KEPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHEKIES. 



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There were received from Wythcville Station ami foi' warded to P]u<tj- 

 laiul, G-ermaiiy, and Switzerland, 75,000 eggs of the rainbow front; 

 from the Northville Station, liO,000 Von Belir front eggs, which were 

 transferred to tlie Wythcville Station, and 2,878,000 whitefish eggs, 

 which were transferred to one of the cars for hatching en ronte to Sack- 

 etts Harbor, IVir stocking- Lake Ontario. In addition, 8,140,000 shad 

 eggs from Fort Washington Station were turned over to cars Nos. 2 and 

 3 for hatching en route to places of deposit. 



The fiugerliug hsh received and forwarded were as follows : 



An account of the operations of the Aquaria at Central Station will 

 be found on pages 54 and 55. 



Fish Ponds, Wasiiimjtox, D. C. (R. IIessel, Superintendent). 



1889-90. 



On May 31 and June 1, 1889, the station was completely submerged 

 by a disastrous freshet in the Potomac River, and nearly all the hsh 

 in the ponds escaped. 



In November the ponds were drawn, and tlie fish of fingerling size 

 available for distribution were as follows: Leather carp, 29,450; scale 

 carp, 1,029; blue leather carp, 167; blue scale carp, 70; tench, 25; golden 

 ide, 20; goldfish, 15,415. 



On April 25 and May 5, 1890, 2,144,000 shad fry were received from 

 Central Station and i)laced in the west pond for rearing. 



Much care and expense was involved in repairing the damage re- 

 sulting from the June overflow, and in eliminating the river fish and 

 objectionable Avater plants that found unavoidable lodgment in the 

 ponds on that occasion. 



