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of the island make it possible for this State to outrank all the 

 States in marine fish culture. The total yield of fishes for plant- 

 ing was about 730,000,000, an increase of nearly 200,000,000 in 

 two years. 



The expenditure for the maintenance and the expenses of 

 hatchery was $61,505.40, while the actual market value of the 

 fish produced was $210,934.79, besides the brood stock at the 

 stations, which is worth at least $10,000 more. 



In the Bureau of Marine Fisheries the greatest need continues 

 to be the enactment of a proper statute for the sanitary inspec- 

 tion of shellfish grounds and their products, and it is to be hoped 

 that the day is not far distant when there will be placed upon 

 our statute books a law which will fully protect the public health 

 against the dangers arising from the cultivation of shellfish in 

 waters polluted by sewage. 



December 31, 1912. 



Thomas H. Guy, 



Deputy Commissioner. 



