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source bass and other fish which never should have been placed in trout 

 waters. Some method should immediately be devised by which all appli- 

 cations for fish coming into the State should be vised by this Commission 

 before they are filled. We have as our State Fish Culturist, Dr. Tarleton 

 H. Bean, who is a scientific man of international reputation and whose 

 judgment certainly should control in all questions of the introduction of 

 new species, at least. He also should pass on requests for fish intended for 

 waters which do not now contain them, even though these fish are desired 

 by those who are unsatisfied with their efforts in well-known trout waters. 

 Undoubtedly the United States Commission would favorably consider any 

 presentment in this matter which you might see fit to make, and I am ad- 

 vised both by the State Fish Culturist and by private correspondence that 

 the time has come for the Commission of New York State to take a firm stand 

 in this matter. We most certainly desire to continue to produce from the 

 Federal hatcheries every year such allotments as are necessary to keep up 

 the stock in our inland waters, but we respectfully submit that this allotment 

 should only be made with the advice of this Commission based on the scien- 

 tific knowledge of the State Fish Culturist. 



December 29, 1909. 



Report of the State Fish Culturist 



Dr. Tarleton H. Bean 

 Hon. James S. Whipple, Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner: 



Sir. — In submitting my report of the fish cultural work I take pleasure 

 in calling your attention, first, to the steady growth in the output of 

 the stations from 1907 to 1909, as exhibited in tabulated form. It 

 will be observed that in 1909 the Commission distributed nearly 135,757,115 

 more fish than in 1908, notwithstanding the fact that 1908 showed a large 

 increase over the yield of 1907. 



Since the date of the last report many important improvements have 

 been made at most of the stations, and the station at Linlithgo has been placed 



