XXXIV REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
hatchery, the State commission kindly affording accommodations for 
them until suitable ponds could be prepared for them at the Duluth 
station. 
Pike perch . — During the spring of 1889 the superintendent collected 
25 quarts of the eggs of this species. These were hatched with fair 
success, and about 3,000,000 fry were obtained, which were pi anted off 
the north shore of the lake about 2J miles above Lester River. The 
work of the present season was preliminary to much more extended 
operations with this important food species. Eggs intended for devel- 
opment at Duluth were provisionally sent to North ville to be cleaned 
up and forwarded to Duluth when the station was ready. 
NEOSHO STATION, MISSOURI. 
The resolution of Congress directing the Fish Commissioner to select 
a site for a fish-cultural station in the Ozark region of southwest Mis- 
souri, the exploration of that country in pursuance of the order of Con- 
gress, and the provision in the sundry civil bill for the construction of 
an establishment and its maintenance for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1889, are fully set forth in the last report. 
By act approved October 2, 1888, an appropriation of $8,000 was 
made for the construction of buildings, ponds, and appliances for a 
fish-cultural station at Neosho, Mo. On December 7, 1888, a certificate 
of title for the land required was approved by the Attorney- General ot 
the United States. On November 19, 1888, Lemuel B. Herrell and his 
wife executed a deed to the United States transferring a part of the 
northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 30, township 25, 
range 31 west, fifth principal meridian, containing about 12-^% acres, 
more or less. By a subsequent deed of December 17, 1888, a strip of 
land 25 feet wide on each side of this spring was transferred to the 
United States, in order to insure control of the water supply. 
The consideration for these pieces of property was $2,472.43, and this 
was paid by the city of Neosho. In securing this land the Commission 
was greatly indebted to the services of Hon. Lee D. Bell, mayor of the 
city. On January 12, 1889, the engineer of the Commission began a 
survey of the tract of land, and prepared a map giving the relief of 
the ground and indicating the best method of introducing the water 
from Herrell Spring into the grounds. On February 1, 1889, Mr. W.F. 
Page was appointed superintendent of construction, and left Wash- 
ington February 24, to begin the establishment of ponds, laying out of 
roads, etc. On March 6, 1889, an act introduced in the legislature of 
Missouri by Representative Gallemoie, of Newton County, ceding juris- 
diction to the property occupied by the United States as a fish-cultural 
station, became a law of the State. On March 18, 1889, Mr. George 
H. Tolbert was assigned to duty at Neosho, to assist the superintend- 
ent. The rest of the fiscal year was devoted to inclosing the property 
and constructing ponds and roads and wooden piping for the introduc- 
tion of the water supply. 
