54 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



20,000,000 whitefish eggs from the fisli-liatching establishment of Frank 

 N. Clark, ITorthville, Mich., by the mail-steamer Australia. The eggs 

 will be packed in mountain ice, and carefully watched during the 

 voyage. On their arrival at Auckland they will be transferred to a 

 colonial steamer, preparations having been made for their reception and 

 distribution throughout the colony. Mr. Clark kindly forwarded to Mr. 

 Creighton models of his patent hatching-boxes, and these are already 

 in the colony, so that no hitch will occur in this regard. Mr. Clark 

 telegraphed from Omaha on the 15th that the eggs had been shii)ped in 

 good condition, and would arrive in San Francisco on the 10th. Mr. 

 Clark came with the shipment from ISTorthville to Omaha, to insure 

 against any damage or accident en route. The friends of acclimatiza- 

 tion in this State will be gratified, no doubt, at the success of the ex- 

 periment. Of the Australian group of colonies !N"ew Zealand is more 

 closely identified with this country than any other. — [Frank Leslie'ii Il- 

 lustrated Newspaper.) 



CARP IIV THE HUDSOiV RITJGR. 



By E. E. SHEARS. 



CoxsACKiE, Greene County, New York, 



January 26, 1881. 

 Prof. S. F. Baird, 



U. S. Fish Commissioner^ Washington, D. C. : 



Dear Sir : Will you please send me your last report. If you have 

 anything special on the carp, please send that also. Are there any 

 carp in the Hudson Eiver f I find in " Transactions of the American 

 Institute," dated 1850, page 397 : 



" Mr. Meigs. We are pleased to see among us Captain Eobinson, of 

 Newburgh, who brought the car^i from England several years ago, thus 

 conferring a great benefit upon his country by adding a fish before that 

 unknown in our waters. 



"' Captain Robinson. I brought the carp from France about seven 

 years ago, put them in the Hudson River, and obtained protection for 

 them from our legislature, which passed a law imi^osing a fine of $50 

 for destroying one of them. I put in gold-fish at the same time. Now 

 some of these carj) will weigh two jjouuds, and some of the gold-fish, 

 which are a species of the carp, are quite large, some of them being 

 pure silvery white. Both kinds are multiplying rapidly." 



I notice that the gold-fish are quite plenty in the river in this vicinity; 

 also a fish about the size and shape, which is called a silver-fish, but they 

 do not correspond to Captain R.'s description of the silver-fish. These 

 are nearly or quite as dark as a rock -bass. I have seen none that would 

 "weigh over one pound and a half. When ca ught in fykes by the fishermen 

 they are usually pronounced unfit to eat and thrown back in the river^ 



