XLII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
yield than usual, due to the loss of many breeding trout by disease 
and from the effects of a severe storm. The following season, begin- 
ning December, 1886, and ending May, 1887, 268,400 eggs were secured. 
Mr. Livingston Stone has continued in charge of the California work, 
with Mr. Loren W. Green as superintendent of the McCloud River 
Station. 
C.—STATIONS FOR PROPAGATION OF SHAD. 
Battery Tsland.—This station, located on Battery Island, near the 
mouth of the Susquehanna River, a few miles south of Havre de Grace, 
Md., was in charge of Mr. T. B. Ferguson, with Mr. L. R. Grabill as 
superintendent during the shad season, which continued from April 19 
to June 10. The total number of shad eggs brought into this station 
was 60,766,000, of which 2,099,000 were received from the steamer Fish 
Hawk, and 2,433,000 from the steamer Halcyon, the remainder having 
been obtained by a temporary force employed for the purpose. About 
44,000,000 eggs were hatched and the fry distributed. Experiments in 
the hatching of rockfish or striped bass met with partial success. Some 
improvements were made to the station during the year. 
Washington.—The shad eggs obtained on the Potomac River were 
transferred to the Central Station in Washington, where they were 
hatched and the fry distributed. The total number of eggs thus re- 
ceived was 28,283,000, of which 24,997,000 were hatched and 1,586,000 
transferred to other stations. he propagation of other species of fish 
was also carried on at this station, which is the headquarters for the 
cars and for the general distribution of young fish. It is in charge of 
Col. Marshall MeDonald. 
Fort Washington, Md.—This station, situated on the Government res- 
ervation at Fort Washington, on the Potomac River, was occupied dur- 
ing the shad season as a receiving station for the eggs collected from 
the fishing shores and from the gillers along the river. A seine is also 
operated at this point by the Fish Commission. The eggs are retained 
at Fort Washington until they are sufficiently hardened to permit of 
their being safely transported, when they are transferred to Central 
Station, Washington. Over 36,000,000 eggs were received here during 
the season of 1886, of which one-third were taken from the fish caught 
in the Fish Commission seine. About. 3,000,000 of the eggs were 
hatched at the station and the fry planted in the vicinity. Operations 
were in charge of Col. Marshall McDonald. 
Delaware River.—Operations were carried on in the Delaware River, 
with headquarters at Gloucester City, N. J., by the steamer Fish Hawk. 
assisted part of the time by the steamer Halcyon, from May 5 to June 3, 
The total number of shad eggs taken was 34,454,500, of which 23,196,000 
were hatched on board the Fish Hawk, a part of the remainder having 
been transferred to Battery Island Station. 
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