REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XXXV 



to ship 200,000 fish nightly by the two alternating steamers, Chowan 

 and Lota. 



These shipments kept the messengers of the United States Commis- 

 sion constantly on the road transferring fish to the waters of the South 

 and the Southwest, besides furnishing a large number to the North 

 Carolina commission to be deposited in local waters. 



The results of the operations at this station were most satisfactory 

 when we consider the limited force employed, and hearty acknowledg- 

 ments are due to Mr. Saunders and the faithful men under him. 



At the close of the fishing season, on the 14th of May, the Lookout 

 was transferred to the head of the Chesapeake Bay, where she was 

 utilized in transferring fish to different points in Maryland. 



Havre de Grace Station. — The two machinery barges having been re- 

 modeled, and the lever attachment to the Ferguson hatching appar- 

 atus having been replaced, under the inventor's direction, by a much 

 neater and more compact arrangement of pulleys, the space made avail- 

 able by this change was utilized for the accommodation of a large num- 

 ber of cones. The barges were transferred early in April to Spesutie 

 Narrows, a station which had been occupied during the previous years, 

 and a portion of the hatching force placed on them with instructions to 

 examine daily the fish taken by the large haul-seines and gill-nets oper- 

 ated in that locality. 



The first ripe female shad was secured on the 3d of May. 



The immediate charge of this station was assigned to Mr. F. N. 

 Clark, of Northville, Mich., but it was not until the 10th of the month 

 that the spawning fish were at all plentiful. From that time until the 

 close of the season the operations were attended with great success, 

 the number of fish produced at this station, under the charge of Mr. 

 Clark, amounting to 9,500,000. 



Mr. Saunders and a portion of the force with him in North Carolina 

 were placed on the Machinery Barge No. 2, which was moored about 

 three miles to the north of Spesutie Narrows, not far from the town of 

 Havre de Grace; but operations were not fairly commenced until the 

 30th of May, from which time to the close of the season 1,252,000 shad 

 were produced, making an aggregate of 10,002,000 at the three stations. 



The disposition made of these fish will be found in the accompanying 

 tables, which have been arranged, for easy reference, both geograph- 

 ically ami chronologically. 



The Potomac River Stations. — The force of the Commission being fully 

 occupied in North Carolina and on the Susquehanna, operations on the 

 Potomac were deferred until next year, when, it is hoped, a satisfactory 

 report of results will be made. 



Carp (Cyprinis carpio). 



In the report of the Commission for 1878 will be found detailed the 

 account of its labors connected with the culture of carp up to the end 



