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sent it on shore, and put it in store-room at station, taking receipt for 

 same. 



I bey to state that I consider the vicinity oi Burlington, IS. J., and 

 down the river toward Petty's Island, just above Philadelphia, a good 

 locality for the purpose of procuring - spawn for hatching shad. And I 

 would also state that if a party should be sent to that vicinity they ( 

 should be on the ground ready for work not later than May 10, as from 

 that time to the end of the fishing season a great many ripe fish will 

 be found. 



U. S. F. C. Steamer Lookout, 



Port Jefferson, Long Island, N. 1'., August 23, 1885. 



Table I. — Record of shad-hatching operations conducted at Havre de Grace, Md., and 

 on the Delaware River, on the V. S; Fish Commission steamer Lookout, from May 13 

 to June 5, 1885, by James A. Smith, U. S. N. 



