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a few days; I got but very few spawn during this time. On the 
11th and 12th the bay was so rough the fishermen did not go out 
to the nets; on the 18th I got about 100,000 spawn and lost all of 
them before I got ashore, on account of the rough weather. I then 
took them in small quantities until the 21st; the morning of the 
22d the bay was frozen over. 
41 On making an estimate I found I had 350,000 white-fish spawn 
ai\d 200,000 herring spawn, all in good condition. 
44 In closing I would say that the fishermen in general seem to 
take an interest in stocking the waters of the State with fish. 
44 JOHN PALMER. 
“ Pensaukee, December, 1875.” 
Names of the commissioners of the several States at present acting 
as such , so far as known. 
Alabama: Chas. S. G. Doster, R. Tyler, D. R. Hundley. 
California: S. R. Throckmorton, B. B. Redding, J. D. Farwell. 
Connecticut: Win. M. Hudson, Robert G. Pike, James A. Bill. 
Iowa: Samuel B. Evans, B. F. Shaw, C. A. Hains. 
Maine: E. M. Stillwell, Henry O. Stanley. 
Maryland: T. B. Ferguson, Phillip W. Downs. 
Massachusetts: Theodore Lyman, E. A. Brackett, Asa French. 
Michigan: George Clark, A. D. Kellogg, John J. Bagley. 
Minnesota: Horace Austin, David Day, O. W. Latham. 
New Hampshire: Oliver N. Noyes, John S. Wadleigh, A. C. 
Fifield. 
New Jersey: B. P. Plowell, J. R. Shotwell, G. A. Anderson. 
New York: Horatio Seymour, Geo. G. Cooper, Robert B. Roose¬ 
velt. 
Ohio: John H. Klippart, John Hussey, E. Sterling. 
Pennsylvania: H. J. Reeder, Ben. L. Hewett, James Duffy. 
Rhode Island: John B. Barden, Newton Dexter, Alfred A. 
Reed, Jr. 
Vermont: E. C. Edmunds, M. Goldsmith. 
Virginia: Wm. B. Ball, Asa Wall. 
Wisconsin: Wm. Welch, Alfred Palmer, P. R. Hov. 
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