BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 345 

 Value of the i)rincipal fishery products of Hokkaido in 18^4. 



* One yen equals about 80 cents. 



Tlic total value of tbe yield for tbe year 1884 was unusually small, on 

 account of a poor catch and low prices. 

 Washington, D. C, Decemher 20, 1886. 



loe.-YOVNc; sai.itioiv inr northeriv nkw jcibsev. 

 By F. ]TI. IVARD. 



[From a letter to Mr. Fred Mather.] 



About May 20, 1885, nearly 100,000 fry of tbe Penobscot salmon 

 {Salmo mlar) were planted under tbe direction of tbo U. S. Fisb Com- 

 mission in tbo Paulinskill, Pequest, and Musconetcong Elvers, tbey 

 being tributaries of tbe Delaware in Northern "N^ew Jersey. Tbese fry 

 were placed in tbe streams about 20 miles from where they emptied into 

 tbe Delaware ; and in September, 1885, some of the young fish were 

 found in the Paulinskill, and in the small tributaries or spring runs 

 near where tbey empty into tbe main stream. 



In May, 1886, 1 learned that some salmon had been taken by a party 

 while fishing for trout at a point about 5 miles below where they were 

 placed tbe year before. The party that caught them thought at first 

 that tbey were rainbow trout, but on examination I learned that they 

 were young salmon from 4^ to inches long. They were taken with 

 common angle-worm bait, and seemed to be quite numerous at this 

 point. 



I saw them during the early part of last September in the same stream, 

 and have no doubt that they have done equally well in the other two 

 streams. There were about 40 taken at this point, and nearly all were 

 returned to tbe water. I am satisfied from this experiment that plant- 

 ins the frv in the headwaters of the tributaries in natural trout water 

 is the best way to stock the Delaware.* 



i^EWTON, K. J., November 13, 1886. 



