XXVIII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES 
Natural Bridge, Va., under less favorable conditions, was not so satis- 
factory; but these experiments indicate that it is possible to send trout 
moderate distances without attendants. ; 
Below is asummary of the distribution for eighteen months, including 
1856 and one-half of 1887; it covers, also, the distribution of 1885~86 
from the McCloud River aud Cold Spring Harbor Stations not pre- 
viously reported. The total number is somewhat too large, since the 
eggs of the Salmonidi, after being counted as distributed from the 
station where they were obtained, were hatched at other stations, and 
the fry produced were sometimes again reported. The distribution of 
whitefish (94,670,000) is the largest that has been made up to this time. 
Summary of distribution from January 1, 1886, to June 30, 1887. 













Kind of fish. Eggs. | Fry. Large fish. ieee 
SUMAN LASER Ree Ree rh eA Ph ch Sl Sd ee Me Sh. 32, 600, 000 | 62, 070, 000 
COSA Tec, ye a a CA a el PE 1 Le oer 
Perea ease ie ret es OCA Oo Sic OS Soe Oy See hE bo eases eee eee 2, 100, 000 
SION UU eetora eens wpe e cca conan stan we ene mae enabe IES000W noe Bases 
Brook trout.. 82, 000 7,488 
DOP ate la diak aetedh ase ehne sete k ames eM ekmse Alene tee sen eee 155, 800 
Atlantic salmon...... 7d4, 000 446, 588 
Land-locked salmon 377, 500 44, 017 
LEST OR i 0K) epee 429, 000 49, 930 
Brown trout 84, 500 | 26, 500 
TIDIS Rate nce. se OL ae ae th BE ae es 
Rs terete Sea eho ee ek a cea 10,718, 000: }; 99: 752000") 022 senna ee eee 
OREO er ee ee ee ice yee ee oe Ene Mt ae ae PME SpE PZ 136; 1684). 5 oe. & see ol epee 
MONOD See Deh k eee eT ee fle Be ee ee oo eee | 1, 202 
LER CHEE LS SES) T5 Sattler SE, Gt ER hd A 8 (ah eRe a 2, 805. |) ciesnt = steonte) (Gee eee 
a OEP pl ELenen aan te. sae SecA eR ee ecsentes Pisses badac| ate ae eee cee eee Eee 14 
LAY) a1) OLE Eo Seer ee (ee eee oe 75,000: | uitoosc ese] Sees 
Miter OHH tomater Ls see merken Seu Re ce Weesor SERRE iat po pas alee | ohare ea aie 68 
LBS oS a Te Ee UE dea SRE ep ee ae) re (hg Beh 2 3 Bk 48 | Jo oiloas bade] eee 
CV ELLE) RS ie Ee Ee OEE S SOREN Se Dele Renee De PD baer pe ne OWE |e bag SUR ee SDS os 125 
LIE year Bea ar SRR AE = a ae Ay al ek Oe SE ie 2,828 | sccvcdchs nl eee ee 
MCN = Late de Metee or: SWE B soe BS hae be od sO ees eae ms ee ee 662, 000 || .2223-acec ect amet 
POS LES eee ete ree eS cc me, thecal fotcra eed ohare a, ata chal aca RR Re erie ee tea ale 19 
IAD BIRT Ree nee tee eee ocUc esl anak Ponte ectas eee sack Rene 5) 000 |.2522- 2c ccce eee 




The grand total of the distribution is 210,628,413. 
NOTES ON THE SPECIES PROPAGATED AND DISTRIBUTED. 
a. The Sole (Solea solea). 
During 1886 several consignments of soles were brought across from 
Liverpool in the White Star steamer Britannic. 
were brought in one shipment without loss. 
ments 37 fish out of 49 sent were safely received at Wood’s Holl, where 
they were kept with the hope of using them for breeding purposes. 
The hanging fish-globes now employed for carrying soles across the 
Atlantic give better results than any other form of apparatus as yet 
devised for the purpose. 
b. The Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus). 
Early in the year 2 
From two later consign- 
As the fishing for this important species in moderate depths has be- 
come unprofitable because of the scarcity of the fish it was earnestly 
desired to begin its artificial propagation during the present year. The 
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