312 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Tanks for TRANSFERRma fish from the Mississippi Eiver to 

 Kansas. — The followiug is extracted from a letter of W. S. Gile, of the 

 Kansas State fish commission: "My plants of native fish in the streams 

 of the State this season were an entire success. In order that I might 

 l)lant fish of such size as to become spawiiers the coming season I had 

 some zinc tanks made and incased with wood holding about two bar- 

 rels of water, laid them down, had a hole cut in the top at one end large 

 enough to put in and let out the water and fish, filled the tank two- 

 thirds full and set it endwise with the car to prevent too much slopping, 

 and aerated when the cars were standing with an air pump with about 

 6 feet of hose attached. In this way I transported nine varieties of 

 fish caught in the Mississippi over 500 miles with good success. Each 

 plant contained two varieties of i)ike a foot long." 



Venango, Kans., December 27, 1883. 



Menhaden, herring, eels, and lobsters. — Mr. Willard Nye, jr., 

 writing from New Bedford, Mass., Kovember 23, 1883, says: "The latter 

 part of October there were a good many menhaden in the Acushnet 

 Kiver, and the middle of this month they were quite plenty around Mon- 

 tauk Point, Long Island. The fishermen speak of there being considera- 

 ble increase in the schools this year over last. They have caught a good 

 many of those fall herring in the traps around here for the past month, and 

 they are as round and fat as mackerel, if not more so. If potting for eels 

 is not stopped soon, they^ will exist only in the memory of the inhabitants 

 when they used to be plenty. I was surprised at the number of lobsters 

 crawling around on the sand shoals — south of Gardner's Island, Long- 

 Island Sound — and there did not seem to be many fishermen to catch 

 them — i^erhaps this explains it." 



Inspections of marine products in the District of Columbia for eleven years ending June 30, 1883. 



[From the reports of tbe health officer.] 



Successful introduction of lake trout, Salmo namaycush, 

 in France. — 0. Raveret-Wattel, writing under date of Paris, Octo- 

 ber 4, 1883, says : " You will learn, doubtless, with pleasure, that the eggs 

 of the lake trout that vou have had the kindness to forward to our society 



