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troduced there by Mr. Green, will furnish a very satisfactory 

 basis for the experiment in the Ohio. Proceeding on his jour- 

 ney, Mr. Clift placed 400,000 fish in White River at Indianap- 

 olis on the 4th of July, leaving, from the mortality conse- 

 quent upon the excessive heat, but a single can. He now de- 

 termined to try the experiment as to the possibility of carry- 

 ing the fish a considerable distance, and proceeded directly to 

 Denver, in Colorado, where he arrived on the 7th of July, 

 five days and five hours from Hadley Falls. Here, to his 

 gratification, he was enabled to place the surviving fish, 2000 

 in number, in the Platte, where they seemed to find them- 

 selves perfectly at home. 



Next year it is proposed to carry on these experiments on 

 a much larger scale, and to introduce the fish at numerous 

 points throughout the Mississippi Valley; and it is hoped 

 that by continuing to do this for several years, the entire 

 waters of that valley will be as well stocked with shad as 

 are those of the Atlantic slope. 



The labors of Mr. Clift were greatly facilitated by the as- 

 sistance of the Adams, and the American and Merchants' 

 Union express companies. 



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REPORT OF NEW YORK FISH COMMISSIONERS FOR 18*71. 



The fourth annual report of the Commissioner of Fisheries 

 of the State of New York has just been published, containing 

 the detail of their proceedings during the year 1871. The 

 principal efforts of the commission have been directed toward 

 the stocking of the Hudson River with shad ; and although 

 they experienced much difficulty in obtaining a satisfactory 

 number of mature fish having ripe spawn, they actually 

 hatched out and turned into the river over 8,000,000 young 

 fish. This aggregate, though less than they considered de- 

 sirable, is much greater than that of previous years, and will 

 go very fir toward renewing the supply in the river. They 

 estimated that if they could introduce 500,000,000 eggs an- 

 nually, which could be done at a moderate expense, it would 

 be entirely impossible for any mode of fishing in the lower 

 waters to prevent an abundant yield that would afford a sup- 

 ply of shad at very low prices. 



A state hatching-house has been constructed at Caledonia, 

 which is claimed to be the most efficient and largest affair of 



