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ANNUAL REPORT

COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, 1896.

PROVIDENCE, RB. I. E. L. FREEMAN & SONS, PRINTERS TO THE STATE, 1896,

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To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at its January Session, 1896 :

The Commissioners of Inland Fisheries herewith present their report for the year 1895.

TROUT.

Ten thousand (10,000) yearling trout were purchased by the Commissioners, and have been placed in the streams and ponds of the State. More applications for trout fry have been made the past season than for many years, showing an increasing interest as well as a kindly disposition to aid the Commissioners in their work.

Reports from the fishermen the past season show better catches than last year, the water in the streams having been higher.

Von BEHR oR Brown TROUT.

Through the kindness of the United States Commission we ex- pect to receive in February, 1896, ten thousand (10,000) eggs of this species, which will be hatched, reared until fall, and then distributed in the streams and ponds of the State. This is a very rapid growing fish.

Buack Bass.

The fishing for this valuable food and game fish the past season

has been better than for a number of years. Notably in Watchaug

Lake, Moswansicut and Wallum and other ponds, where large catches have been reported throughout the season. Watchaug

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Lake has its outlet into the Pawcatuck river, and through this — connection this river can now be said to be fairly well stocked with the small-mouthed black bass. It being conceded that the large-mouthed species will thrive even better than the small-mouth in rivers of this character, it is the intention of the Commissioners as soon as practicable, to introduce the former fishes into the larger rivers and many of the ponds of the State.

Bay FISHING.

In the upper waters of the bay the fishing has been very good during the past season. Squiteague, hickory shad, scup and small blue fish were very plentiful from the first of July to October.

The tautog fishing, spring and fall, has been only fair. Small scup appeared in the upper portions of the bay early in July, weighing about twelve or sixteen to the pound, and, as was often reported to us, the river bottom seemed to be paved with them. Later in the season they were taken weighing from one-half to three-quarters of a pound each. Fishing was good from Hope Island to Fox Point.

Squiteague were taken weighing from one and one-half to eleven pounds. At Pawtuxet, in October, squiteague from four to six inches in length were taken very plentifully along the wharves.

The fishing in the lower portions of the bay the past season has been in some respects unique; there has been on the whole a very good season, at times very abundant, then of a sudden would they be gone. This frequent change has been quite a remarkable feature of the last season; the fish were not equally distributed ; while some caught very largely, others did not catch the usual amount.

The scup were here in good numbers.

The squiteague were extremely plenty.

Black fish were plenty, the fall catch exceeded any before known.

The bass, the most highly prized of all our game fish, were not

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very plenty; from some cause they do not regain their former abundance. We believe that to be due in great measure to the want of access to pure water at the head waters of streams, a trouble that besets all our fresh water spawners.

Account of Fish and Lobsters shipped from Newport by the Old Colony Steamboat Line, during the year 1895 :

MonrtuH. FIsH. LOBSTERS. OO ES a a a 74 barrels. 20 barrels. MAI 0/4, laos) «n'a sighs Su as niesa 2 aa WP RMI ope aio Rae vietdepaie's s) wa'e a O «'e,°* BY shes PUN Greys e oata, & sets Me oh.5 (8 ws BSG x 5° 24 Pah La pe ae ed ee ee Me es Bios MUI EN ee Sicdeclelae Cee aste a. a 2911) 4" re eee MERU ad Fe ea ons Garson ayntuse Kfeaial a Seda e's 3,044 ‘* 83a ECS oe ree ee ee BO ae ro) PUERTO vor co cheys rays, «va esto = ee a ROP hae 2 Te RTE ei ee sont Ce 544“ eon PRC Se ac hss. ea aes ieee, fas eer is Mecemper es 2) LY LOG eS" AY its

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Approximate estimate of the amount of jish taken from waters west of Point Sudith:

BARRELS. EUG MACSY osfetssaia.ciy 5. Pe Se ey ioe Bea Race’ fear et Ria aMen er, Argo ae © 8,700 Pee SCRE a oP 3 a oaks rel repo Wa ee we ed tare vias le ee we ete 300 PU BO ged it pea ete entahah Ba ND Doe e paia aaa Oi an e he AR hd : 400 iene Pisit yc... ANE ES setae aie iat x Rr ateitie aie Sita asta yen ee 825 SUL [eDotadne So} BOOBS SMA enti ee ee Pate Meee «a heat a aero eee ee 225 | SEL) a eal i ede ae a Te abegea ee Ke Patera Tui SNA a TEE cE 1,500 er Set O Re aie cic cee, Peer aes on Ses We las a's of Daa Pe ae aatoe 90 PINT ees Sa ee oo Renee eee on a eos Lele Rae aa 10 1 EEG STC Sn aR ogee ele ALLIS, lt 07 A Mea aie ie OU Ee Re Retr a 15,000 a Nee eaTie ae 2 haf 3 SPN. GTA TOE PMR OT cise: Boke. Od 2 Be aleheremal) bale ats Ook 150

The fishing for porgies is reported as somewhat better than in 1894, but the catch of lobsters has fallen short of past seasons.

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The following table shows the amount of Fish and Lobsters shipped over the Old Colony Steamboat and Railroad for the last ten years:

YEAR. FIsH. LOBSTERS. TOTAL. Beri Geter ee so ale barrels. —— barrels. 17,484 BOOT RO Ke we sas eas OS AGIGOLAL Tt 834 =“ 17,491 ve 22 ees a 1d;058 << * LeatGL yy. 4 16,194 Bee ee Reno k's te Gaictl's 19,306 ‘‘ eat > s 21,353 PM haere coe oats ees o's Siecs 8,933 *S 2,600, ** 11,583 pe a icrimais Se isis ie tn ba 13,082" $: 2,g04 °° = 20,236 Lo PN os Bn ees aise 26,8382 ‘‘ 2 bee inter 28,955 Dea i) creep Stays sie sliecien 24,452 ‘* Des iy 25,851 Beets areas tie ee, «oye aia cane Lies Te Rioae 21,161 Mee Seen e. ehisinis base 24,622 << co hs Aas 26,741

ES Sea Terie 171,686.“ 16,929 « 206,999

MENHADEN.

For an account of these fish we submit the following from Capt. N. B. Church, who has so often kindly furnished us information :

| New York, Dec. 31, 1895. JAMES M. K. Souruwick, Esq., Newport, R. I.

My Dear Srr: Replying to your favor of Dec. 27th, regarding the menhaden fishery, would say that the catch taken as a whole has been a fair average with the last five years. The fish appeared in Chesapeake Bay later than common owing to very cold weather in that vicinity, and when they did come late in April did not show on the surface so that they could be caught, until about the first of July, when they were caught in large quantities from that time until the close of the season. From the Chespeake Bay up to and including the Delaware Bay the fishing has been good all of the season, in fact it has been the best on record at the latter place, both in catch of fish and yield of oil. Sandy Hook Bay and tributaries has had plenty of menhaden this year, as has also Fire Island Bay, and the fishermen in these places have had a good season.

You will please notice that these fish have been in the bays, probably owing to the large bodies of blue fish on the coast. In Long Island Sound and vicinity fish have been scarce, no large catches having been made for the season. Rhode Island fishermen have not had good fishing in their waters, except for a few

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weeks early in the season when they were fairly plentiful in all the bays and rivers.

There has been a large body of menhaden in Buzzard’s Bay all summer.

Few fish have been seen in Cape Cod Bay or Boston Bay this season, but the season in Maine opened in July with very flattering prospects. For afew weeks the fish showed well and the fishermen had all they could do to care for their catch, but after the month of July they sank just below the surface of the waters so they could not be caught. Occasionally they would come to the sur- face for a few hours. I can give you totals on catch of fish and make of oil later if you want them.

All kinds of food fish have been abundant all along our coast.

Yours, etc., N. Bb. CHURCH.

New York, January 20th, 1896. J. M. K. Soutuwick, Esq., Newport, R. I.

DEAR Sir: The following is a report of the menhaden industry for 1895:

ene D AM, OMELARIONE a soe cae 5 ew ho aw wa ce a eee mle ance 42 #5 MERAH ROMY Cac eo cg oUt cia win Gas wage Hatake 5 Pre re MUpIO VCC AGHOPG. of ct See ving oe. sie a's sieha ah ae elarele 3 Ginicta 1,064 - ee BERR os ve sre aia dENS tote ober ates Mek nh doe 1,212 Berea mi eu mE nGerd wh WS Sh ec tiny ac Sc gales Oe was oes os aie ole me's 35 Steamers Ra iapre, Sees Oe Mh Re RIE A ah eae o aan ats 48 Ps I AMC UALIOM holes Sie alse Mire ee as a elec & 24 IAEA ERODE bee Lain as tein x ahalaye e'Sispe aie, sche’ Iohhabe MP EY oh ik koicky 461,747,850 JPLEVSTESU (CT V1 2) Bo gape UR ee NP Og Pg 1,767,754 SCPC HUGE SEPAT) MISE E: a los ei -isckl fi nu cla altaeis'n/s < e'sw’e > </8 hace 21,965 ef OLY Hy cael salves apne san arn eg Ape ee a RO RE a eee 18,682 apis mverted... 65.6. esi + Eocigal Bike ae NI EN tig Aa A DB $1,543,000

As you desire the result of the Rhode Island fishing, I give you that separ- ately, but it is also included in the above table.

Yours truly, NB: -CHURGE.

Result of Rhode Island menhaden fishing:

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Men employed sileatu:? .26uS. pies Hees Oe ee eee 164 Sailing vessels in use......... sat Bi he ie aN eee Se tae tle ce ae | Steamers PSs howeg ¢ oid beak wen nahagiotr: Mii baa nei tee Soe 8 Pome an OPSraiiOn acid) et oe de He bd Soe seep ome» 5 menue, | Afoheiecc i tien be Vike Meet. siete et ieee 39,483,600 Gilivns-enl Hinde.) 6.0 ede obs uk ced pe ewe a8 eee ee es 344,845 Vion Crile: Acrap sade: 15 2G oe isis wks cle ste pis pte amie wok ew 3,637

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REPORT OF CHAIRMAN OF COMMISSION ON LOBSTERS.

The constant and increasing demand for lobsters, and the greatly increased efforts to supply the demand have caused much serious inquiry as to their ability of maintaining the stock in the waters.

Although they occupy all the ground of our coast generally fished over, they are subject to so many perils that it sometimes seems a miracle that any survive.

PERILS.

Perils are ever present with them. At no period of their lives are they safe from natural enemies; the codfish, haddock and the black fish prey upon them in every condition of their existence, large or small, hard or soft shell, but their greatest danger is dur- ing the moulting period, when they become the most helpless creatures in the world, and are eagerly devoured by all sorts of fish life; and their own cannibalistic propensities justify the belief that they materially aid in the destruction of their own kind regard- less of consanguinity. In this the lobsters have no better record than other fishes, and our experience with the young shows them not a whit behind the worst characters among fishes.

The first peril that besets the lobster begins with the eggs; when attached to the mother they are often stolen by some small

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predatory fish or eels; the latter is said to be the most guilty party in this, the first menace to their increase. As the eges hatch, the little fellows rise to the surface and remain free swimmers for several weeks, and during this period they are gobbled up by the million by mackerel and other fish who seem to consider them their normal food. We have seen small schools of mackerel and also butter-fish after them as soon as liberated, and swallow them as a hungry fowl -would grain; that made us think, “that since they were so soon done for, that must be what they were begun for,”

What escape ¢/izs danger find new ones every time they go to the bottom to moult, which in their early life occur every few days. The period extends as they advance in life. After development to a certain stage they go to bottom and take the chances of life with their progenitors. While they have at this time passed through the most hazardous period of their lives, and have greatly improved chances of reaching maturity, they are still in great danger, and will lose very many of their number before reaching the legal size of ten inches.

As it is a law of nature that animal life must be sustained by nutriment, it appears that the excessive product of eggs and young among fishes is one, if not the chief provision of nature to supply such nutriment. Were it not so none could long exist, and the ocean would be too small for any one of the prolific breeders.

We would not have it understood that the spawn or young of lobsters or other fish is the normal food of their kind. But like the young lobster in confinement without other food, thousands would have but one representative in time. That such destruc- tion would take place under favorable natural conditions where they could spread over a large area, and have a supply of normal food, none can believe. If such conditions could be produced and such food could be supplied as they find in their native waters, then would we have the secret for rearing them, that has so far been found impractical.

The writer has been informed by Prof. A. Agassiz, that he has 2

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retained the young lobsters during the .season, to what extent I do not know, but to have kept them at all is accomplishing more than anyone else, so far as we know.

This we trust will point to a successful solution of the artificial propagation of this valuable crustacea at no very distant day.

The effect of human agency in depleting the lobsters by the capture of half-grown, and the egg-bearing, have caused much concern, and led to the enactment of laws limiting the size and prohibiting the catch of those bearing eggs.

To put back into the water all below a fixed limit cannot largely increase the stock, but must have a favorable effect, as it gives those that have passed through the most hazardous period of life a chance to attain to a mature size. While the taking of the egg- bearers is a draft upon future stock, and if they could be returned to the water and allowed to remain there until the eggs were hatched, little more could be accomplished in the way of assisting nature in keeping up the stock.

The efforts made to enforce legal enactments to secure these ends have failed; they have succeeded only in creating a conflict between those charged with the enforcement of the law and the fishermen, and in the expenditure of large sums of the State’s money. .

The restrictive laws are often evaded, and never effective in ac- complishing the purpose expected. While they may restrain a few, the majority will destroy the eggs to avoid the penalty, and retain the lobster for’ market. _

We do not mean here to impute to the fishermen any special lawlessness beyond that of other classes. Most people are willing to escape taxes ; very many constantly evade them; and the fisher- - men look upon anything taken from their catch as a tax. Each egeg-lobster means to them about twenty-five cents, and is it a matter of surprise that they don’t voluntarily drop overboard an indefinite amount of quarters of dollars.

We make no apology for those who break the law, It is our

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wish to point the way to a practical method of dealing with the question.

We have said that the laws were ineffectual ; it would be easy to show that they are, but we believe it generally admitted that they are, even where wardens are charged with their execution as their sole duty, and with every facility for their work.

How to secure the end contemplated by the laws, and make practical efforts to sustain or increase the stock, is the question.

We suggest the following as the only possible method that ap- pears practical to us:

The State to purchase every egg-lobster caught, and either re- place them in the water, where they would not be recaptured, or retain them until hatched.

To putin effect the plan proposed and carry it to a successful issue, there should be a co-operation of the different States and that of the General Government, and should be on some general and systematic plan.

Cost.

We believe the efforts to enforce the laws in some of the States have been at a cost to the State of very much more than enough to purchase every illegal lobster taken. We are without data, but doubt if the estimate of twenty-five cents per pound is too high, while the same might have been bought for six or seven cents per pound. |

Besides the evil effects of a continued'warfare is very demoral- izing. It makes poachers and law-breakers of many otherwise well-disposed citizens, and engenders bitter enmity where good feeling should exist, that would lead to co-operation.

We think that if the fishermen were paid for the egg-lobsters sufficient to compensate for any extra trouble, they would gladly turn them in to the State, and co-operate with officers to enforce the laws limiting size.

Even if it became necessary to purchase the short lobsters, it is a question if the State could not, then, secure the end desired

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cheaper than by any other method. This we say would be very much more effective and at less cost to the State, than an army of officers or a flotilla of gunboats.

To secure and return to, the water as young life, every egg carried by the lobsters, would promise very much more than has been done heretofore.

We were much gratified that a neighboring State tried, last year, the plan of buying the egg lobsters, although we have not learned how satisfactory they were in hatching them. We are very sure many eggs were returned to the water as young, that would have otherwise been destroyed.

HATCHING.

We believe no method better than that provided by nature, and if practical to place the egg lobster in the water free, where they would not be again captured, in no way could more be done to increase the future stock. Next to this we would retain the lob- sters until hatched and thereby secure a young lobster for every ege. By incubation with any process we believe a great waste occurs; first, in stripping the eges, then in hatching, and again, a loss occurs after hatching, before they are liberated. Besides, this entails considerable labor and expense.

PRESERVES.

That lobster and fish preserves may be established where most of our edible fishes could be kept under nearly natural conditions, and where they could be retained for long periods, and some of them continuously, we verily believe.

The advantages of such a preserve must be obvious to all. The very large catches that glut the market for short periods and are soon followed by a scarcity, need never occur; the bulk of the large catches could be placed in the preserves and used as wanted, or furnish sport, for the hook and line fishermen. _

Were we not convinced of the feasibility of this method we should hardly have ventured to present it here. |

REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES.

There are along our coast arms of the sea or partially enclosed waters, that furnish every natural condition required for some or other of our fishes. Could entire control be secured of some of them, we believe the results would justify any cost that would be

necessary to test them by a fair trial.

We trust that the Fish Commissioners of the Atlantic States and the United States will give this matter an investigation and report

as to to its practicability.

J. M. K. SOUTHWICK, Chairman.

State of Rhode Island in account with Commissioners of Inland

Fisheries ¢

1894. Dr. Dec. 31. To balance due Commissioners,....... nd Ma Mette $632 63 1895. Mar. 7. Pap peMUelOn APOULG fey KOOL OUO) c.f. ceed Ul nce oe a 101 50 ita pee") yearling trout. (10,000). s.r news es 400 00 ie mec) hee EADS DOE RAGAN, OAIIG. | 3024's ie v.c's'2 4.5 ls 24 00 Perri expenses of Commissioners... 0... .255+s<s «s 107 78 = ‘* printing, advertising and postage..... Sea a aah lay ape 28 75 $1,294 66 1895. CR. Manos.) ey cxsiwol State: Treasurer. 2.) 0s... enc. Se sot $652. 63 Piearera tee ut SS FPS ees Go ah iS ia gd a | Be he 146 34 icrero Veaihe tO, eee Seg Ma Kee viaidi.'y MA ee aiee 442 14 Dec. 31 - vbalanee uel CGmnnssioners. )! /oik.atelaws fox: 73 55d $1,294 66 J. M. K. SOUTHWICK, dibs HENRY T. ROOT Commissioners * >]

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THE UNITED STATES.

Commissioner, - Brice.

Richard Rathbun, Assistant in Charge of Division of Inquiry respecting Food Fishes.

W. de C. Ravenel, Assistant in Charge of Division of Fish Culture.

Hugh M. Smith, Assistant in Charge of Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries.

Herbert A. Gill, Chief Clerk and Acting Commissioner.

ALABAMA. Col. D. R. Hundley, ; : : , . Madison. Hon. Chas §8. G. Doster, . ; p ; ;. So EAEEVille: ARIZONA. T> W. Otis, E : : , : : . Prescott. John Howard, . : ‘ ; ; . | Prescott: C. W. Stearns, . : d ‘ : 2 . Phenix. ARKANSAS. H. H. Rottaken, President, : : : . Little Rock. W. B. Worthen, Secretary, L 4 : . Little Rock,

This State has never made an appropriation for fish culture.

CALIFORNIA. H. F. Emeric, President, . if ‘ ; . San Francisco, William C. Murdoch, , ; 3 é . San Francisco. J. M. Morrison, ; : ‘ : + 4: Js, Wacramento, COLORADO.

Gordon Land, . é ‘ : ; ; . Denver.

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CONNECTICUT.

Hubert Williams, President, Abbot C. Collins, Secretary, James A. Bill, Treasurer,

Salisbury (Lakeville P. O.). 291 Main Street, Hartford. ° ‘ Lyme (Bill Hill P. O.).

The Shellfish Commissioners are: George C. Waldo, Bridgeport; Bryant A. Treat, Wallingford. .

DELAWARE.

Charles H. Shubert, . ; ;

Dr. E. G. Shortlidge, Supt. of Hatcheries,

GEORGIA. R. T. Nesbitt, Capt. J. D. Edmondson,

ILLINOIS. Richard Roe, Geo. H. Langford, Henry Schmidt,

INDIANA. POH: Kirsch,

Iowa.

Geo. E. Delevan, Ole Bjorenson, Superintendent.

IC ANSAS, O. E. Sadler, MAINE. Thos. H. Wentworth, Henry O. Stanley, : O. B. Whitten, Sea and Shore, MARYLAND.

G. W. Delawder, G. R. Rider,

Odessa.

Wilmington.

Atlanta. La Grange.

East St. Louis. Havana. Elgin.

Columbia City.

.- Estherville.

El Dorado.

Bangor. Dixfield. Portland.

Oakland. Salisbury.

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E. A. Brackett, Chairman,

I. C. Young,

E. D. Buffington,

MASSACHUSETTS,

MICHIGAN.

Herschell Whitaker, President,

H. W. Davis,

Seymour Bower, Superintendent,

Geo. D. Mussey, Secretary,

F. B. Dickerson, \

_W. S. Timberlake,

Wm. Bird,

W. Po Andrus... : A. F. Ferris, Secretary, F. von Baumbach,

MINNESOTA.

S. S. Watkins, Superintendent,

MIssouRI.

H. M. Garlichs, Chairman,

J. L. Smith,

Edw. Cunningham, A. C. Garlichs, Secretary,

Philip Kopplin, Jr., Superintendent,

James W. Day, Superintendent,

Joseph H. Blair, William L. May,

R. H. Oakley,

M. E. O’Brien, Supt. of H

Geo. T. Mills,

Ernest Harris, Deputy,

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NEVADA.

Winchester. Wellfleet. Worcester.

Detroit. Grand Rapids. Detroit. Detroit. Detroit.

St. Paul. Fairmount. Minneapolis. Brainerd. Alexandria. St. Paul.

St. Joseph. Jefferson. St. Louis. St. Joseph. St. Louis. St. Joseph.

Omaha. Omaha. Lincoln. South Bend.

Carson City. Carson City.

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NEw HAMPSHIRE.

W. T. Shurtleff, W. H. Griffin, Nathaniel Wentworth,

NEw JERSEY.

George Pfeiffer, Jr., . Parker W. Page,

W. Campbell Clark, . Howard P. Frothingham,

New YORK.

Barnet H. Davis, President,

Henry H. Lyman,

William R. Weed,

Charles H. Babcock,

Edward Thompson, .

F. B. Mitchell, Secretary,

Edw. Thompson, Shellfish Commissioner,

OHIO. H. B. Vincent, President, Wm. R. Huntington, Secretary, J. W. Owens, B. F. Seitner, E. B. Shorb, OREGON.

H. D. M’Guire, Fish and Game Warden.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Henry C. Ford, President,

James A. Dale, Corresponding Secretary, H. C. Demuth, .

S. B. Stillwell, .

Louis Streuber, .

D. P. Corwin,

Lancaster. Manchester. Hudson.

Camden. Summit. Newark. Mt. Arlington.

538 Broadway, New York. Oswego.

Potsdam.

Rochester.

Northport.

Albany.

53 Broadway, New York.

McConnellsville. Cleveland. Newark. Dayton.

Van Wert.

1823 Vine Street, Phila. York,

Lancaster.

Scranton,

Erie.

Pittsburg,

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J. M. K. Southwick,

RHODE ISLAND.

William P. Morton, Secretary,

Henry T. Root, Treasurer, Chas. W. Willard, A. D. Roberts, .

Hon. A. P. Butler,

W. W. McDowell,

H. H. Sneed,

Edward D. Hick,

A. Milton Musser,

John W. Titcomb, Horace W. Bailey,

Dr. J. T. Wilkins,

James Crawford,

SoutH CAROLINA.

TENNESSEE.

UTAH.

VERMONT.

VIRGINIA.

W ASHINGTON.

WISCONSIN.

Edwin E. Bryant, President, Calvert Spensley, Treasurer,

William J. Starr, Prof. E. A. Birge,

Jas. J. Hogan,

Geo. F. Peabody, Currie G. Bell, . Jas. T. Ellarson,

Warden,

Louis Miller,

Secretary, Fish and Game

WYOMING TERRITORY.

Newport. Johnston. Providence. Westerly. Woonsocket.

Columbia.

Memphis. Chattanooga. Nashville.

Salt Lake City.

St. Johnsbury.

Newbury.

Bridgetown.

Vancouver.

Madison. Mineral Point. Eau Claire. Madison.

La Crosse. Appleton. Bayfield.

Madison.

Laramie.

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