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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Centkax Station, Washington, D. C. (S. (i. Worth, Superintendent). 



lu addition to bis regular duties, the superintendeut was detailed to 

 write the aunual report of the Division of Fish-culture for the fiscal 

 year 1892-93, aud to examine into the working of the McDonald fish way 

 at Great Falls, Md. He also acted as a member of the Fish Commission 

 board of examiners for the United States Civil Service Commission, and 

 assisted in preparing plans for repairs to the aquarium annex at the 

 station. 



The fish-cultural operations consisted in distributing the fishes reared 

 at the fish ponds, Washington, D. C, and in receiving and forwarding 

 consignments of eggs shipped from the Wytheville Station, intended 

 for applicants in Kew England and foreign countries. The following 

 tabulation shows the number of fish received and distributed : 



Species. 



Scale carp 



Blue-scale carp 



Scale carp (large) 



Leather carp . 



Leather carp (large) . . . 



Mirror carp 



Goldfish 



Fantail goldfish 



Fantail goldfish (gray) 



Tench 



Tench (large) 



Golden tench 



Number 

 received. 



14, 700 



485 



4 



22, 190 

 7 

 16 



30 

 10, 258 



Number 



dis- 

 tributed. 



14, 450 



465 



4 



21, 748 



7 



16 



6, 120 



403 



30 



10, 171 



1,028 



49 



Species. 



Golden tench (large) 

 Black bass 



Black bass (large) . . 



Rock bass 



Rainbow trout 



Brook trout (large). 

 Black spotted trout 



Golden ide 



Sunfish 



Landlocked salmon. 



Total. 



Number 

 received. 



15 



6,345 



207 



1,600 



6,806 



140 



12 



10 



11 



15 



71, 066 



Number 



dis- 

 tributed. 



15 

 6.345 



207 

 1,590 

 6, 757 

 140 

 12 

 10 

 11 

 15 



The shad eggs collected at Bryan Point were hatched at this station 

 as usual, and the output exceeded any previous year except 1888. The 

 total number received was 49,898,000, from which 41,984,000 fry were 

 hatched and distributed, the loss amounting to 7,914,000. 



The eggs were packed on trays and transferred from Bryan Point, in 

 charge of a messenger, by the steamers of the Mount Yernon and 

 Marshall Hall Steamboat Company. 



Between April 20 and May 29 eggs were daily received in good con- 

 dition at Central Station, as follows : 



