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REPORT

COMMISSIONERS OF FISHERIES

FOR THE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

FOR THE

YEARS 1883-4:.

COMMISSIONERS OF FISHERIES.

A. B. DIBBLE, Grass Valley, Secretary and Treasurer.
R. H. BUCKINGHAM, Sacramento, President.
J. D. REDDING, San Francisco.

STATE OFFICE

SACRAMENTO :

. . JAMES J. AYERS, SUPT. STATE PRINTING.
1884.

REPORT.

To his Excellency George Stonem an, Governor of California :

The Commissioners of Fisheries for the State of California, appointed
under an Act of the Legislature, entitled "an Act to provide for the
restoration and preservation of fish in the waters of the State," ap-
proved April 2, 1870, respectfully submit their eighth biennial report.

SALMON.

This most important of our inland water fish is in great demand,
not only by all our citizens for table consumption, but also by the
numerous canneries, some twenty-one in number, situated on the
banks of the Sacramento, the bays, and in San Francisco, having
increased their business in the last few years to large proportions.
The average pack now is about 200,000 cases per annum. The boats
employed in 1883, in taking salmon, were about 1,200, and are increas-
ing in number. The average catch to each boat is about 1,500 fish,
weighing about 21,600,000 pounds, per annum.

The increase of catch for the last three years caused a marked de-
crease in the supply for the year 1883, with a chance of a more marked
decrease for the year 1884, the causes of which are many, viz.:

First — Illicit fishing done during the close season.

Second — Loss of salmon in the tules.

Third — The consumption by seals and sea-lions, which are very
destructive to salmon and other fish. They follow the fish from the
Golden Gate to Rio Vista.

Fourth — The different kinds of aquatic birds, which are very nu-
merous, and very destructive to the young of all kinds of fish as they
are descending from the spawning grounds to the ocean.

Fifth— Dams and other obstructions near their spawning grounds.

These are the principal difficulties over which the Commissioners
have no control, except as to the first.

THE VIOLATORS OF THE LAW.

The Commissioners have exercised their power to abate the evil of
illicit fishing, but owing to the limited means at their command,
they have been unable to do all that was required to be done. There
has been in that direction a great amount of work performed, in dif-
ferent parts of the State, the most of which was done on the lower
Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, and the bays of Suisun, San
Pablo, and San Francisco.

During the close season of 1883 the Commission placed a patrol
upon the rivers and bays, which has had a very wholesome effect.

Mr. W. C. Jones, the Deputy Commissioner, had charge of the patrol -
men employed, and did good service, as his annexed report shows.

The marked increase of salmon caught in the last few years is on
account of the demand from the canneries. During the heavy run in
former years, the fishermen did not work more than one third of the
time. The canneries take the most of the catch from the first of
April to the fifteenth of July, and from the first of September to the
middle of < October. The fishermen work most of the time, say eighteen
hours of the twenty-four.

It is necessary for the Commission to plant as many young salmon
as *an be procured, at the headwaters of the Sacramento, in order to
keep up the supply. Owing to the breaking of the waterwheel of the
United States hatchery on the McCloud River, and to other causes,
the supply of young fish was cut short in the year 1883 more than
0,000,000. It will be necessary for the California Commissioners to
plant not less than 4,000,000 young fish each year, in order to meet
the heavy drain continually going on.

The present Commission has used considerable exertion against the
violators of the fish laws, but unless some stringent legislation is
obtained, our streams and bays will soon be without a needful supply
of salmon and other fish.

The large demands that came from the packing houses in the year
1883, caused an unusual amount of fish to be taken. During this
season, which has been an unusually short one, the amount of fresh
salmon, which has been packed, amounts to 451,957 Spring salmon,
and 160,542 Fall salmon, aggregating 7,349,998 pounds. The amount
of fresh Spring salmon sold in the markets was 115,004, and of Fall
run 52,902, aggregating 2,235,684 pounds; total number of pounds sold
and canned in the year 1883, 9,585,672 pounds. These statistics do
not include 60,000 or more caught above Sacramento City. In order
to meet this immense drain, it will be necessary to have at least one
hatching house belonging to the State on the Little Sacramento, or
the McCloud, or Pit Rivers.

From the fifteenth day of October, 1883, until the first day of Janu-
ary, 1884, the run of salmon was very good, and especially in the
month of January, as there were more caught during that month of
what is termed the Winter run, than in years past. The cause was
probably on account of the stage of the river, which was extremely
low for that season of the year. The Spring run was retarded in
consequence of the low water, and no considerable amount of fish
was caught until after the twentieth of March. The outlook for a
heavy run early in the season was not promising, there being less fish
observed outside the Bay of San Francisco than for a number of years
preceding.

The decrease of salmon in the McCloud River, in 1883, was caused
by the continual blasting on the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
above Redding; this caused the fish to stop below the United States
hatchery, at Bairds, only allowing very few fish to ascend to their
spawning grounds. It was a cause that could not be avoided.

Mr. Livingstone Stone, the Deputy United States Fish Commis-
sioner for this coast, did all in his power to catch as many fish as
would fill his contract with the Commissioners of this State (4,000,-
000), but did not succeed by about 3,000,000. The Commissioners
desire not less than 4,000,000 each year in order to keep up the sup-
ply and to increase the number. The demand is increasing every

year, and, unless the number of young fish can be increased, our run
of salmon will be less every year. In the year 1883 there were caught
not less than 300,000 more than the Commission planted. A consid-
erable ntftaber of salmon spawn in different streams, quite a large
proportion running into the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers;
and, in fact, we feel assured that most of the Fall run of salmon
never reach the McCloud, but deposit their ova upon the bars between
Colusa and Red Bluff.

EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR.

The run of salmon during this year has been very late. The
Spring run was very light up to and after the first of April. During
the month of April the run started in with a small catch, and
remained so until the first of May, when a small increase was noticed
for about two weeks; then the run slacked, and by the middle of May
the fish were very scarce, and continued scarce all through May,
resulting in the smallest take in a number of years.

The June run, which in ordinary years has been the heaviest, re-
sulted in a very small showing; a heavy decrease for the Spring run.

The causes for the scarcity of salmon for the year 1884 are several,
viz. :

First — The loss of fish in the tules in the years 1881 and 1882.

Second — The using of small mesh nets from 1877 up to 1883, and
the increase of seines at or near the spawning grounds. The increase
of nets used in the bays leading to the river has also caused a great
decrease. The river is at times apparently completely dammed by
jiets.

The pack of salmon on the Sacramento for the year 1884 will fall
short fully one half from that of the year 1883, although more than
ordinary exertions have been made by the fishermen to obtain them.

The Commissioners in their report of 1878-9 predicted a heavy run
of fish in the Sacramento River for the years 1883 and 1884, but, for
the various causes mentioned, their predictions have not been fulfilled.

The Fall run of salmon of 1884 has been the lightest that was ever
known in the memory of the oldest fisherman. On the first and sec-
ond days of September the run was not as heavy as it should have
been during the same days in the month of October. There is no
cause known to the Commission for the marked decrease in the Fall
run this year, as the Fall fish have invariably taken care of them-
selves.

EASTERN SALMON.

These are a different species and are entirely unknown to the Pa-
cific Coast. They inhabit the waters north of the forty-first degree
of latitude, and are never seen south of that degree. They are caught
in great numbers as high north as the coast of Norway.

The California, or Chinook, are taken in lower degrees of latitude
than any other kind of salmon, and run down as low as thirty-seven
degrees north, which we believe is as low as they are ever caught.
This is occasioned by the temperature of the water, which in some
seasons of the year reaches as high as eighty degrees Fahrenheit.

At the time when the fish are seeking their river spawning grounds
they begin to fail in quality as food (although they are used by a great
many), and large numbers are secured just before spawning, by fish-

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ermen and others, on the upper waters of the rivers. Numbers of
fishermen have been known to catch and sell salmon immediately
after spawning and upon the spawning grounds, when the fish were
wholly unlit for human food. This grievous evil, in our opinion,
should be prohibited by very stringent laws.

TRUCKEE TROUT.

Of this species of fish, most are taken in the State of Nevada, on
account of the various dams in that State, which are constructed in
such form that it is impossible for trout to raise over them. Unless
the State of Nevada does something towards dam abatement, the
Truckee River trout will be a fish of the past in a very short time.
Although the citizens of Nevada stoutly deny this fact, it appears
strange that no trout are caught above the Nevada State line, when
in former years they were abundant the whole length of the river
from Pyramid Lake to Lake Tahoe.

Commissioner Dibble visited several of the dams in the State of
Nevada, and in his report, before the meeting of the Board held on
the fourteenth day of April, 1884, he stated that the statements of the
mill owners on that portion of the river in California were correct, in
that it was impossible for trout to ascend the Truckee above Foulkes'
Dam, near Yerdi, in the State of Nevada.

LAND-LOCKED SALMON.

The Commission received from Mr. Atkins, Deputy United States
Fish Commissioner at Bucksport, State of Maine, 30,000 eggs of th^
Shadoe salmon. They were received on the seventeenth of March,
1884, in good condition, and were hatched with only a loss of seven
and one half per cent. They were distributed in the lakes as follows:

Bigler 15,000

Dormer 5,000

Webber 5,000

The plant of land-locked salmon by the former Commissioners has
only been a partial success. Very few of the fish have been taken as
yet, although a better showing is looked for. At present writing, the
catch has been about the same as last season, no great amount having
been captured.

PERCH.

In former years this fish was very plentiful, but has become very
scarce in the last few years, owing to several causes, viz.:

First — We believe the greatest cause of disappearance is due to the
reclamation of our tule lands by closing the sloughs, whereby ingress
and egress is stopped, causing them to deposit their spawn in the
rivers, and the spawn is lost by being covered with sediment.

Second — By a continual drain upon the supply by Chinese and
other fishermen, who are ever on the alert to find their hiding places.

In our opinion a law should be passed to protect them from seine
fishing for at least two years.

For some reason the run of perch has been better this year (1884)
than for a number of years past, owing, probably, to the several

breaks in the levees between Knight's Landing and Cache Slough,
on the Sacramento River, which has allowed the fish egress from the
shoal lakes into the tules. Perch are taken in all the lower rivers
and streams of the Sacramento and San Joaquin; also in Clear and
Tulare Lakes. They do not appear to have decreased in those waters
where reclamation has not been so extensive, as in those tule dis-
tricts above mentioned, but appear to be as plentiful as formerly.

It is not the habit of the perch to ascend very high in any of the
streams, but they confine themselves to the more sluggish portions of
the waters of the State, lakes and ponds, which seem to be their favor-
ite haunts.

CHUB.

This fish, a great favorite with the Indian and Mongolian races, has
been scarce for the past few years, but are now becoming more plen-
tiful, the probable cause of increase being the breaking of the levees
in the overflowed districts, which gives the fish a chance to return to
the river. The outlook for the year 1884 is good for a fine run, from
the fact that in the month of March they were numerous in the river,
and, as the run lasts generally two or three months, we may expect a
large increase from last year; their habits being similar to the perch,
the probabilities are that the same causes lead to the same effects.

PIKE.

With reference to the pike, we repeat the same statement made in
regard to perch and chub. The pike is more plentiful at the present
time than most of our strictly inland fish. They ascend the rivers
higher than most of the other kinds and are thereby protected, as
most of the fishermen do not follow them very far up the river. As
they are not taken in quantities except by those who fish with fyke
nets, they ascend the river as far as Red Bluff. They are said to be
a great enemy to the young salmon. They are a good table fish for
baking or boiling.

The pike run commences with the channel pike in the month of
December, and with the bar or school pike in the month of March.
They vary in size from one half pound for bar to twenty -four pounds
for channel; there is a marked increase for this year.

These fish are known on the upper waters as whitefish, although
they bear no resemblance to the eastern fish of that denomination.

DACE.

The dace, a native of our rivers and lakes, were never very plentiful,
and are on the decrease. They are similar in shape, but are different
in color from the pike, being of a yellowish brown on the back, and
a dingy white on the sides and stomach. The dace are nearly extinct;
from what cause, the Commissioners are unable to ascertain at present.

MULLET (OR HARD-HEAD).

The mullet or hard-head is one of the most common of our inland
fish, and is used more by the Chinese than by any other class of peo-
ple— their extreme cheapness being the great desideratum. They
are taken in large numbers during the Fall and AVinter months.

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They inhabit the lakes and sloughs, and also the rivers, but, like
some other species of fish mentioned, are getting scarce. In our
opinion, they need no protection.

CARP.

The carp has been introduced into the State by the United States
Commissioners. They have proven a great success. They do well
in any of our lakes and ponds, natural or artificial, and are one of
the most prolific of all of the inland-water fish. The condition of the
water, whether clear or otherwise, so long as vegetation exists therein,
i< agreeable to the carp. They are truly vegetarian in regard to diet;
living and thriving upon vegetable food. It is the opinion of the
( ommissioners that the carp are a fish that will come into general
favor with the middle class of our citizens, as they can be raised very
cheaply by artificial methods. They are well known in China, where
they are raised almost entirely by artificial means.

The carp will never be a fish sought after by our Waltons, as they
are a fish that seldom take the hook.

Opinions differ in regard to the quality of carp as a food fish; the
flesh being of a rather coarse order. They are not so highly flavored
as some other kinds of fish.

The carp are already being taken in the Sacramento River, and in
some of the lakes bordering on it — not in any great numbers as yet,
but enough have been caught to show that they thrive well in our
waters. The Commissioners are well satisfied that, in a few years,
there will be any quantity of them, as they increase rapidly.

STURGEON.

This is one of our best and cheapest food fishes, and is coining
more in favor with all classes of our citizens, and, like most other
kinds of food fish, is steadily on the decrease in numbers. This is
due almost wholly to the mode of fishing resorted to by the Chinese.

The catch for the year 1883 fell short fully fifty per cent from the
result of the catch the previous two or three years. Unless something
is done in the way of legislation, the State will, in a few years, be
without this kind of fish, one of the best of cheap food fish that in-
habit our waters.

In the opinion of the Commissioners, a law should be enacted to
protect sturgeon less than twenty-four inches in length. The small
ones are not marketable fish, but are dried and sent to China by the
Chinese fishermen, who are the only ones that follow that line of the
business, they having monopolized the sturgeon trade.

There are two species of this fish that visit our waters; one called
the green, and the other the white. They are both good food fish.
There is a difference of opinion as to which kind is the best; the
majority, however, favor the white.

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CATFISH AND BULLHEADS (OR POUT).

These fish were introduced into our waters by the late Commis-
sioners, and have thrived wonderfully. All of the lakes, ponds, and
sloughs of the central portion of the State are well stocked with them.
It has been stated by fishermen that they would destroy all the native

fish. It is our opinion that it was a timely act on the part of the
former State Commissioners to plant them just when they did, as our
native fish were giving out. They are caught from the mouth of the
Sacramento River as far up as Tehama, a distance of about two hun-
dred miles. They are a fish that need no protection. They are so
'prolific that it is a question if they can ever be exterminated.

Catfish proper are not so plentiful as the bullhead. It is a mistaken
idea that all the fish that are called catfish are so in reality. There
are two distinct species, however, bearing a near resemblance to each
other; the catfish having a peculiar build and a swallow-tail, while
the bullhead or pout has a square tail. The pout seems to take to the
lakes, while the catfish prefer the river, and are seldom caught in the
lakes. They are coming more into favor with our citizens every year.
The prejudice that existed at the time of their introduction is fast
dying out, and the majority of our people claim that they are a better
food fish than the carp. Whether such be the fact is a matter of taste.

The idea that they would destroy our native fish is a fallacy, as, in
the last two years, statistics tend to show that such is not the fact. In
this statement the disciples of the famed Izaak Walton, we think, will
bear us out.

There is also in our lakes and rivers a small native catfish, not
very plentiful, and too insignificant to call for any extended notice,
the fish being seldom over four inches in length.

WHITEFISH.

This is what might be termed a land-locked shad. The results
accruing from the planting of this kind of fish in our waters are not
fully known to the Commissioners. They are a fish that do not take
the hook, and, as our laws protect the lakes in which they were
deposited from all kinds of nets, we have no reliable data as to
whether they are a success or not. There are native whitefish that
are caught in Lakes Bigler and Donner, which have been taken for
those planted by the former Commissioners, but they are different in
form from the eastern, being longer and more slim in build, and not
so full in the shoulders.

The native, or river whitefish, are taken in great numbers, and are
called fresh water herring. They are to be found in all the streams
in the State; are small in size, from one half to one pound each. They
are in great favor with the Chinese.

There has been no showing of the eastern whitefish so far, although
it is five years since they were planted. Up to August thirtieth not
one has been taken, so far as the Commissioners have any knowledge.

SHAD.

Since the Commissioners first planted shad in our rivers they have
done well, so much so that the whole Pacific Coast can now be said
to be well stocked. They have been taken from Monterey Bay on the
south, to British Columbia on the north. The shad have large breed-
ing grounds in the waters of the center of the State; their increase
has been marvelously great. We have no accurate means of know-
ing the amount of shad that can be taken in a single day. Enough
is known, however, at the present time, to assure us that an unlimited
supply can be had in the proper season.

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Of all the migratory fish in our waters, the shad is one of the most
prolific. Our tule Lakes are splendid spawning grounds for them.
During the year 1883 the law to protect -had was in force; fishermen
win' caught them generally returned them to the water, but enough
were caughl to assure the Commissioners that they had greatly in-
creased in numbers and growth, some being seined that weighed nine
and throe quarter pounds.

It is the opinion of the Commissioners that California is the only
State in the Union where shad can be taken and marketed the year
round.

STRIPED BASS.

Thi- mosl desirable fish is not a native of our waters. A few were
planted by the former Commissioners in the Bay of San Francisco at
Army Point. In the opinion of the Commissioners they will be a
success, as they have been taken in the Bay of San Francisco weigh-
ing four pounds, and one taken in the Bay of Monterey in September,
1883, weighed nearly seventeen pounds. It will be some time before
striped bass will be very plentiful, as the immense area in which they
travel will have to be well stocked before any one place would have
any considerable number for the fishermen to work upon. In Octo-
ber, 1883, one was caught in the Sacramento River weighing sixteen
pounds. This and other catches are strong evidence that the striped
bass will propagate in our waters. The Commissioners find that by
reason of thus stocking our bays the whole Pacific Coast is benefited,
as in the case with shad. Bass have been taken as far north as Brit-
ish Columbia.

March third, 1884, a striped bass, weighing four pounds, was for sale
in a San Francisco market. March eleventh there was one offered for
sale that weighed eighteen and one half pounds. It seems to us that
most of the eastern fish assimilate themselves verv readilv to our waters.

SALT WATEPv FISH.

ROCK COD, OR GROUPER.

This fish abounds in great numbers all along the Pacific Coast.
The markets of California are well supplied from the Bays of San
Francisco, Monterey, Tomales, and from Punta Arenas and the Far-
allone Islands; they are caught with hook and line near the rocks
and are always in good demand.

Their habits compare with the blackfish of the New England
Coast. There are as many as five different varieties; the red is con-
sidered the most numerous of all. In the last ten or fifteen years
the markets received the most of their supply of this fish from out-
side the Bay of San Francisco. The decrease in the bay is owing
to the same conditions as have caused the decrease of the inland or
fresh water fish. They are gradually lessening in number by the
continual drain upon them, occasioned by the various devices which
our cosmopolitan fishermen use in their capture.

The immense number of small fish of all kinds annually destroyed
by the Chinese and other fishermen in the bay, compel the market-
men to look further abroad for their daily supply, as not more than
one half of that supply is obtained in the vicinity of San Francisco.

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In former years most of the supply was obtained in and around the
bays; at present the bays of Monterey, Tomalcs, Point Reyes, and
other points along the coast, north and south, come in for their share
of the market supply. As the consumption increases about ten per
cent per annum, increasing with the increase of our population, the
outlook for years to come is not promising. The Commissioners
know of no way to increase the supply of fish of the varieties thai are
strictly indigenous to our salt waters, as the greater number of species
are migratory in their habits — only few kinds remaining the year
round in our waters. The best varieties of salt water fish are floun-
ders, soles, turbot, and tomcod, which are taken in good quantities in
the inland bays, the greater portion in San Pablo Bay. Sea perch, or
porgy, as they are termed in the New England States, are a hue pan
fish. Ours, in appearance, are darker in color than the eastern. Her-
ring are considered the most plentiful of all our food fish. They are
caught in great numbers in the Winter months, and are always in
great demand.

bay pish. •

San Pedro and San Diego Bays furnish most of the crayfish that
are used in the markets of the State. Shoalwater Bay furnishes all of
the native oysters, and a large proportion of the clams that are used
in the various markets of the State. It is a well known fact that
at the present time a large percentage of the food fish that are used
throughout the State come from outside bays and rivers; only a small
per cent being caught within the Bay of San Francisco.

In the opinion of the Commissioners the catch of all kinds of fish
will decrease to a considerable extent in the next five years, if the
Chinese are allowed to fish with what is known as bag-nets, for the
purpose, as claimed by them, of taking shrimp. The nets they use
are so small in size of mesh that they catch and destroy the young of
all kinds of food fish by the hundreds of tons annually.

Monterey supplies annually a large number of fish of all kinds to
the markets of San Francisco and the State.

EELS, BLACK BASS, AND LOBSTERS.

Eels, placed in our waters by the former Commissioners, have not
been a success. It is probable that the place where they were deposited,
and where they have made their home, has not yet been discovered;
at all events, none have been taken since they were planted. It seems
to us that they ought to do well in our inland waters, as they are fond
of the bottoms of ponds or streams where mud prevails, as is the case
in our lakes and rivers.

Black bass, in our opinion, would do well in all of our large lakes,
such as Bigler, Donner, Webber, Clear, and Tulare.

Lobsters may not do well in our latitude. They are not caught
in any considerable numbers below forty-one degrees north on the
Atlantic Coast. In the opinion of the Commissioners it would be
useless to expend any considerable amount to renew the lobster ex-
periment.

In some of the lakes near San Francisco, quite a number of black
bass have been taken, and they seem to have done very well.

In this report, the Commissioners who have signed it deemed it
proper, in the naming of the various species of fish, to avoid Latin

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nomenclature, and to call them by the good old Saxon or provincial
names by which they have been known to our fishermen and people.

NOTES BY THE COMMISSIONERS.

The iish interest is on the increase all along the line, from the Ore-
gon Coast to the line of Mexico, every bay having its well established
fisheries, which send the greater proportion of their catch to San
Francisco, where they find a ready market.

Most of the salmon which are exhibited for sale in the months of
November, December, and January, are taken up the coast at Point
Arenas, Little River, Eel River, Bolinas, and Rogue River. The
species consists of what is known as the coast or steel-head. There
are a few of the salmon taken at other points that are indigenous to
the waters of the Sacramento River.

We would also respectfully state that when the present Commis-
sioners were appointed they were at a loss to know where to commence,
as the head of the old Commission, Hon. B. B. Redding, died a few
months before, and the only one left was the Hon. S. R. Throckmorton,
who was at the time in very poor health; and he also died in a month
or so after our appointment, leaving us without any one to confer
with who had any knowledge of what was to be done or where to
commence. We entered upon our duty as strangers to the business,
and it may have cost more to carry on the needed work than it did
our predecessors, but when taking into consideration the amount of
work done by the present Commission, we confidently believe that
the people of this State will approve of our action and endeavors to
secure and advance its fish industry.

The present Commissioners have used earnest endeavors to protect
the fish interest from the unlawful raids made by unprincipled fisher-
men during the close season, by employing and placing a patrol on
the various bays and watercourses of this State, which action has
resulted in great benefit. During the month of August, 1883, the
Commission caused the arrest of thirty-six violators of the fish laws,
chiefly Greeks and Italians; all were convicted and fined. During
the months of September and October, 1883, forty-eight Chinese were
arrested for violating the provisions of Section 636 of the Penal Code,
by fishing with set-nets, and in nearly all cases convictions were
obtained. The Legislature should pass a very stringent law prohibit-
ing the use of set-nets, whether for catching of shrimp or fish; shrimp
nets especially are more destructive to the young of all varieties of
fish than any other nets used, from the fact that while the fishermen,
who are fishing for the market, use nets that will catch nothing but
marketable fish, on the other hand, those parties who catch shrimps
have their nets made of so small sized mesh that it is impossible for
the young of any kind to escape therefrom, thereby catching and
destroying immense numbers. The only way to avoid the evil is to
stop the catching of shrimp except by the use of proper seines. If the
mode adopted by the Chinese is allowed to be continued, in a few
years they will have the Bay of San Francisco entirely drained of all
kipds of food fish. The number of small fish, shrimp, etc., so taken
by the Chinese, and by illicit fishing, amounts to thousands of tons
per year. The distribution of fish, in 1883, was not as large as in
former years, on account of the fact that the United States Commis-
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they had been accustomed to furnish in former years. Our Commis-
sion has sent out from the Shelby hatchery and distributed, between
the twenty-first of May, 1883, and the first of January, 1884, over
95,000 trout.

In December, 1883, there were placed 600,000 young salmon in the
McCloud River by the United States Fish Commission, at the expense
of $600 to the State of California.

On April 13, 1884, the California Commissioners planted ever 200
carp in the lakes of Yolo County, and on April 25 placed a number
in China Slough, Sacramento County.

The present Commissioners of the State of California have been
unable to place new varieties of fish in the waters of the State, from
the fact, mainly, that the United States Commission has not been able
to furnish the much desired and needed supply. The United States
Commissioner, Hon. Spencer F. Baird, in making annual distribution
of fish, up to the year 1883, favored California with its proportion.
To him and to his associates the people of this State owe their thanks
for the successful stocking of our watercourses and bays with shad,
catfish, carp, black bass, striped bass, whitefish, etc.

We most earnestly hope that, in the coming years, we may be favored
by the United States Fish Commission with a supply of the different
varieties of eastern fish.

VIOLATIONS OF LAWS.

The fish laws have been violated to a great extent on the upper
rivers, bjr unprincipled men, who have established fisheries from
Fremont to Redding, on the Sacramento River. The great damage
that has been done by these up-river fishermen has been occasioned
by the continued drawing of seines upon the gravel bars, not only in
the taking of the fish ready to deposit spawn, but also in destroying
the ova already deposited upon the gravel bars, these bars being the
natural spawning grounds of the salmon. In the opinion of the
Commissioners, the State should set apart that section of the river
from Jacinto to the McCloud and Pit Rivers as breeding grounds, so
that no net or seine could be legally used in that portion of the river.
If a law of that character is not passed and enforced, the salmon
interest of this State will be of short duration, as the parties using
seines on the spawning grounds do more towards annihilating the
salmon than all the gill-net fishermen, as the gill nets are nearly of a
uniform size of mesh, and only take matured fish, while the seines
take all sizes, from one half pound up.

In the opinion of the Commission, it would be wise for the Legisla-
ture to enact such laws as will control excessive and prohibit destruc-
tive modes of fishing, such as Chinese bag nets, Chinese trout lines,
etc., as they are destructive to the young of all kinds of fish.

The Commission would advise that a law be passed to prohibit the
use of any weir, pound, bag net, China trout line, set nets, and all
other contrivances, in the public waters of this State, with the excep-
tion of the fyke nets, and providing that the wings thereof do not
extend more than twenty-five feet in the stream from the bank or
shore; also, to enact such laws as will prohibit the Indians from
taking any kind of fish by any other method than was in use by them
prior to 1850.

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SHELBY HATCHERY.

The hatching of trout at the Shelby hatchery was started in the
month of May. 1883, and during the year there were hatched and dis-
tributed over 1)5,000 trout, and, although this hatchery was started
very Late in the season for trout hatching, it establishes the fact that
the conditions and surroundings are very favorable to the business.

The hatching house was, in 1883, under the charge of Mr. Richard-
son, a gentleman well versed in the art of propagating fish artificially.
Under his management, in the space of two months, over 95,000 were
hatched of the species as follows : McCloud River, Lake Bigler,
Donner Lake, and Modoc or rainbow trout. After the appointment
of the majority of the present Commission they examined into and
took charge of the property belonging to the State, which consisted of
an old building called a hatchery, situated about one mile from the
railroad in Alameda County, near Chabot Lake; some transporting
cans, and a few hatching boxes which were not worth moving. As
soon as we could conveniently get to work, the Commission found a
suitable place for a temporary hatchery, which is situated on what
is called Butterfly Creek, between Colfax and Grass Valley, on the
Nevada Narrow Gauge Railroad. The Commission received the
privilege of building a hatchery house, with the use of a bountiful
supply of water, from the owner of the property, Joseph Shelby, Esq.

SACRAMENTO RIVER.

The Sacramento River, which heads in the northern part of the
State, runs nearly north and south through four degrees of latitude,
and is one of the best salmon streams in the world. At the head the
water is clear and icy cold, and the river has a fine gravelly bottom,
making fine spawning grounds.

The principal tributaries are the Pit River, which rises in Siskiyou
County in Goose Lake, and the McCloud River, which is one of the
finest streams in the State of California, and widely noted as a trout
stream. Here the United States Commission built their hatchery.
The water is very cold, more so than any other stream in the State.

The Feather River is another branch, and in early years was a very
good salmon stream, but of late years the salmon have not ascended
on account of the impure water.

M 'cloud river.

The United States hatchery on the McCloud River has been a great
benefit to the State of California in years past, on account of the large
number of salmon which have been planted and obtained from it in
the headwaters of the Sacramento River. The abandonment of the
hatchery and of the propagation of fish by the United States Commis-
sion, leaves the State of California without any hope of depositing
any salmon fry in any of our streams this year (1884). It is to be
hoped that our next Legislature will make an appropriation that will
enable us to establish a hatchery, in the year 1885, on one of the
branches of the Sacramento River. As our interest in the packing of
salmon is very great, it occurs to us that the State should make liberal
provision in the direction mentioned. The United States hatchery,

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on the McCloud River, has been virtually given up, and we can
expect no further salmon supply in that direction. Unless the Legis-
lature make an ample appropriation for the erection of a State salmon
hatchery, the decrease of salmon will annually continue, and in a
short time we will neither have the salmon for a food, nor the can-
neries as an industry, and the fisherman vocation will pass away.

FISH- WAYS, OR LADDERS.

Not many arrests, up to the present time, have been made for the
violation of the Jaw by dam owners, in failing to establish ways and
ladders.

The dams on the headwaters of the Stanislaus, Tuolumne, San Joa-
quin, and the upper Sacramento Rivers, are, in our opinion, a great
drawback to the salmon interest, as the spawning grounds are, for the
most part, above the dams. There being no hshways at the dams,
the fish deposit their ova farther down the rivers, where fishermen
are using nets, and thereby disturbing the ova and killing every egg
that would otherwise mature. The failure to erect proper fish ladders
was one of the causes of the decrease of salmon in the year 1884.

APPEAL TO THE LEGISLATURE.

The California Commission call upon the next Legislature to make
appropriations for two hatcheries — one for the purpose of hatching
trout and keeping the same in proper ponds until they become at
least four months old, and a hatchery for the breeding of salmon on
the headwaters of the Sacramento River. Without these hatcheries
the Commission will be unable to keep up the supply. The demand
now exceeds the supply by more than 100,000 matured salmon. The
California Commissioners have been dependent upon the United
States Commission for all salmon supplies, and we can no longer look
for fish in that direction. Because the California salmon do not
thrive well in Atlantic waters is the reason why the United States
Commissioners have discontinued their work at the McCloud River
hatchery.

AMERICAN RIVER.

This branch of the Sacramento River is nearly depleted of all kinds
of fish, although most of the small streams which empty into" it are
well supplied with small brook trout. The same can be said of the
Feather and Yuba Rivers. The great cause of depletion is owing to
the fact that gold mining has been carried on upon those streams
from the first discovery of gold to the present time, causing the water
to be heavily charged with debris.

It is the opinion of the Commission that the accumulations of sand,
etc., from the mines work great destruction to the ova by covering it
with deposit, and also forcing the fish that would naturally breed in
these waters to seek other streams where the water is purer.

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER.

This is a very good stream for the Fail run of salmon, the ascent
being not very steep, and the current, especially the first seventy-five
miles, not being very strong. The different branches form fine spawn-

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ing grounds, provided the fish could reach their headwaters. The
only stream emptying into the San Joaquin not dammed is the
Mokelumne. The Tuolumne and Stanislaus are dammed in such a
way as to prevent the fish from ascending.

BIG MEADOWS.

These meadows lie in Plumas County. They are grand spawning
grounds for trout, The north fork of the Feather River runs through
the meadows. 'The river derives its waters from springs, some of
which are extensive, causing large streams to flow into the main
river, and furnishes, with a large realm of water, one of the finest
spawning grounds in the State — one of the best for feeding, spawn-
ing, and fish increase. The water is cold at all seasons of the year;
the temperature not higher than sixty degrees Fahrenheit. The
waters have been diverted from the original watercourse by what is
known as the Watt cut, which, at certain times of the year, leaves
insufficient water for fish to ascend over the natural falls in the river,
causing great complaint from the property holders along the meadows.
They have just cause for complaint.

THE M'CLOUD RIVER.

The McCloud River takes its water supply from the Shasta Buttes.
The river runs nearly north and south, with little variation, through
six or seven townships, and ranks among the finest of our mountain
streams. The water is always cold, varying in depth from three to
fifteen feet. It is also a most excellent trout stream, the rainbow and
Dolly Yard en trout being caught in its waters in great numbers, and
weighing from one half pound to eight and ten pounds each.

Salmon also ascend the McCloud in great numbers for the purpose
of spawning during the season. At this time of the year it is a known
fact that they will readily take the hook, a fact not known to exist in
any other river in our State.

The tributary of the Little Sacramento, called Dog Creek, is well
stocked with trout that weigh from one half pound to three pounds.

Mosquito Creek is well stocked.

Little Mosquito and Portage Creeks are well stocked with Califor-
nia brook trout, and of average weight with those found in the small
streams that empty into the Sacramento, Pit, and McCloud Rivers,
making that section of our State one of the best trout fishing locali-
ties found in our own State or the United States, as also furnishing
the best spawning grounds in the world considering the area.

The different branches of Pit River are as follows:

Hat Creek is well supplied with the rainbow trout, which average
from one half pound to four pounds above the falls, and weighing
from one half pound to eight pounds below the falls.

Hatchet Creek also abounds with small brook trout,

Bennie Creek, above the falls, is also well filled with large brook
trout, pulling the scale at one and one half pounds.

Fall Paver is also well supplied with the black trout and native
whitefish. The latter fish do not resemble the eastern whitefish. In
fact all the streams that empty their waters into Pit and McCloud
Rivers are all good trout streams and well stocked.

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The streams on the eastern divide of the State are not so prolific
with trout, although some few are well stocked. The lakes are well
supplied. The only streams which appear to have become mate-
rially exhausted, are our coast streams in and around San Francisco.
This, no doubt, is owing to the large population that indulge in the
pastime of angling. There has been a scarcity of food for the trout
to feed upon in the upper rivers, but the fish have done better during
the last few months. This may have been caused by the continued
blasting on the northern railroad in the vicinity of their feeding and
spawning grounds.

In our opinion, the McCloud Hiver trout are migratory, and are
called on the lower rivers, salmon trout.

CLOSE SEASON.

On the first day of August, 1883, the Commission placed a patrol
upon the Sacramento River and adjacent bays, under the direction
of W. C. Jones, as Deputy Commissioner. The arrangements for the
patrol were completed by the ninth of the month, when the first
sortie was made and several parties were arrested for illicit fishing.
From the ninth of August, the patrol was kept in the field. In fact,
the pirates and violators of the law seemed to forget that there ever
was a law passed for the protection of salmon. It was a hard matter
to make them believe that the Commissioners were in earnest. Dep-
uty Commissioner Jones at times was compelled to resort to force in
order to prevent parties from further violating the laws. In the
opinion of the State Commission, Mr. Jones has succeeded, by his
energy and intrepidity, in stopping almost all of the lawless and
wanton destruction of salmon, especially during the close season of
1883.

During the close season of 1884, viz.: the month of August, there
was but little illicit fishing done, except in the last few days of the
month, when a few boats ventured out, and those were captured by
our deputy, W. C. Jones.

One of the greatest drawbacks to successful work is, the want of a
proper conveyance to patrol the rivers, and at all times; sailboats are
not always successful in making captures, on account of the fishermen
having fast crafts of their own, and, as soon as the Commission's boat
is discovered, they escape. This is owing to the fact that the most of
their boats are superior sailers. The Commissioners need a good
steam launch, with a light draft of water, having speed sufficient to
overtake and bring the violators to justice.

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REPORT OF DEPUTY FISH COMMISSIONER W. C. JONES."

AW' herewith submit the report of Deputy Fish Commissioner W.
C. Jones:

Bird's Landing, January 1, 1884.

To the honorable Board of Fish Commissioners of the State of California:

Gentlemen: In compliance with your request, I hereby submit my
report from August 1, 1883, to January 1, 1884.

On the first of August, 1883, 1 received a deputy commission author-
izing me to patrol the Sacramento River, the San Joaquin River, and
Suisun Bay.

CJp to the ninth of August I succeeded in locating several tanks
and salt-houses, where active preparations were being made for the
purpose of salting fish during the close season. Up to the ninth, no
arrests had been made. On that day, in attempting to arrest two
Greeks in Three-mile Slough, one of them, named A. Nicholaus, was
killed; the other, John Peterson, was arrested. Nothing more oc-
curred until the fourteenth, when two nets were captured near China-
town, the owners escaping. On the sixteenth, a raid was planned,
using the steam tug Belshaw, owned by Captain Nelson & Co., of the
Benicia cannery, and up to the twentieth, we captured thirteen hun-
dred salted salmon and three tanks. In this raid, no owners ap-
peared. On the twenty-first, five men were taken, and on the
twenty-second four more, for violating the fish laws; on the twenty-
seventh two more, and on the night of the thirtieth sixteen men,
making a total for the month of August of twenty-nine individuals.
During the month of September nothing of interest occurred.

By directions of your Board a raid was planned to overhaul the
Chinese fishermen in San Pablo and San Francisco Bays, and during
the ten days following, we captured forty-three Chinamen who were
using set-nets. On the twenty-ninth two Greeks were captured near
Collins ville, violating the Sunday law. November second, took in
four Chinamen with nets set across Cache Slough, and on the eighth
four more, for the same offense; making a total number of prisoners
up to the eighth of November, inclusive, eighty-two. Of the white
fishermen there were thirty-one. Their nationalities are as follows:

Greeks 14

Italians 10

Portuguese 4

Austrians 2

Germans 1

The whole number were convicted, thirteen paying fines of $50
each; the remainder serving out their sentence in jail. Of the China-
men, fifty-one in number, eighteen were convicted; fifteen were tried
at Martinez by jury and released, and five more that were tried at
San Rafael were freed by jury, ten convicted, and the remainder
were not brought to trial. Nothing more occurred until January 15,
1884, when, by direction of your honorable Board, I descended the
Sacramento River to inspect nets. Found two at Courtland, one at

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Emmaton, one at Collinsville, below the legal size in length of mesh.
The owners were all arrested. The one at Emmaton pleaded guilty
and was fined $50 on the twenty-ninth of January.

On the sixteenth of January found two nets below legal size at
Courtland. One of the parties pleaded guilty, and on the eighth day
of February was fined $50.

Collinsville, October 20, 1884.

To the honorable the Board of Fish Commissioners:

Gentlemen: In compliance with your request, I hereby submit
the following report from January 1 to October 23, 1884, inclusive. I
have captured the following, viz.:

January 15 to 25 — Fourteen Greeks and Italians, charged with stealing a house located on the
lower end of Grizzly Island, on or near the north boundary of Suisun Bay. All of the above
parties were tried in Fairfield, and found guilty of petty larceny, fined $50 each and costs,
aggregating $30 to each prisoner.

February 10 — Took in Harry Beyer, John Seevie; February 15 — Frist Hartman, Frank Har-
mainsons, J. D. Crandell, Frank Robies. Discharged.

February 15 — Antone Bruers, tried at Benicia, and fined $50.

February 15 — Alonzo Pisto, tried at Benicia, and fined $50.

February 25 — A. Devoto, tried at Benicia, and fined $50.

February 25 — A. Costo, tried at Benicia, and fined $50.

February 25 — Santo Lucee, tried at Benicia, and fined $50.

February 25 — Christ. Manuel. Sent to jail.

March 15 — Peter Bumbus. Sent to jail.

March 15 — George Manuel. Sent to jail.

March 12 — Peter Dago. Sent to jail.

March 12 — John Nacht. Sent to jail.

March 19 — Costa Stratto. Sent to jail.

March 19 — A. Thedros. Sent to jail.

April 17 — Tom Lee. Sent to jail.

April 17 — Ah Chung. Sent to jail.

April 17 — Ah Gon. Sent to jail.

April 17 — Ah Shone. Sent to jail.

April 19— Peter Tom. Fined $50.

April 19— A. Constantiue. Fined $50.

May 5 — George Brown. Fined $50.

May 5— John Smith. Fined $50.

May 5— Dometry Bob' a. Fined $50.

May 5 — John Brown. Fined $50.

May 5 — Demetro Lawrenco. Fined $50.

May 5 — Nicholas Bruces. Fined $50.

May 5 — John Mimecha. Fined $50.

May 5 — John Andrews. Fined $50.

May 5 — George Brown. Fined $50.

May 11— Chas. Kesling. Fined $50.

May 1 1— Thos. Roberts. Fined $50.

May 11— John Lunes. Fined $50.

May 11 — George Journess. Fined $50.

May 19 — John Golitto. Jail fifty days.

May 19 — Joseph Pogee. Jail fifty days.

June 7 — Nicholas Barra. Fined $50.

June 7 — Constine Janullo. Fined $50.

June 7 — Josey McCorea. Fined $50.

June 7— Alex. Peters. Fined $50.

June 7 — Alex. Rozario. Fined $50.

June 9 — John Constine. Fined $50.

June 9— Pappello Sofico. Fined $50.

June 9 — Christ. Sprego. Fined $50.

June 9 — George Allec. Fined $50.

June 9 — John Nicholas. Fined $50.

June 16— Nicholas Christ. Fined $50.

June 16 — Nicholas Columbus. Fined $50.

August 15 — Joseph Largomorisina, Antone Petro, Manuel Gappie, Joseph Penio, Manuel
Tarkenia. Held for stealing a cow from Walter Storey of Chipp's Island. Case set for Novem-
ber 15, 1884.

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August 29— John Starbo. Fined$50.

August 2!) — Manuel Porris. Fined $50.

August 29- -Henry Richardson, A. Mastillo, Peter Ilolker. Jailed.

Augusl 29 -John Bell. Fined $50.

August 29 — Niel Nelson. Fined $50.

August 29 — Chas. Summon, Andrew Faruseth, Martin Busion. Not guilty by jurors.

September 16— Antone Bragell. Fined $50.

ptember 16 — A.Andrews. Fined $50.
September lfi — F. Bayo, A. Bosco. Jailed.
September 25 — John Spodd. Fined $50.
September 25- ME. Calighan. Fined $50.
September 30— Romaro Francisco, Frank Eittie. Jailed.
October 4 — Ah Shun. Gom Lee, Tom Tough, Ah True. Jailed.

Total amount collected for fines, $2,000.

The foregoing report does not include some forty arrests that I made
during the fourteen months that I have been under the employment
of the Fish Commissioners. By the partiality of the jurors, and in
some cases not having sufficient evidence to convict, many of the vio-
lators escaped justice.

The best evidence that I have to offer in the interest of the good
accomplished by the river patrol, is the small amount of violations
now being committed of the existing fish laws. It is a well known
fact that previous to the establishment of an efficient patrol on the
rivers and bays, fishermen carried on their unlawful business without
restraint.

The following is the number of convicted violators of the law as
regards nationality:

Greeks 45

Italians 23

Germans 6

Americans 1

Chinese 18

Total 93

I hereby certify the above report to be correct.

W. C. JONES,

Deputy Fish Commissioner.

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HISTORY OF FISH CULTURE.

1850 — French Government appointed a Fish Commission.

1850 — Norwegian Parliament voted 3,000 thalers for the culture of
fish.

1854 — Belgian Government organized a fish-breeding establishment
on the same principle as France.

1856 — Massachusetts appointed a Fish Commission to inquire and
report; the result was, that in 1865 the State adopted the present sys-
tem and granted appropriations.

1857 — Russia appointed a Fish Commission; the result of their
labor culminating in the establishment in 1862 of a government
breeding place in Finland, and by the year 1873 there were ten such
in that province.

1860 — Russia also subsidized an extensive hatchery at Nicholasky,
in the Province of Novgorod.

1865 — The State of New Hampshire sent commissioners to Canada
for salmon ova. From 1865 to 1870, the State expended some $23,000
for fish culture.

1865 — The Austrian Government founded a fish hatchery at Saltz-
burg, and in 1873, every province in the empire was provided with
its own breeding establishments.

1866 — The State of Pennsylvania organized a Fish Commission,
but no money was appropriated until the year 1873; but between the
years 1873 to 1880 inclusive, the amount given through State aid was,
for the purpose of public fish culture, nearly $100,000.

1866 — The State of Connecticut appointed a Fishery Commission,
and appropriated for the purpose of public fish culture, from 1868 to
1880, $44,500.

1866 — The Dominion of Canada established a Fishery Commission
with a large staff of officers, with ample funds at their command.

1867 — The State of Maine appointed a Fish Commission, From
1.867 to 1880, appropriations were made to the amount of $38,000.

1868 — The State of New York appointed a Commission of Fish-
eries, and from 1868 to 1879, expended the sum of $169,000.

1870 — The State of California appointed a Commission of Fisheries,
and from 1870 to 1882, appropriated the sum of about $40,000.

1870 — The State of New Jersey appointed a Fishery Commission,
and from 1871 to 1880, the appropriations were about $30,000.

1870 — Rhode Island appointed a Commission for Fish Culture, and
from 1871 to 1880, appropriated $10,000.

1870 — Alabama appointed a Fish Commission.

1871 — The Congress of the United States of America appointed a
Commission of Fish and Fisheries, for all the States of the Union,
with a full staff of officers having a knowledge of Fish Culture, and
up to 1880, the total sums placed at the disposal of the Commission
amounted to about $488,500.

1871 — The American Fish Culturist Association organized, and in
1872 applied to Congress to authorize the United States Commission
to undertake the duty of restoring fish to the depleted rivers, and a
resolution was passed authorizing the United States Commission to
fulfill that duty.

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1872 — A1 Bucksport, State of Maine, an extensive breeding place
was established at the joint expense of certain States and the United
States Commission, under the control of the United States Commis-
sion.

1S73— The State of Ohio appointed a Fish Commission, and from
1873 to 1880 the sums voted for fish culture amounted to nearly
$29,500.

L873 — The State of Wisconsin appointed a Fish Commission, and
from 1873 to 1880 the sum voted for fish culture amounted to about

SIO.OIH).

1874 — The State of Iowa appointed a Fish Commission, and from
187 l up to 1880 money was appropriated for the artificial culture of
li-h amounting to $23,500.

1S75— The New York Commission succeeded in hatching sturgeon,
and were very successful.

1875— The State of Minnesota appointed a Fish Commission, and
from 1875 to 1880, sums were appropriated amounting to $23,000.

1S76— The State of Kentucky appointed a Commission of Fisheries,
and from 1876 to 1880 the various sums appropriated for fish culture
were, in total, $11,000.

1877 — The State of Kansas appointed a Fish Commission, and from
1877 to 1880 appropriated for fish culture the sum of $2,500.

1877— Germany and the United States were successful in the artifi-
cial hatching of herring.

1877 — United States successfully introduced three species of carp
from Germany.

1877 — United States Congress established a Government carp pond
by special appropriation, from which pond several hundred thousand
carp have been distributed to all parts of the United States.

1877— The State of Colorado established a Fishery Commission,
and from 1877 to 1880 appropriated for fish culture the sum of $2,000.

1877 — The State of Nevada appointed a Fish Commission, and from

1877 to 1 880 the sum of $2,500 was appropriated.

1877 — West Virginia appointed a Commission of Fisheries, and

from 1877 to 1880 there was appropriated for fish culture about $4,000.

1877 — There was one salmon caught in the Delaware River, and in

1878 there were several hundred taken.

1876 — Salmon were planted in the Connecticut River, and in 1878
the fishermen caught more than six hundred.

1878— Sole wrere introduced by the United States Commission into
the United States.

1878 — Codfish were successfully hatched on the coast of Massachu-
setts by the United States Commission of Fisheries.

1879— Haddock were successfully hatched, in large numbers, by
the United States Commission of Fisheries on the coast of Massachu-
setts.

1880— The United States Government built and equipped a large
steam vessel for the transportation of fish.

1880— Spanish mackerel and other species of European fish were
introduced by the United States Commission.

1880— Countries to which prizes were awarded at the Berlin Inter-
national Exhibition, were as follows:

United States: Six gold medals, one silver, one bronze, and two
honorable mentions.

Germany: Three gold, one silver, three bronze, and eleven honor-
able mentions.

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Russia: One gold, one silver, one bronze, and one honorable men-
tion.

Norway: One silver medal.

Sweden: One silver medal.

Austria: One bronze medal.

Switzerland: One bronze medal.

The people of the United States may well feel proud of the awards
above mentioned. It shows that the people of the United States are
the most progressive, energetic, and in fact the foremost in the art of
fish culture. To-day, in such respect, the United States takes the lead
of all other countries in the civilized world, and it is to be sincerely
hoped that she will continue to maintain the supremacy.

REPORT OF TREASURER.

To the Commission of Fisheries of the State of California :

Appended find your Treasurer's statement and reports of receipts
and disbursements from March 3, 1883 — at which time the present
Board was organized — up to December 3, 1884.

As to receipts, to the extent they have come from State appropria-
tions, in this report will be found, in consecutive order, the number,
date, and amount of each of the Controller's warrants.

The accounts covered by these warrants were presented to and
approved by the State Board of Examiners, and are now on file in
the proper State department.

All other disbursement accounts were paid by bank checks, and,
on settlement of the bank account, these paid checks have been
returned, and are now on file as vouchers.

Having given to the fish industry of California, personally and as
one of the Commissioners, much consideration, I deem it not inap-
propriate for me, in this report, to present a few suggestions.

In order to protect and increase the fish industry, I suggest that an
appropriation of $3,000 be solicited from the ensuing Legislature, to
enable the Fish Commissioners to purchase a swift steam launch,
by means of which the Commission and its patrol may successfully
pursue, overtake, arrest, and bring to punishment all violators of the
fish laws, and to drive the Chinese and other offenders from our bays
and rivers.

I further suggest that the State appropriate $10,000 to be expended
by the Board of Fish Commissioners in the establishment and con-
struction of a State salmon hatchery — the hatchery to be erected at an
available site on one of the upper tributaries of the Sacramento River.
The hatchery should have a hatching capacity of 6,000,000, with ample
storage reservoirs for the safety of the young fry, until, by size, they
can protect themselves from the devouring large fish. It is reported
by the United States Fish Commissioner that from September, 1873,
to November, 1882, 18,337,000 young salmon were released from the
United States hatchery into the McCloud River, a tributary of the
Sacramento. Whilst I have much reason to question the statement

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as to numbers, I fully appreciate the obligation of our citizens to the
Government of the United States and her Commissioners for a very
generous and valuable supply. The General Government having
practically, if not positively abandoned all work of supply in the
direction mentioned, the State must do it or lose the salmon.

In my judgment this branch of fish culture demands immediate and
active attention of the Commission and the Legislature.

I further suggest that a "boat license law" be enacted, requiring all
persons and parties known as market or cannery fishermen, and those
engaged in eatching fish to dry, salt, or transport, to pay a license tax
upon each boat used by them in their vocation. Such law will have
the approval of the law abiding fishermen.

I further suggest that the State appropriate, for the thirty-seventh
fiscal year, $7,000, and for the thirty-eighth fiscal year, $6,000, and
that a special appropriation of about $1,000 be made to cover the defi-
ciencies of the thirty-fifth and. thirty-sixth fiscal years.

Submitted.

A. B. DIBBLE,
Commissioner and Treasurer.

MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS.

Date.

Amount.

1883.
March 3

March 3

June 26

November 9

1884.

February 19

1883.

March 5...
March 10..
March 12..
March 15..
March 24..
April 2....
April 10...
April 18...
April 25...

May 5

June 9

June 9

June 9

July 4....
July 12.. _.
July 13— .

Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
August 14 ! Paid

Receipts.

Cash received from former Commission, deposited with Anglo-

Californian Bank

Cash from estate of Traylor

Cash returned by J.D. Redding

Cash returned by J. D. Redding

Cash from Sacramento River Packing Company

July 19
August 14
August 8 _.
August 17
August 18 .
August 18 .
August 20

Paid

Paid

Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid

Disbursements.

J. G. Woodbury, labor account

Francis <& Valentine, printing annual report and express'ge

Wells, Fargo & Co., freight on eggs from East

Livingstone Stone, 4,000,000 salmon eggs

J. G. Woodbury, salary and expenses

R. H. Buckingham, expense account

R. E. Wilson, counsel fee

John Sissengood, balance labor account

Wells, Fargo & Co., expressage

J. D. Redding, expense account

R. H. Buckingham, expense account

A. B. Dibble, expense account

J. D. Redding, expense account

J. A. Richardson, salary and expense account

Weisbien Bros., fish eggs

J. G. Woodbury, exjjense account

R. H. Buckingham, enforcing Section 634 Civil Code

Peter Johnston, merchandise for hatchery

J. D. Redding, expense account

Mohawk Lumber Company, lumber

J. A. Richardson, salary and expenses

California Wire Works, wire

J. D. Redding, expense account

A. C. Lowell & Co., merchandise

Amount carried forward.

$6,504 11

21 28

97 40

55 00

200 00

$6,877 79

$230 25
54 25
60 00
2,000 on
44 00
10 00

100 00

15 00

4 45

40 00

130 00
50 00

125 00

100 00
24 00
18 00

500 00

173 23
40 00
49 33

100 00
14 75

210 00
20 00

$4,112 26

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Misckllankous Receipts and Disbursements — Continued.

Date.

Amount.

$4,112 26

189

30

50

00

539

50

530

00

300

00

384

50

6

00

250

00

100

00

9

93

20

25

12

37

90

00

3 40

18

76

August 31

September 5 _.
September 10 .
September 10 .
September 12 .
September 22 .
September 28 .
September 29 .

October 10

October 15

November 20
November 20
December 24.
December 31.
December 31 _

1884.

February 19 .

Amount brought forward

Paid R. H. Buckingham, expense account

Paid Samuel Granger (for J. A. Richardson), labor account...

Paid James Dobbins, for services and labor on river

Paid W. C. Jones, for services and labor on river

Paid J. A. Richardson, for services and labor on river

Paid A. B. Dibble, cash advanced and expenses

Paid H. S. Crocker & Co., printing

Paid R. H. Buckingham, expense account and Chinese prose-
cution, etc.

Paid R. H. Buckingham, expense account and Chinese prose-
cution, etc.

To Huntington, Hopkins <fc Co., merchandise

To H. Woodson, trout eggs

To A. B. Dibble, expense account

To A. R. Hamlin, labor account

To Wells, Fargo & Co., expressage

To discount on State warrant

Paid C. H. Rogers, boat and service (Sacramento River Pack-
ing Company)

Paid June, October, and December, 1884, discount on State
warrants

Paid, July, 1884, Wells, Fargo & Co., expressage

Paid Mohawk Lumber Company, on bill omitted by error in
claim No. 5

Balance unexpended

75 00

53 27
1 55

12 75

$6,758 84
118 95

$6,877 79

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES OF APPROPRIATION FOR THIRTY-FIFTH FISCAL

YEAR.

1883— October 29 ..
December 21

1884— February ...

March 4

May 21

June 28

August 16

To appropriation

1. By warrant No. 1,952.

2. By warrant No. 2,971.

3. By warrant No. 3,969.

4. By warrant No. 4,334.

5. By warrant No. 6,835.

6. By warrant No. 7,136.

7. Bv warrant No. 536.

$5,000 00

$5,000 00

* This is the amount paid of the claim for $896 45 — see below.

CONDITION OF APPROPRIATION FOR THIRTY-FIFTH FISCAL YEAR.

To claim No. 1— Expenses $1,250 28

To claim No. 2 — Expenses 1,568 35

To claim No. 3— Expenses 552 (10

To claim No. 4— Expenses 180 00

To claim No. 5— Expenses s. •_ 763 70

To claim No. 6 — Expenses 544 20

To claim No. 7 — Expenses 896 45

$5,754 98
By amount drawn as above 5,000 00

Deficiency in appropriation to pay claim No. 7 $754 98

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STATEMENT IN DETAIL OF EXPENSES OF APPROPRIATION FOR THIRTY-FIFTH
FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1, 1883, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1884.

Claim No. 1, August 6, 1883, to October 13, 1883, inclusive.

1. To W. C. Jones, patrol and expense account $664 65

2. To R. II. Buckingham, expense account 163 38

3. To Charles Donicke, boat and services 50 00

4. To Carquinez Packing Company, tug service.- 80 00

5. To S. Marsieh, merchandise 25 80

6. To Peter Terrillo, sloop and expenses 65 95

7. To John J. Murphy, services 32 00

8. To J. Grimley, labor on river 15 00

9. To F. M. Angelotti, retaining fee 40 00

10. To John Ferrin, services, cash, etc 103 50

11. To D. Odds and Lot Smith, keepers' fees 10 00

$1,250 28

Claim No. 2, September 22, 1883, to November 20, 1883, inclusive.

1. To A. B. Dibble, expense account $187 40

2. To R. H. Buckingham, expense account 133 60

3. To W. C. Jones, labor and expenses 415 35

4. To Livingstone Stone, salmon eggs 600 00

5. To W. J. Hugh, board, etc 13 00

6. To Frederick Buckingham, services 76 00

7. To John Cropper, services 69 50

8. To sloop Bessie, Captain Ferrella 73 50

Claim No. 3, November 11, 1883, to January 31, 1884, inclusive.

1. To J. N. Gill (W. C. Jones), merchandise $12 85

2. To F. M. Angelotti, legal services 20 00

3. To John Cropper, services 25 00

4. To Jacob Cantrell, services 30 00

5. To Charles Dagnol, services and boat 45 00

6. To Wm, T. Wallace, Jr., legal services 80 00

7. To R. H. Buckingham, expense account 102 15

8. To D. H. Burton, labor, etc 110 00

9. To W. C. Jones, labor and expenses 127 00

Claim No. 4, February — , 1884.

To A. B. Dibble, expense account $180 00

Claim No. 5, January 8, 1884, to April 17, 1884, inclusive

1. To J. D. Johnson, labor

2. To W. C. Jones, services and expenses

3. To Eureka Lumber Company, lumber

4. To Peter Johnson, hardware

5. To J. Shebley, services, etc.

6. To J. C. Frazier, one month's salary

7. To J. Shebley, fish, expenses, and labor

8. To R. H. Buckingham, expenses

9. To J. C. Frazier, salary, expenses, etc

10. To Mohawk Lumber Company, lumber

Claim No. 6, February 10 to May 9, 1884, inclusive

1. To R. H. Buckingham, expense account

2. To A. B. Dibble, expense account

3. To J. C. Frazier, salary, expenses, etc .

ive.

$18 00

113

50

40

71

109

49

48

50

100

00

95

55

118

40

116

90

2

65

$^3

05

333

85

127

30

1,568 35

180 00

763 70

544 20

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Claim No. 7, July 23 to December 11, 1884, inclusive.

1. To Lenni Fish Company, fish $125 00

2. To J. A. Richardson, salary and expenses

3. To H. Woodson, 25,000 trout

4. To W. C. Jones, sloop and services

5. To J. C. Frazier, salary, expenses, etc.

6. To John Healey, boat and services

Apportioned all that was received from the warrant.

328 50

200 00

90 00

107 95

45 00

896 45

141 47

Total expenditures $5,000 00

Note.— Claim No. 7 allowed, $896 45 ; balance in appropriation, $141 47; deficiency, $754 98.

EXPENDITURES FOR THIRTY-SIXTH FISCAL YEAR, ENDING JUNE 30, 1885.

To appropriation

By expenditures, Claim No. 1, Warrant 537, July 6 to July 13, 1884,

inclusive.

1. To J. C. Frazier, salary and expenses $178 30

2. To W. C. Jones, salary and expenses 40 00

3. To W. C. Jones, sloop and services 200 00

4. To J. C. Frazier, expenses, Lake Tahoe 16 50

Claim No. 2, Warrant 1,839, from July 1, 1884, to August 11, 1884, in-
clusive.

1. To J. Shebley, cash and labor $168 10

2. To Bosqui, engraving and printing 25 00

3. To W. C. Jones, salary and expenses 600 00

4. To R. H. Buckingham, expense account 154 65

Claim No. 3, Warrant 3,088, December 2, 1884.

1. To J. C. Frazier, services and expenses $247 95

2. To W. C. Jones, services and expenses 160 00

3. To R. H. Buckingham, expense account 98 35

4. To A. B. Dibble, expense account

Balance unexpended

$434 80

947 75

506 30
365 04

$5,000 00

2,253 89

$2,746 11

RECAPITULATION.
Receipts.

Miscellaneous

Appropriation thirty-fifth fiscal year

Appropriation thirty-sixth fiscal year.

Disbursements.

Miscellaneous $6,758 84

Thirty-fifth fiscal year 5,000 00

Thirty-sixth fiscal year 2,253 89

Balance unexpended.

$6,877 79

5,000 00
2,253 89

$14,131 68

14,012 73
$118 95

DISTRIBUTION OF FISH, 1883.

5,000 trout in Butterfly Creek, above reservoir, Nevada County.
33,000 trout in the upper waters American River.
15,000 trout in Webber Lake.

5,000 trout in Butterfly Creek, below reservoir.

8,000 trout in San Bernardino County.
300 carp in Yolo County.
29,000 trout in Donner, Webber, and Independence Lakes.

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DISTRIBUTION OF FISH, 1884.

"25.1)00 trout in Sonoma Creek.
30,000 trout in Modoc County streams.
5,000 land-locked salmon in Independence Lake.
10,000 land-locked salmon in Donner Lake.
10.000 land-locked salmon in Bigler Lake.
2,000 trout at Folsom.
500 catfish at Fresno.
10.000 trout in Bear River, Placer County.
20,000 trout in South Yuba River.
10,000 trout in American River.
2,000 trout in stream at Nevada City.
5,000 trout at Steep Hollow.
10,000 trout in streams of Santa Clara County.
10,000 trout in streams of Santa Cruz County.
70,000 trout on hand for distribution at Shebley.
600,000 salmon in Sacramento River.
100,000 salmon-trout (eastern), now being hatched at Shebley.

300 land-locked salmon in Butterfly Creek and above reservoir.

LIST OF FISH COMMISSIONERS.

UNITED STATES.

Prof. Spencer F. Baird Washington, D. C.

ALABAMA.

Col. D. R. Hundley Mooresville

Hon. Charles S. G. Doster Prattville

ARIZONA.

Hon. J. J. Gosper Prescott

Hon. Richard Rule Tombstone

J. H. Taggart Yuma

ARKANSAS.

J. E. Reardon Little Rock

J. H. Hornibrook Little Rock

H. H. Rottaken Little Rock

CALIFORNIA.

J. D. Redding San Francisco

A. B. Dibble," Secretary and Treasurer Grass Valley

R. H. Buckingham, President Sacramento

COLORADO.

Wilson E. Sisty. Idaho Springs

CONNECTICUT.

Dr. "W. M. Hudson Hartford

Robert G. Pike Middletown

James A. Bill - — — Lyme

DELAWARE.

Enoch Moore, Jr Wilmington

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GEORGIA.

Hon. J. T. Henderson Atlanta

Dr. H. H. Cary, Superintendent of Fisheries

ILLINOIS.

N. K. Fairbank Chicago

S. P. Bartlett Quincy

S. ~P. McDole Aurora

INDIANA.

Calvin Fletcher Spencer, Owen County

IOWA.

B. F. Shaw Anamosa

A. A. Mosher Spirit Lake

KANSAS.

W. S. Gale Venango

KENTUCKY.

William Griffith, President Louisville

John B. Walker Madisonville

P. H. Darby Princetown

Hon. C. J. Walton Munfordville

Hon. John A. Steele Versailles

W. C. Price Danville

Dr. William Van Antwerp Mount Sterling

Hon. M. J. Chambers Independence, Kenton County

A. H. Goble Collettsburg

J. H. Malory Bowling Green

MAINE.

E. M. Stilwell Bangor

Henry 0. Stanley.. Dixfield

MARYLAND.

G. W. Delewader Oakland

Thomas Hughlett Easton

MASSACHUSETTS.

E. A. Brockett Winchester

E. H. Lathrop Springfield

F. W. Putnam Cambridge

MICHIGAN.

Dr. J. C. Parker, President Grand Rapids

A. J. Kellogg Detroit

J.H.Bissell Detroit

MINNESOTA.

First District— Daniel Cameron La Crescent

Second District— William W. Sweeney, M.D Red Wing

Third District — R. Ormsby Sweeney, President St. Paul

MISSOURI.

John Reid Lexington

J. G. W. Steedman, Chairman 2S03 Pine Street, St. Louis

J.S.Logan — - St. Joseph

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NEBRASKA.

R. R.Livingston Plattsmouth

W. L. May Fremont

15. E. B. Kennedy Omaha

NEVADA.

Hon. Hub. G. Parker Carson City

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

I reorge W. Riddle Manchester

Luther Haves South Milton

Eliott B. Hage Plymouth

NEW JERSEY.

Theo. Morford, President Newton

Richard Jenkins Camden

William Wright Newark

NEW YORK.

Hon. R. Barnwell Roosevelt, President 76 Chambers Street, New York

Gen. Richard U. Sherman, Secretary New Hartford

Edward M. Smith Rochester

Eugene G. Blackford No. 80 Fulton Market, New York

NORTH CAROLINA.

S. G. Worth Raleigh

OHIO.

Col. L. A. Harris, President Cincinnati

Charles W. Bond, Treasurer Toledo

Ilalsey C. Post, Secretary Sandusky

PENNSYLVANIA.

Hon. B. L. Hewitt Hollidaysburg

James Duffy Marietta

John Hummel Silingsgrove

G. M. Miller Wilkesbarre

John Gay Greensburg

Arthur Maginnis Swiftwater

RHODE ISLAND.

John H. Barden Rockland

Henry I. Root Providence

Col. Amos Sherman Woodsocket

SOUTH CAROLINA.

Hon. A. P. Butler Columbia

C. J. Huske Columbia

TENNESSEE.

W. W. McDowell Memphis

H. H. Sneed Chattanooga

Edward D. Hicks Nashville

TEXAS.

John H. Lubock Austin

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VERMONT.

Hiram A. Cutting Lunenburgh

Herbert Brainard St. Albans

VIRGINIA.

Colonel Marshall McDonald Berryville

WEST VIRGINIA.

Henry B. Miller, President Wheeling

C. S. White, Secretary Romney

N. M. Lovvry Hinton

WISCONSIN.

The Governor, Win. E. Smith, ex officio Madison

Pliilo Dunning, President Madison

C. L. Valentine, Secretary and Treasurer Janesville

J. V. Jones Oshkosh

John F. Antisdel Milwaukee

Mark Douglas Melrose, Jackson County

C. Hutchinson Beetown, Grant County

WYOMING TERRITORY.

Dr. M. C. Barkwell, President Cheyenne

Otto Gramm, Secretary Laramie

1ST. L. Andrews Jackson County

E. W. Bennett Carbon County

P. J. Downs Unita County

T. W. Quin Sweetwater County

WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

Albert B. Stream North Cove

DOMINION OP CANADA.

W. H. Whitcher, Commissioner Ottawa, Ontario

PROVINCE OP NEW BRUNSWICK.

W. F. Venning, Inspector of Fisheries St. John

PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA.

W. H. Rogers, Inspector Amherst

PROVINCE OF PRINCE EDWARDS ISLAND.

J. H. Duvar, Inspector Alberton

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.

A. C. Anderson Victoria

SCOTCH FISHERIES IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.

His Grace the Duke of Sutherland, President.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Breadalbane, Vice-President.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie.

The Right Hon. Lord Polworth.

David Milne Home, Esq., of Milne Gordon.

COUNCIL.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Leven and Melville.
The Right Hon. Lord Abinger.
Major-General A. McDonald, of Dalhousie.

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E. A. Stewart Gray, Esq., of Gray & Kinfauns, Chairman of Tay District Board.

.1. Maxtone Graham, Esq., of Cultoquhey.

Archibald Young, Esq., inspector 01 Salmon Fisheries of Scotland, Edinburgh.

David Lang, Esq., W. S.. President of the Edinburgh Angling Club.

.1. \V. Young, Esq., W. B., Edinburgh.

J. F. Cathcart, Esq., Edinburgh.

John Clark. Esq., Secretary of the Echaig Angling Club, Glasgow.

J. A. Harvie Brown, Esq., of Quarter and Shingarton.

William Menzies, Esq., Secretary of the Edinburgh Angling Club.

George II. Kandasyde, Esq^ Edinburgh.

J. Barker Duncan, W. B., Son. Becretary, No. 6, Hill Street, Edinburgh.

SALMON CANNERIES OBTAINING FISH FROM THE SACRAMENTO.

Banner Packing Company San Francisco

Benicia Packing Company Benicia

Booth & Co. Packing Company Collinsville

Booth <fc Co. Packing Company Chipp's Island

B. Booth & Co. Packing Company Black Diamond

W. B. Bradford Packing Company Collinsville

Carquinez Packing Company Benicia

Chas. Taylor & Co ." Rio Vista

Cutting Packing Company Martinez

< iourtland Packing Company Courtland

Capital Packing Company Sacramento

■ iumbus Packing Company (F. M. A Co.) San Francisco

Columbus Packing Company San Francisco

•lone.-? & Anderson Sacramento

King, Morse <fe Co Black Diamond

Red Cross Packing Company San Francisco

Robt. Carter & Co Rio Vista

Suisun Packing Company Buisun Bay

Sacramento River Chipp's Island

Occident and Orient Smith's River

Pacific Coast Eel River

The increase since 1879 in the number of outfits for the taking of salmon, and especially in
1883 and 1884, have nearly trebled, the nets and boats increasing from two hundred and twenty
to over fifteen hundred. The nets now have an average length of over three hundred fathoms
or eighteen hundred feet each.

The cost of running the different canneries varies considerably, owing to various causes,
mainly:

First — Capacity.

Second — Structure.

The cost of running the canneries will average about $50,000 each per annum.

The cost of each net is about on an average of $200. The nets have to be renewed annually,
or sooner, owing to wear and tear and accidents.

The cost of fishermen's boats average $200 each on the lower end of the river, while the boats
on the upper river, being principally skiffs, cost about $40 each.

CANNERIES ON THE COLUMBIA.

Showing the immense production of food from salmon.

Aberdeen Packing Company, Quilwact, Oregon 27,500 cases

Adair Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 11,000 cases

Astoria Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 20,000 cases

Anglo-American Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 12,500 cases

Bactolet A Co. Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 24,000 cases

D. Morgan J. R. Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon

A. Booth A Co. Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon

Columbia Canning Company, Washington Territory 16,200 cases

Columbia River Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon

John A. Devlin A- Co., Astoria, Oregon 26,000 cases

Eureka Packing Company, Eureka, Washington Territory 20,000 cases

Samuel Elmore Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 10,000 cases

Fishermen's Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 17,500 cases

Hapgood A Co. Packing Company, Waterford, Oregon 10,000 cases

Hartshorne A Co. Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 16.000 cases

K. D. Hume Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 14,000 cases

William Hume Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 16,000 cases

William Hume Packing Company, Eagle Cliff, Washington Territory

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I. X. L. Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 8,500 cases

Knappton Packing Company, Knappton, Washington Territory 8,500 cases

George T. Meyers & Co., Rainet, Oregon 15,000 cases

J. G. Megler Packing Company, Brookfield, Washington Territory 20,000 eases

Ocean Packing Company, Bay View, Washington Territory 13,000 cases

Oregon Packing Company, Clifton, Oregon

Occident Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 15,000 cases

Union Pacific Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 15,500 cases

Point Adams Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon

Pillar Rock Packing Company, Pillar Rock, Washington Territory 12,500 cases

Scandinavian Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon -.18,501) cases

Sea Side Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 10,800 cases

White Star Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 16,500 cases

Union Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 20,800 cases

Wests Co. Packing Company, Hungry Harbojr, Oregon 16,000 cases

West Coast Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 16,000 cases

.las. Williams & Co. Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 8,900 cases

Thomas & Knowles Packing Company, Astoria, Oregon 18,000 cases

F M. Warren & Co. Cascades, Oregon I m caseg

Warren & Co., Cascades, Oregon J

Washington Company, Astoria, Oregon 14,000 cases

Bath Canning Company, Gardner, Oregon

Gardner Packing Company, Gardner, Oregon

Jas. Williams, Tacoma, Washington Territory

Puget Sound Cannery, Milton, Washington Territory

R. D. Hume, Rogue River, Oregon

Tillamook Packing Company, Hobsonville, Oregon

Washington Packing Company, Grey's Harbor, Oregon

BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA CANNERIES.

Balmoral Canning Company, Skeena River

British America Canning Company. Canoe Pass —

British Columbia Canning Company, New Westminster

British- American Canning Company, Skeena River

British Union Packing Company, Ladner's Landing, British Columbia

Cape Fox Packing Company, Cape Fox, Alaska

Chilkat Packing Company, Chilkat, Alaska

Cutting Packing Company, Cook's Inlet

Delta Packing Company, Ladner's Landing. British Columbia

Douglas Packing Company, Nass, British Columbia

E. A. Wadhams Packing Company, Excelsior Landing, British Columbia

English & Company Packing Company, New Westminster, British Columbia

Ewen Packing Company, New Westminster, British Columbia

Findley & Company Packing Company, Deas Island, British Columbia

Inverness Packing Company, Inverness, British Columbia

Joseph Spratt Floating Cannery, , British Columbia

Karluck Floating Cannery. Kodiac Island, Alaska

Laidlaw & Company, Lapperton, British Columbia

Mettakath, Mettakath, British Columbia '

Nass River Fishing Company, Nass River, British Columbia

Nimpkish Cannery, Alert Bay, British Columbia

North Pacific Trading Company, Kalawack, Alaska

Richmond Canning Company, North Arm, British Columbia

River Inlet Canning Company, Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia

Robert Cunningham Canning Company, Coquitlan, British Columbia

Waehusett Canning Company, Alaska

Wellington Canning Company, Wellington Landing, British Columbia

Windsor Canning Company, Aberdeen, British Columbia

Quashela Packing Company, Skeena River

Wanmuck Packing Company, River Inlet

Respectfully submitted.

R. H. BUCKINGHAM,
A. B. DIBBLE,

Fish Commissioners.

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