BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 377 



SUMMARY. 



The following is a summary of the work, so far as it eame under my 



direction : 



The aggregate furnished for distribution was *jo, l\',2, ooo 



Lost on the way 1,8G1,000 



Actually planted 18,871,000 



These were furnished as follows : 



By tbo Susquehanna River station (Battery Station) 5, 224, 000 



By Potomac River stations (Central Station and Fort Washington) 15, 508, 000 



Total 20,732,000 



In making the distribution care has been taken to stock liberally the 

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

 Chesapeake. Plants of 250,000 to 1,250,000 have been made iu streams 

 in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, which it was supposed would 

 furnish suitable nurseries for the young fry during the first summer of 

 their life. 



The aggregate of the plants in the tributaries of the Chesapeake was 



about 8, 000, 000 



In tributaries of Narragansett Bay 825, 000 



In Hudson River 1,'J50,000 



In tributaries of Albemarle Sound 1,500,000 



Iu streams draining into the South Atlantic 1,475,000 



Iu the Mississippi and minor tributaries of the Gulf of Mexico 4, 1125, 000 



The experiment of stocking with shad the Colorado Eiver of the 

 West, which was begun in 1884, has been continued this season, and 

 848,000 were sent out by car ]STo. 2, in charge of George H. H. Moore, and 

 planted in good condition. Should this experiment prove successful, 

 the shad fry deposited in 1884 should reappear as mature fish in the 

 spring of 1887 or 1888. 



It is believed that the rivers of the Seattle region of Washington Terri- 

 tory, draining into Puget Sound, can be successfully stocked with shad, 

 and be made to furnish profitable fisheries, the importance of which to 

 that region can be scarcely overestimated. With the view of making the 

 experiment, 900,000 vigorous fry were selected and sent out by car No. 2, 

 in charge of Mr. George H. H. Moore, one of the most experienced and 

 careful messengers of the commission. The experiment was hazardous, 

 because the uumber of days required for uninterrupted transit from 

 Washington, D. C, to Seattle, Wash., marks the limit of time during 

 which the shad can be transported with safety. A detention of three 

 days by the washing away of a bridge resulted in almost total loss, 

 only 50,000 being alive when the car reached Portland, Oreg. These 

 were planted in the Willamette Eiver, at that point. 



Washington, D. O., September 15, 1885. 



