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securing new varieties from the Eastern waters. Anions: 

 these shad are very prominent ; and the experiment of Mr. 

 Seth Green, instituted under their direction, of stocking the 

 Sacramento, has been quite successful so far as the initial 

 steps are concerned. It is proposed during the present year 

 to introduce the whitefish of the great lakes, black bass, and 

 eels for the Sacramento, and lobsters for the Bay. 



The decrease of the salmon in the Sacramento and San Joa- 

 quin is quite marked, although less so than in the Truckee, in 

 which the fish are taken while on their way to the spawning 

 beds in such numbers as to have almost become exterminated. 

 Pyramid Lake was also found to require attention, and the 

 importance of keeping a passage oj>en, so that fish can enter 

 it from the sea, was strongly urged. The total expense of 

 securing Mr. Seth Green's services in planting a stock of young- 

 shad in the Sacramento amounted to less than $600 ; and if 

 the anticipations of this veteran pisciculturist are realized, 

 will bear a small proportion to the value of the whole in a 

 very few years. San Francisco Bulletin. 



STOCKING CALIFORNIA WATERS WITH TROUT. 



A bill has been introduced in the Legislature of California 



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appropriating $2000 for the purpose of stocking the waters 

 of Clear Lake, in Yolo County, with mountain trout, to be ob- 

 tained from the waters of Lake Bigler, or some other stream 

 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains having a corresponding alti- 

 tude. San Francisco Bulletin. 



TRANSPORTING BLACK BASS TO CALIFORNIA. 



Mr. Seth Green has lately transmitted a number of living 

 black bass to Mr. Newell, president of the Society for the Ac- 

 climation of Fish in California. They were placed in tin cans, 

 the water of which was changed every six hours by the 

 agents of the express company to whom they were commit- 

 ted, and more than half survived, reaching their destination 

 in good condition, where they will probably be the progeni- 

 tors of an extensive population. Letter. 



REPORT OF CONNECTICUT FISH COMMISSIONERS FOR 1871. 



The report of the Fish Commissioners of Connecticut for 

 the year 1871 has been presented to the May session of the 



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