402 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



only three arriving alive, which Avere also placed in the bay 

 of San Francisco. About 1500 small salt-water eels were in- 

 troduced in the same locality. 



The Commissioners are satisfied that most of the species 

 introduced have found congenial quarters, and will before 

 long be heard from. Large numbers of young black bass 

 have already been detected, as also some of the wall-eyed 

 perch. The cat-fish have grown rapidly, the young of which 

 are frequently seen. The horned pouts have increased so 

 rapidly that nearly one thousand have been taken out and 

 transferred. They were placed in lakes containing brush 

 and dead trees, so that they could not be seined out. Of the 

 fresh-water eels, one has been taken which had grown to be 

 more than a foot in length. 



A large number of whitefish eggs, furnished by the United 

 States Fish Commission, were placed in Tulare Lake. Many 

 eggs of the brook trout have also been transferred to the West. 

 Nothing further has been done in the way of shad, although 

 the Commissioners hope at another season to have a donation 

 of young fish from the United States Fish Commission. 



The Commissioners also refer to their co-operation with the 

 United States on the M'Cloud River to multiply salmon in 

 the Sacramento, $2000 having been contributed by Governor 

 Stanford and Mr. Charles Crocker, by means of which it is 

 expected that between two and three millions of young will 

 be hatched and turned into the river. They think that the 

 true interest of California is in increasing the numbers of her 

 native fish as well as in introducing those from abroad, and 

 they design to keep up their efibrts to stock the Sacramento 

 until an abundant supply shall always be insured. 



They figure up 4,000,000 pounds of salmon as having been 

 shipped from the Sacramento River between the 1st of No- 

 vember, 1874, and the 1st of August, 1875, not including 

 w^hat had been sent East and otherwise disposed of. Nu- 

 merous important recommendations are brought forward by 

 the Commissioners for the protection of the interests com- 

 mitted to them. Among others, they would have the laws 

 for the protection of seals and sea-lions rescinded, as these 

 animals destroy myriads of valuable fishes. They also urge 

 that some restriction be made in regard to the capture of 

 fish, especially in salt water, at improper times and by im- 



