FISH CULTURAL WORK.

Fish Hatcheries at Lewistown, Frederick County; Druid Hill Park,
Baltimore; and Bear Creek, Garrett Comity, Bass Propa-
gation Station at Fairlee, Kent County.

Albert M. Powell, Supt. of Hatcheries .. . .. .. Lewistown
Alton Powell, Fish Culturist ..... .. ..... Lewistown
Pearson Rice, Fish Culturist .. .... .. .. Lewistown
Edw. R. Thomas, Fish Culturist .... .. Baltimore
Ralph N. Miller, Fish Culturist .. .. Accident
Geo. W. Gorsuch, Fish Culturist .. .. Chestertown

Special Wardens.

Elmer Haulenbeek, Game Warden .. .. .. Oakland
Kenneth T. Burkins, Fish Warden .. .. Castleton

CHESAPEAKE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY.

Dr. R. V. Truitt, Director .. ...... Solomons
Dr. V. D. Vladykov. Fishery Biologist Solomons
David H. Wallace, Asst. Fishery Biologist.. .. .. Solomons

The Legislative Act under which the present Conservation Depart-
ment now operates, was enacted in 1935 and all control and executive
functions of this Department are vested in a Conservation Commis-
sion. The Commission consists of three members, two of which are
of the same political party. The Commission is appointed by the Gov-
ernor, with the consent of the Senate, for a term of four years from the
first Monday in June, 1935. (Ch. 623, Act 1935.)

The Department enforces the laws governing the natural resources
of the Chesapeake Bay and inland waters; the conservation of wild
life and game; and maintains a research laboratory at Solomons, Md.
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Dr. R. V. Truitt, Director.

The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, located at Solomons Island,
in the mid..region of the Chesapeake Bay Country, is making marked
progress as an institution for wild life research and study.

In progress at the Solomons Island institution are investigations
into pertinent problems concerning crabs, oysters, fish, and clams,
with a new line of research, working toward the solution of the biology
of the boring sponge (Cliona). In the management of the Laboratory,
several colleges and independent institutions are cooperating, to
wit: University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, Western
Maryland College, Washington College, Goucher College, Carnegie
Institution of Washington, and the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries.

The following courses were offered as class work to advanced
undergraduates and to graduate students during the 1936 session:
Algae, Ecology, Economic Zoology, Invertebrates, Diatoms, Biological
Problems and Physiology. Class work is limited to eight students in
these various subjects relating to local problems, while an effort is
made to keep the registration down to five members in each class.
Students are accepted on the basis of interest and scholarship, an
effort being made to eliminate all except grade "A" students. All
research problems are associated with wild life of the State. Original
work rather than formal classes is encouraged.