BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 389 



The first cousignnicnt of C4,000 eggs from the Deutsche Fiscberei- 

 Vereiu arrived iu very bad order aud proved a total loss. The second 

 lot of 40,000 eggs from the Deutsche Fischerei- Vereiu reached JSTew 

 York iu good condition. A third lot of 50,000 eggs of this species 

 from Max von dem Borne arrived in excellent condition. The entire 

 number, aggregating 90,000 good eggs, were allotted as follows: 



To Wythe ville Station, Virginia 3, 000 



To Nortbville Station, Michigan 213, 000 



To Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York C3, 000 



To James Nevin, superintendent, Madison, Wis ], 000 



The subsequent disposition of these eggs and details of waters stocked 

 will be found in the reports of stations. 



(/) Shad [Clupea sapidissima). 



Shad for distribution were contributed as follows : 



Battery Station, Susquehanna Eiver 10, 725, 000 



Fish Hawk Station, Delaware Kiver 8, 063, 000 



Central Station, Potomac Eiver 15,531,000 



Steamer Lookout 340, 000 



Total 34,659,000 



In this distribution liberal plants of shad fry have been made in. the 

 Potomac, the Susquehanna, the Delaware, and the minor tributaries of 

 Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. 



A summary of the distribution by river basins is as follows : 



Rivers and minor tributaries of Chesapeake Basin 14, 137, 000 



The Delaware and tributaries 8, 403, 000 



Hudson Eiver 1,250,000 



Tributaries of Narragansett Bay 850,000 



Tributaries of the Albemarle 1, 500, 000 



Streams draining into the South Atlantic 2,050,000 



The Mississippi and minor tributaries of the Gulf of Mexico 4, 561, 000 



Colorado River of the West 998, 000 



Snake Eiver, Washington Territory 10,000 



Willamette Eiver, Oregon 900, 000 



Total' 34,659,000 



* Of this number of fish which started from the stations, there perished before 

 reaching destination, 1,861,000, as follows: 



On trip to Willamette Eiver, Oreg 850, 000 



On trips to Congaree and Green Ei vers, S. C 575, 000 



On trip to Colorado River, Ariz 150, 000 



On trips to Fox and Illinois Eivers, 111 96, OoO 



On trips to Ocklockonnee and other Georgia Rivers 75, 000 



On trips to Blue, Smoky, and Republican Rivers, Kans 65,000 



On trips to Appomattox and other Virginia Rivers 25.000 



On trip to Narragansett Bay 25. 000 



Total 1,861,000 



