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trifling loss, the result being more satisfactory in this re- 

 spect than in any previous year. 



It is probable that nearly three times as many young fish 

 will be hatched out and planted in the waters as were pro- 

 cured in 1874. Between two and three millions of esrsfs still 



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remained at the establishment on the M'Cloud River on the 

 14th of October, when the shipments were completed, their 

 hatching and planting in the Sacramento being provided for 

 by some public-spirited citizens of California, among them 

 Governor Leland Stanford, Mr. Crocker, and others. 



NEW FISH PRODUCT. 



In the fishery division of the Danish agricultural display 

 held not long since at Biborg, in Jutland, a new fish product 

 was exhibited by Moller, in the form of fish-sausage. This 

 consisted of finely chopped salted fish, with an addition of 

 pork and spices, and constituted a very acceptable article 

 of food. 



EEPOET OF THE FISH COMMISSION OF VIRGINIA. 



The annual report of the Fish Commission of Virginia, un- 

 der its new organization, for 1875, has been published. The 

 Commission is now composed of Mr. A. Moseley, of Rich- 

 mond, Dr. W. B. Robertson, of Lynchburg, and Professor M. 

 C. Ellsey, of Blacksburg, who have been extremely active in 

 the discharge of their duties, although with a very limited 

 appropriation at their command. The report is very cred- 

 itable to them, and shows a comprehension of the problem 

 to be solved in regard to the protection and multiplication 

 of food fishes in Virginia. As might have been expected, 

 the shad and the striped and black bass received special at- 

 tention on their part. Much also has been done in regard 

 to the introduction of the California salmon, that fish of the 

 future. They obtained a large number of the eggs from the 

 United States Fish Commission, for which they established 

 two hatching-houses one at Blacksburg College and the 

 other at the Virginia Military Institute ; and they propose to 

 have others hereafter at the University of Charlottesville 

 and at the Hampden School, at Hampden, whenever their 

 funds will permit. The young fish will probably be soon 

 introduced into their new quarters in appropriate streams 



