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through wooden plugs of the American linden tree, inserted a few inches 

 apart in rubber tubing. In addition to appliances already mentioned, 

 sleeping berths of a temporary character were i)rovided for the crew, 

 cooking arrangements also beiug nuide. 



The lish commissioners of New York having presented 100,000 unis- 

 kellunge to the commissioners of California, and tlie latter authorities 

 not being able to provide for the transportation, they sought the assist- 

 ance of the United States Fish Commission, and on May 25 the fry 

 were taken on board car No. 2, at Beuius Point, N. Y. The trip was 

 highly successful, the loss in transit being estimated at only 9,000. 

 Those which survived were deposited in Lake Merced and Lake Pilar- 

 citos, California, 00,000 in the former and 31,000 in the latter, May 31. 

 The first named were liberated at Ocean View, San Mateo County, Cal., 

 the latter at Millbra;, in the same county. 



The scope of the distribution service for the year and the details of 

 the distribution of fishes are shown in the following tables: 



Summarxi showing names of railroads and total ntiinber of miles of free transportation 

 furnished the United States Fish Commission cars and messemjers during the fiscal year 

 endiny June SO, 1893. 



Name of railroad. 



Atchison, Topelca and Santa Fe 



Baltimore and Ohio 



Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern 



Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern 



Chesapeake and Ohio - 



Chicago, Burlington iiiid Qnincy 



Chicago and Ninth western 



Chicago, .St. I'aul, Minneapolis and Omaha. .. 

 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis. 



Colorado M idland 



Delaware and Hud.son 



Denver and Rio Grande 



Duluth and Iron Range 



Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic 



Plint and Pere Marquette 



Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley 



Grand Rapids and Indiana 



Great Northern 



International and Great Northern 



Jacksonville Southeastern 



Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis 



Kansas City, Fort Smith and Southern 



Kentucky Central 



Louisville and Nashville 



Michigan Central 



Minneapolis, St. Paul and SaultSte. Marie 



Missouri, Kansas and Texas 



Missouri I'acilic 



Mohileand Ohio 



Montana Union 



Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis 



New York, Lake Erie and Western 



Northern I'acihc 



Pennsylvania Railroad 



Southern Pacific 



Si)ok!in(i Falls and Northern 



St. Ldui.s and .S;ni Francisco 



St. Lou is. Sou til western 



Terre Uaut<i and Indianapolis 



Texas Pacific 



Union Pacilic 



Wabash 



West Virginia and Pittstiurj; 

 AVilmington and Northern. .. 



Wisconsin Cent i-al 



Zanesvillo and Ohio 



Cars. 



727 

 513 



90 

 923 

 136 

 614 

 882 



64 

 806 

 540 

 234 



266 

 452 

 824 

 935 

 342 



26 

 545 

 010 



38 

 192 

 546 

 021 

 213 

 406 

 347 

 466 



Messen- 

 gers. 



,626 

 52 



1, 104 

 632 



78 

 220 

 644 



125 



202 



2,259 



374 



29 



272 



46 



3K0 



Total. 



32 



1,370 



4,253 



112 



206 



15 



83, 968 13, 393 



6,831 



1,145 



90 



3, 001 



8, 356 



8,258 



882 



64 



6,806 



665 



436 



2, 259 



374 



266 



1,481 



1,096 



S35 



342 



26 



545 



1,056 



418 



192 



555 



12,300 



213 



406 



1,347 



466 



32 



98 



296 



5,482 



54 



2.074 



80 



2,538 



212 



634 



1,465 



17, 502 



4,184 



206 



15 



1,626 



52 



97, 361 



