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catcli is larger tlian it has been for some time past. The fishermen 

 thiuk the reason is all attdbutable to the method of proj)agation now 

 in vogue." 



, 1874. — The Appleton Post, Wis., announces that shad 3 or 4 



inches long have been seen in Fox Eiver, near Appleton, in large quan- 

 tities. 



December 12, 1874. — Oswego Times, N. Y,, of this date states that on 

 the day previous a gentleman fishing with a fly from the ]>ier of that 

 harbor caiitured a shad measuring 9 inches and weighing one-quarter 

 of a pound. 



December 18, 1874. — The Albany Ad vertiser of this date says : The 

 eftbrts to stock interior lakes and rivers with shad have proved remark- 

 ably successful. Large numbers have been taken at Port Dalhousie, 

 and one Avas recently caught at Cape Vincent weighing 4^ pounds. 



The fact that shad can be successfully introduced into Lake Ontario 

 has been fully established. 



1875. 



April 3, 1875. — Albany Argus, IST. Y., announces larger hauls (of shad) 

 in the Hudson than in any year for a long time, the total catch being 

 1,(>()(),0()0. This led to a sharj) decline in the price of shad all along the 

 river. 



Unlcnoicn, 1875. — The productiveness of the different shores on the 

 Delaware this season is a matter of daily comment. 



At the Gloucester shore, on Monday, upwards of 2,200 shad were 

 taken at one tide. A few days ago the fishery at Carpenter's Point, in 

 Salem"? County, caught 2,500 shad in one haul. 



Gill-nets have multiplied threefold the present season, and all have 

 been successful. The shad run larger and have been better flavored 

 than for many years past. 



1877. 



3Iay, 1877. — Pack Thomas, esq., sent from Louisville, Ky., an adult 

 shad, the first return from the introduction into the Ohio River. (Mu- 

 seum catalogue number, 19012.) 



December 1, 1877. — Received a shad from Sacramento River, caught 

 two years ago. It is apparently a spent adult male. (Museuju catalogue 

 number, 20845; sent by William S. Bassett, Sacramento.) 



March 20, 1878. — T. B. Doron, Montgomery, Ala., sends a four-pound 

 shad, caught at Wetumpka, on Coosa River. 



April 18, 1878. — Dr. R. J. Hampton, Rome, Ga., reports that shad 

 planted by the United States Fish Commission some years ago are now 

 caught in large numbers. 



{July 11, 1870. — 90,000 ]>laced in Alabama River, at Montgomery.) 



May — , 1878. — Mr. Griffiths forwarded to National Museum two adult 

 female shad (catalogue numbers, 21345 and 21340) from the Ohio River, 

 at Louisville, Ky. 



