REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OB^ FISHERIES. 7 



Statement of miles of free iransjwrtation furnishecJ l>;/ rctnons railroads during the year 



iPO^— Continued.' 



Name of railroad. 



Portland aiul Paimford Falls 



Kio Grande Southern , 



llio Grande Western 



Kumford Falls and Rangeley 

 Lake 



Rutland 



St. Johnsbury and Lake Cham- 

 plain 



St. Louis and San Francisco 



St. Louis Southwesterji 



San Antonio and Aransas Pass . . 



376 



1,309 



Messen- 

 gers. 



1S4 

 743 



864 



3,884 

 709 

 758 



Name of railroad. 



Sandy River 



Somerset , 



Southern Kansas r.. 



Southern Pacific 



Texas and New Orleans 



Texas and Pacific 



Vandalia 



Wabash 



Washington Countv 



Total. 



Cars. 



1,063 

 254 



204 



15, 193 



Messen- 

 gers. 



82 

 164 

 260 



1,840 

 267 



5, 152 



1,592 



98, 957 



RELATIONS AVITH THE STATES. 



The Bureau maintains close relations with the fishery authorities of 

 the states, and cooperates with them to the fullest extent in the pro- 

 motion of local fishery interests. This cooperation is of mutual bene- 

 fit, and the results are often much greater than would be possible were 

 the government and the states to pursue independent courses. The 

 Bureau is pleased to defer to the state ofiicers in all matters affecting 

 local conditions, and does not take any part in state fishery legislation. 



Donations of eggs and fish have been made to the fish commissions 

 pf 18 states, under whose direction the eggs were hatched and the frj- 

 distributed. The allotments to the states, as shown in detail in the 

 table, aggregated more than 244,000,000, representing 13 species of 

 food fishes. 



AUofments of eggs andjit^Ji to the state jisJi ro)nmissions in 1904. 



State and species. 



Eggs. 



California: 



Brook trout 



Grayling 



Landlocked salmon . 



Quinnat salmon 



Colorado: 



Steel head trout 



Connecticut: 



Lake trout 



Landlocked salmon . 



Rainbow trout 



Shad 



Maine: 



Landlocked salmon . 



Quinnat .salmon 



Steelhead trout 



Maryland: 



Shad 



Massachusetts: 



Pike perch 



Rainbow trout 



Michigan: 



Grayling 



Lake trout 



Loch Leven trout . . . 



Pike perch 



Steelhead trout 



Minnesota : 



Rainbov,' trout 



200, 000 



100, 000 



10, 000 



64, 147, 354 



40, 000 



200, 000 

 10, 000 

 22, 000 



25, 000 

 100, 000 

 20, 000 



5, 989, 000 



5, 000, 000 

 30,000 



100, 000 

 2, 300, 000 



47, 495, 000 



3, 000, 000 



BO 



15 



34,800 



