29 



To. Hon. Geo. H. H. Moore, Superintendent of Distribution U. 

 S. Fisli Commission, for valuable aid given in personal supervis- 

 ion in the work of distribution. 



To the superintendent of car No. 1, Newton Simmons, and of 

 car No. 2, Will. A. Dunnington, for courteous and constant assist- 

 ance, aside from the regular work, whenever needed. To the 

 "boys" who comprise the crews of both for the interest taken in 

 the work, and the good will with which it was accomplished. 



To our railroads we are, as before stated, indebted for much of 

 our success; for without their aid given just as it was and at the 

 time it was, we would have failed even though all other interests 

 were favorable. They have been generous and accommodating even 

 when worked inconvenience to them to be so. 



The employes of the roads over which we worked have always 

 given us careful consideration, and by their ready assistance have 

 made it possible, very often, to overcome obstacles which without 

 their aid would have been insurmountable for the time. To the 

 press of the State, this, as in all other seasons, since the organiza- 

 tion of the Board, we owe very much of the interest awakened 

 through the State in fish distribution and protection. By their ready 

 co-operation and the generous use of their columns when needed, 

 we have been able to reach the people with our announcements of 

 distributions, etc. We have been criticised at times severely, but 

 have found them as ready always to bestow praise as censure, if 

 we deserved it. 



To Prof. Forbes, State Entomologist, and his assistant, Prof. 

 AV. H. Garman, we are indebted for the elaborate and valuable 

 papers found in appendix to this report. 



UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Since our last report Prof. S. F. Baird, so long at the head of 

 the Smithsonian Institute and of Fish Commission, has passed 

 away. His labors have given the work of fish culture an impetus 

 that has made it widespread, and by his scientific investigation 

 and experiments he has made the practical working of our com- 

 missions possible to-day. Prof. Baird was succeeded by Col. Mar- 

 shal McDonald, who had served under him as Chief of Division 

 of Distribution for a long period of time, and to whom the fish 

 culturists of to-day are indebted for very many of the practical 

 appliances for artificial propagation of fish, and for the general 

 work of the Commission. Col. McDonald has undertaken to ar- 

 range his work so that he can co-operate with the various State 

 Commissions, and do for them such work as could be accomplished 

 in conjunction with that of the U. S. Commission, such as the 

 propagation and distribution of whitefish and shad. 



Long connection with the U. S. Commission has enabled Col. 

 McDonald to appreciate the wants of every portion of the country 

 and apply practically such means of relief as his great experience 



