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one of the commissioners, and who owns a private hatching-house 
at Boscobel, undertook the hatching and distributing process. 
From these spawn he hatched some 61,000 fry, in excellent condi¬ 
tion, unusually strong and healthy. At the date of preparing this 
report, 19,000 had been distributed in the waters of Grant, Craw¬ 
ford and Lafayette Counties. The residue were to be distributed in 
the northeastern counties and among the lakes and rivers of She¬ 
boygan, Fond du Lac, and Winnebago. 
The following itemized account shows the expenses thus far in¬ 
curred : 
Express-charges. .$41 00 
Exchange.. 50 
Two trips to Madison. 11 30 
Trip to Oshkosh. 21 50 
Expense of distribution of fry, (19,000). 40 45 
Expense of hatching. 200 00 
Making, together. 314 75 
The above is Mr. Palmer’s account for cash expenditures and 
services, and we have drawn upon the appropriation for that sum. 
Forty-six dollars yet remain in the treasury, and will not fully pay 
the necessary expenses of distributing the remainder of the fry. 
It has been our wish to have the cost of distribution paid by the 
cities and towns located on public waters, and we hope in time to 
create such an interest in the matter of fish-culture that this will 
be done. It may be proper to add that the common council, of 
the city of Madison, appropriated the money necessary to pay ex¬ 
penses of taking thef fry from Waterville to Madison, and the same 
may have been the case with Geneva. 
The General Government has systematized the matter of fish- 
culture, appropriating for that purpose upwards of $30,000 annu¬ 
ally, and placed at its head Professor Baird. Under his efficient 
management immense quantities of the spawn of the better varie¬ 
ties of fish are secured, and are distributed gratis to states pro¬ 
vided with commissioners. They are only expected to pay ex- 
pressage, which is very trifling in amount. We were very much 
gratified in receiving from Mr. Baird his congratulations on the 
creation of a commission in Wisconsin. Under date of March 26, 
1874, he says: 
“ I am very much pleased to learn that Wisconsin has joined the 
