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and the eggs be sent over. Or the attempt might be 
made to obtain eggs or fry from Washington, D.C., of the 
American Shad (Clupea sapidissima). There have been 
very successful plantings of the fry of this Shad in the 
Pacific, and they are now spread over a line of coast 3,000 
miles long.—RoBert Lamp ASCROFT. 
NOTE.—The Appendix which follows was printed in 
October, 1897, as a Guide to our Fisheries 
Exhibition. The Catalogue of the permanent 
Fisheries Collection in University College, 
Liverpool, was printed as an Appendix to the 
last of these Annual Reports. 
