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fort lias been made to increase tbe supply. The number distributed in 

 18S5 was 4,344 to 572 applicants. 



Summary of goldfish distributed in the season o/1885-'86. 



State. 



Kumber 

 ]of appli- 

 cants. 



Alabama 



Arizcua 



Arkansas 



Color.Ttlo 



Dakota 



DfliiTTare 



District of Columbia 



rioiida 



Geoigia 



Illinois 



ludiana 



Iowa 



Kansfls 



Kc-niiickj- 



Louisiana 



Maryland 



!MaHs?.cbusetts 



llicbigan 



n 



4 

 1 

 2 

 2 



4 



33S 



7 



10 

 8 

 C 

 8 

 1 

 2 

 4 

 4 

 7 

 14 



Number 

 of fish. 



170 

 24 

 4 

 12 

 12 

 84 

 1, 809 

 41 



119 



154 

 50 



199 

 10 

 18 

 21 

 84 

 92 

 90 



State. 



Minnesota 



Missouri 



Mississippi 



Nebraska 



New Jersey 



New York 



North Carolina. 



(Jhio 



Pennsylvania .. 

 South Carolina . 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Utah 



Virginia 



West Virginia . 

 Wyoming 



Total . 



Kumber 

 of appli- 

 cants. 



5 



1 



2 



4 



7 



6 



3 



11 



18 



3 



10 



10 



8 



49 



1 



1 



572 



Number 

 of fish. 



138 

 6 

 14 

 20 

 42 

 48 

 14 

 98 



374 

 58 

 60 

 83 

 44 



251 

 7 

 4 



4,344 



(7) Little Eound clam {Tapes staminea). 



A successful effort was made to transfer several buudreds of this valu- 

 able west-coast mollusk from Puget Sound, Washington Territory, to 

 tbe waters of Vineyard Sound, off tbe coast of Massachusetts. The 

 conduct of tbe experiment was intrusted to Mr. George n. H. Moore, in 

 charge of car Xo. 2. As tbe necessary conditions for success in trans, 

 portatioii bad not been ascertained, the entire arrangement was left to 

 bi.s discretion. The methods employed, the difficulties encountered, 

 and the final success attained are detailed in his report, dated Wash- 

 ington, June 30, 1885, the important items of which are as follows: 



" Sunday, June 14. — After much trouble and the promise of 82 per 

 sack (tbe usual price being about $1.50 per sack), I engaged 20 sacks 

 of clams, to be delivered at car by Wednesday noon. I also engaged 

 enough rock weed to i)ack over the clams. 



" Tuesday, June 10. — Finished getting sand in tanks this p. m. One 

 of tbe clam gatherers, from whom I engaged 10 sacks of clams, returned 

 with 1 sack. Had them tied up and put overboard, so as to keep in good 

 condition. 



" Wednesday, June 17. — The other 10 sacks of clams arrived this a. m. 

 After consultation with those that make a business of gathering clams, I 

 concluded it would be best to pack them in sand, with mouth up, then 

 cover with about 2 inches of sand, and put tbe rock weed on top of this, 

 then, by means of a sprinkling-can, keep them moistened with the salt 

 water. After selecting the smallest of tbe clams, had them packed as 

 above described. Took on 30 cans of salt water. Estimated tbe num- 

 ber of clams in tanks at 0,000. 



