deck 120 00 



" house or cabin 4S0 00 



" ceiling and office 60 00 



Roofing material, asbestos ^ 55 00 



Painting material, asbestos 26 00 



Two anchors, S5 each 10 00 



Curtains and painting office 18 00 



Water closets 11 00 



Spuds 15 00 



Shutters, screens, etc 31 50 



81.081 50 



Appropriation S1.0OO GO 



Sale of old boat 50 00 1,050 00 



Deficit S31 50 



The boat is held in place by four spuds, 8x8 inches thick, 2'i 

 feet long, one at each corner of boat. The hulls are so arranged, 

 that any one of them may be taken out, independent of the others, 

 caulked or repaired, and put back. This will save, in itself, a 

 considerable amount yearly, as the expense of hauling out on 

 ways of so large a craft, is quite considerable. Arranged as this 

 is, work can be accomplished by a man or two, in a short time, 

 without interfering materially with the house or cabin. The 

 painting was done by the man in charge, during the interval 

 between seasons. Stage planks, and inside fixtures for store rooms 

 also arranged by him. We designed, when building boat, space 

 for placing hatching jars, with necessary piping, pump and boiler 

 to enable us to hatch artificially, the eggs of the Wall-eyed Pike, 

 etc., and thus lessen the expense annually incurred when work 

 was done for us by other parties. 



In our office, we need furniture sufficient for our purposes, 

 desks, a safe, typewriter, and such appliances as will enable us 

 more easily to care for the constantly increasing work connected 

 with it. 



We would recommend that an amount be appropriated sufficient 

 to complete boat, furnish office, and provide for hatching spawn. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



We desire to acknowledge our obligation to Col. McDonald, U. 

 S. Commissioner of Fisheries, for the generous gift of the use of 

 U. S. Fish Commission cars ^Jos. 1 and 2, as well as for our an- 

 nual supply of carp for distribution to private individuals and to 

 public waters. 



