CONTENTS. 



Page. 



11. Propagation of the Rhine salmon in 1872 xix 



Impossibility of obtaining a full supply of eggs in America xix 



Correspondence with Deutsche Fw'herei- Yeretn xix 



Donation of 250,000 eggs by the German government xx 



Purcliase of 500.000 eggs in Freibui'g xxi 



Transfer of eggs from Germany xxi 



Supervision of Mr. Hessel xxi 



Aid of Steamship Company , xxii 



Cu.stom-house facilities xxii 



Delivery at Bloomsbury xxii 



Final result of the experiment xxii 



Total cost of the experiment xxiii 



12. Propagation of the California salmon in 1872 xxiii 



Action taken at the Boston conference xxiii 



Appointment of Livingston Stone xxiii 



Selection of station on the McCloud River xxiv 



Result of the experiMient xxiv 



Number of eggs taken '. xxiv 



Shipment to Bloomsbury, N. J xxiv 



Hatching and disposition of the eggs xxv 



Introduction of young fish into the Susquehanna xxv 



Date and plan of operation proposed for 1873 xxv 



Comparative value of the California salmon xxvi 



13. Propagation of white-fish in 1872 xxvi 



Services of Mr. N. W. Clark, Clarkston, Mich xxvi 



Transfer of eggs to California fish commissioners xxvi 



14. Propagation of shad in 1873 xxvi 



Recapitulation of worlc done in 1872 xvii 



Preliminary search for hatching-stations by Dr. TarroTv : xxvii 



Serious scarcity of spawning-fish in South Atlantic waters xxvii 



Employment of Seth Green and his assistants xxvii 



Savannah station xxvii 



Newberne and Weldon stations xxvii 



Hatching of striped bass xxvii 



Potomac River station xxvii 



Susquehanna River station sxviii 



Delaware River station, under Dr. Slack xxviii 



State stations on the Hudson and Connecticut xxviii 



Transfer of young .?had, under direction of Mr. Milner — 



To "West Virginia xxviii 



To other "Western States xxviii 



To Eastern States xxviii 



Transfer of young shad, under direction of Dr. Slack, to "Western Pennsylvania xxviii 



Transfer of young shad, under direction of Mr. Stone- 

 To Jordan River xxis 



To the Sacramento xxix 



To California, aquarium car xxviii 



Assistance rendered — 



By the State fish commissioners xsx 



By the State of Virginia xxxi 



By railroads and express companies xxx 



C-MXJLTIPLICATION OF FISH IN GENERAL. 



15. General history of fish-culture xxxi 



Preservation of fish in ponds xxxi 



Introduction of methods of artificial propagation xxxi 



In Europe xxxi 



Claim of priority for Chinese unfounded xxxiii 



In the United States xxxiv 



16. Action of State and National Governments xxxiv 



Services of American Fish-Culturists' Association xxxiv 



Congressional action xxxiv 



State commissioners xxxv 



"Why national action required xxxv 



