392 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. ' 

 Summary of carp distributed to private applicants from October 6, 1885, to March 20, 1886. 



Date. 



State. 



Alabama 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



Colorado 



Connecticut 



Dakota 



Delaware 



District of Columbia 



Florida 



Georgia 



Idaho 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Indian Territory 



Iowa ... , 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



Montana 



Nebraska 



Nevada 



Nevr Uainpshire 



New Jersey 



New ^Mexico 



New York 



North Carolina 



Ohio 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania , 



Ehorte' Island 



South Carolina 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Utah 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Washington 



West Virginia 



Wisconsin 



Wyoming 



Mexico 



Total 



Point of distribution. 



Montgomery, Ala 



Albuquerque, N. Mex. 



Saint Louis, Mo 



Denver, Colo 



Boston, Mass 



Bismarck, Dak 



Wilmington, Del 



Washington, D. C 



Jacksonville, Fla 



Atlanta, Ga 



02:den,I7tah 



Quincy, 111 



Indianapolis, Ind 



Dallas, Tex 



Cedar Rapids. Iowa 



Kansas City, Mo 



Lexington, Ky 



New Orleans, La 



Boston, Mass 



Washington, D. C 



Boston, Mas.9 



Northville, Mich 



Saint Paul, Minn 



Jackson, Miss 



Saint Louis, Mo 



Helena, Mont 



Omaha, Nelir 



Ogden, Utah 



Boston, Mass 



Jersey City, N. J 



Albuquerque, N. Mex.. 



Jersey City, N.J 



K;acigh,N'. C 



Columbus, Ohio. 



Portland, Oreg 



AVashingtou, D. C 



Boston. Mass 



Columbia, S.C 



Memphis, Tenu 



Dallas, Tex 



Ogden, Utah 



Boston, Mass 



Washington, D. C 



Walla AValla, Wash.... 



Washington, D. C 



Saint Paul, Minn 



Laramie City, Wvo . . . 

 El Paso, Tex....." 



Number 

 of coun- 

 ties. 



42 



6 



32 



15 



7 

 18 



3 



1 

 13 

 89 

 10 

 84 

 70 



2 

 79 

 76 

 35 

 19 



6 

 12 

 13 

 51 



8 

 33 

 19 



8 

 21 

 10 



3 

 21 

 12 

 47 

 54 

 73 

 19 

 CI 



2 

 30 

 51 

 42 

 19 



8 

 66 

 20 

 19 

 16 



3 



Number 

 of appli- 

 cants. 



164 



8 



88 



25 



18 



26 



3] 



14 



38 



460 



31 



384 



240 



2 



383 



290 



108 



31 



7 



42 



49 



177 



11 



117 



37 



19 



30 



15 



3 



78 



44 



298 



341 



276 



185 



609 



2 



249 



366 



86 



283 



19 



351 



1.17 



54 



23 



3 



1 



Number 

 of fish. 



4,475 



695 



2,260 



550 



400 



822 



2,124 



301 



1,475 



12, 605 



686 



1.5, 699 



8,417 



50 



11,221 



6,015 



3,630 



8-.'0 



145 



2, 075 

 1,990 

 3,801 

 1,425 

 3,030 



885 



520 



8?0 



529 



75 



3,947 



1,245 



9,011 



8, 825 



6,482 



3, 921 

 20, 348 



280 

 6, 624 

 8, 005 

 2,682 

 5,855 

 f), 380 

 7, 7.56 

 3,498 

 1, 600 



495 

 3, 060 



800 



1,348 



6,273 



187, 414 



* October 6, 1885, to March 20, 1886. 



To individual apx)licauts for pond culture 187, 414 



To public waters 161,370 



The number of individual applicants supplied was 6, '273 



The distribution was general, including 309 Congressional districts 

 and 1,348 counties. The distributions to public waters embrace tlie prin- 

 cipal river basins of tbe Middle and South Atlantic and Gulf slopes. 



(A) CoxMON AND Japanese goldfish {Carassius auratus). 



The number of this fish produced at the U. S. Fish Commission ponds 

 in Washington each season is entirely insufficient to meet the eager de- 

 mand for fish for aquaria, fouutains, and ornamental lakes. The fish 

 being purely an ornamental species, of no value for food, no special ef- 



