James Nevins, Superintendent... .......Madison.

The Wisconsin fish commission was established in 1874, and originally consisted of three members. The number was increased to seven in 1878, six appointed by the governor and the other being the governor e fficio. It maintains two hatcheries, one at Nine Springs," four and one half miles from Madison, for the hatching of brook trout, California trout, and carp, and one at Milwaukee, where whitefish and wall-eyed pike are hatched The work of the commission is supported by an annual appropriation of $12,000. During the two years last past the follow distribution of fry has been made:

The commission has a car fitted expressly for the collection, transportation and distribution of fish and fry, which greatly facilitates its work. This car traveled in 1893, 12, 840 miles, and in 1891, 23,618 miles.

The rapid increase in the fishing industries of the state renders the work of this commission of the highest importance. In 1893 there was taken from the Wisconsin waters of Likes Michigan, Superior and Green Bay, 40,113 025 pounds of fish, and in 1894, 28,998,942. The decrease was occasioned by an extraordinarily bad fishing season. In 1894 the industry on these lakes employed property to the amount of $1,016,278, and 1,440 persons. No estimate could be made of the quantity and value of the fish taken from inland waters. Persons desiring fry to stock streams or lakes may obtain all requisite information as to the conditions and method of obtaining them from any of the commissioners or the superintendent.

LIST OF INSPECTORS OF ILLUMINATING OILS,
With their postoffice addresses and territory forming their districts.

Appleton......

Ashland
Beaver Dam.

Beloit. Benton

Fred W. Kiefer.......

Langlade county and towns of Aniwa, Birnamwood and Eland Jct. in Shawano county.

Dan Bren

M. J. Hart.

W. D Chandler.

E. G. Smith...
W. H. Nehls.....

Outagamie county, and that part of New
London lying in Waupaca county.
Ashland and Bayfield counties.

Leaver Dam and towns on the C., M. & St.
P. Ry. from Minnesota Jet. to and in-
cluding Fox Lake and Randolph.

The south half of Rock county except the city of Janesville.

The towns of Leadmine, Etna, New Dig gings, Hazel Green, Cuba City, Jenkinsville, Strawbridge, Buncombe, Elmo, St. Rose and Benton in Grant and La Fayette counties.

Jackson county and northern tier of town-
ships in Monroe county.

Towns of East Troy, Spring Prairie and
Lyons and Bloomfield
in Walworth
county; towns of Waterford, Rochester
and Burlington in Racine county, and the
towns of Wheatland, Randail and Salem
in Kenosha county.

Barron. Washburn and Sawyer counties.
Chippewa coun y and towns of Thorpe,
Lombard, Withee and Curtis in Clark
county, and towns on Wis. Cen. Ry, west
to Glenwood,

That part of Pepin county lying east of the
Chippewa river.

Eau Claire county, and towns on S. Ste. M.
& S. W. Ry, from Fairchild to and includ
ing Mondovi.

Ford du Lac county except the town of
Ripou; Green Lake county except towns
on Ch. & N. W. Ry. and the city of Ber-
lin; with the towns of Lomira, Leroy,
Chester, Burnett, Williamtown, Theresa,
Hubbard, Herman and Rubicon in Dodge
county and Washington county.
Brown, Door and Kewaunee counties.
Polk, St. Croix and Pierce counties and
that part of Pepin county west of Chip-
pewa river.

Wood county and towns on Wis. Cen. Ry.
from Marshfield to and including Med-
ford, and to and including Greenwood in
Clark county.

Iron county.

Kenosha county, except towns of Wheat-
land, Randall and Salem.

La Crosse, Buffalo and Trempealeau coun-
ties, except towns on S. Ste. M. & S. W.
Ry.; Vernon county and towns on C. &
N. W. Ry. in Monroe county from
Viroqua Jet. to Vernon county line.
Dane county; towns on C. & N. W. Ry. in
Columbia and Sauk counties from Madi-
son to and including Devils Lake; the
towns on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. in Iowa
and Sauk counties to and including
Prairie du Sac and Spring Green.
Manitowoc county.

Marinette and Florence counties.
Lincoln county.

P. O. Address

INSPECTORS OF ILLUMINATING OILS-Continued.

Inspector.

Milton Jet.........

K. W. Tanner

Territory forming the district.

The north half of Rock county including the city of Janesville; he south half of Jefferson county, and the towns of Whitewater and Richmond in Walworth county.

Milwaukee county.

Green county.

Marquette, Waushara, Adams counties.
Dunn county except towns on Wisconsin
Central Ry.

Necedah township in Juneau county.

Clark county except towns on Wisconsin
Cen. Ry.

Neenah and Menasha, and towns on Wis.

Cen. Ry. in Waupaca county and Calumet county.

Oconto and Shawano counties and towns of Cintonville, Buckbee and Marion in Wanp ca county.

Winnebago county except cities of Neenah

and Menasha, the town of Ripon in Fond
du Lac county, the city of Berlin and the
towns on the C. & N. W. Ry. in Green
Lake county.

Columbia county except towns of Lodi and
Westpoint.

Grant, Iowa and La Fayette counties not
otherwise assigned

Price county and towns of Westboro,
Whittlesey and Chelsea in Taylor county.
Crawford county; the town on Prairie du
Chien division of C., M. & St P Ry. 1rom
Prairie du Chien to and including Avoca;
the towns on the C. & N W. Ry. from
Woodman to and including Fennimore
and the towns on the C., B. & N. Ry. in
Grant county.

Racine county except the towns of Water-
ford, Rochester and Burlington.
Oneida, Vilas and Forest counties.
Richland county.

Town of Sharon in Walworth county.
Sheboygan and Ozaukee counties,

Portage county and Waupaca county ex
cept the towns on W. C Ry. and the
towns on M., L. S. & W Ry.

Junean county except towns on C. & N. W. Ry and Necedah township with the towns on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. in Monroe county from Oakdale to and including Sparta.

Town of Walworth in Walworth county. North half of Jefferson county and towns on C. &. N. W. Ry. to and including Juneau and towns on C., M. &. St P. Ry. to and including Elba in Dodge county. Waukesha county.

Marathon county.
Douglas county.

Towns on C. & N. W. Ry. from Summit to and including Baraboo,

MISCELLANEOUS STATE SOCIETIES.

The following associations and societies are not under the control of the state government, but are given here as a matter of information and reference. Some of them are encouraged by annual appropriations from the state, while the transactions of some of the associations are published by the state. The State Historical Society is the corporate trustee of the state; the governor, secretary of state, and state treasurer are ex-officio members of its managing board; and vouchers for disbursements from its annual state appropriation are by law filed with the governor.

The State Historical Society of Wisconsin was originally organized in October, 1816, with A. Hyatt Smith as president, and Thomas W. Sutherland as secretary, In January, 1849, there was a reorganization, with Gov. Nelson Dewey as president, a list of vice presidents covering all the counties of the state, and Increase A. Lapham as secretary But for various reasons the society did not prosper during its earlier years, and a second reorganization was effected under an act of legislature approved March 4, 1853. This charter the society still works under, and since the annual meeting on the first Thursday in January, 1854, the growth of its influence and importance has been steady and rapid. At this meeting, Lyman C. Draper was chosen secretary. With conspicuous ability, he served the society for thirty-three years, until the annual meeting of January 6, 1887, when he declined re-election; he was then in his 72d year, and desirous of devoting his remaining days (he died August 26, 1891) to completing some individual literary work which he had long had in band. At this annual meeting of January 6, 1887, Reuben G. Thwaites, who had been for two years previous the assistant secretary, succeeded Dr. Draper as the executive officer of the society, and the editor of its publications. Daniel S. Durrie became identified with the society in 1856, as librarian, remaining constantly in service until his death, August 31, 1892. He was succeeded by Isaac S. Bradley, who had been assistant librarian since April, 1875.

When Secretary Draper took direction of the society's fortunes, its library consisted of but fifty volumes and pamphlets; there was neither museum nor art gallery, and the institution was quartered in a corner of the secretary of state's office. To-day the society is domiciled in the south wing of the capitol, two floors being devoted to its now famous library, and another - partitioned into three halls-to its growing museum of ethnology, archæology, and history, and its historical portrait gallery, in which are displayed oil por. traits of over 200 distinguished Wisconsin pioneers and Indian chiefs. Its collection of relics of the War of Secession is large and interesting. About 50,000 persons visit the museum and portrait gallery annually, while the library attracts scholars and specialists from all parts of the west and south. The library accessions number some 7,500 books and pamphlets per year. At present the shelves contain about 175,000 books and pamphlets, covering every department of