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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Central Station, Washin(}ton, D. C. (S. (i. Wourii, Sui'erixtendext). 



lu addition to his regular duties, the superinteudeut was detailed to 

 write the auiiuul report of the Division of Fish-eulture for the fiscal 

 year 1802-03, and to examine into the M'orking of the McDonald fish way 

 at Great Falls, Md. lie also acted as a member of the Fish Commission 

 board of examiners for the United States Civil Service Commission, and 

 assisted in preparing plans for repairs to the aquarium annex at the 

 station. 



The fish-cultural operations consisted in distributing tlie fishes reared 

 at the fish ponds, Washington, 1). C, and in receiving and forwarding 

 consignments of eggs shipped from the Wytheville Station, intended 

 for ai)p]icnnts in ^e\v England and foreign countries. Tlie following 

 tabulation shows the number of fish received and distributed : 



Species. 



Scale carp 



Bluo-scale carp 



Scale carp (large) 



Leather carp 



Leatlier caip (large) - . . 



jJJirror carp 



Goldfish 



Fantail goldfish 



Fantail goldfish (gray) 



Tench 



Tench (large) 



Golden teuch 



Si)ecies. 



Golden tench (large) 



Black bass 



Black bass (large) . . . 



Eock bass 



Rainbow trout 



Brook trout (large).. 

 Black spotted trout . 



Golden ide 



Sunfish 



Laudlook ed salmou . . 



Total 



Number 

 received. 



15 



6, :}45 



207 



1,600 



6, 806 



140 



12 



10 



11 



15 



71, 066 



Number 



dis- 

 tributed. 



15 



6.345 



207 



1,590 



0,757 



140 



12 



10 



11 



15 



69, 593 



The shad eggs collected at Bryan Point were hatched at this station 

 as usual, and the output exceeded any previous year except 1888. The 

 total number received was 40,808,000, from which 41,084,000 fry were 

 hatched and di.stributed, the loss amounting to 7,014,000. 



The eggs were x)acked on trays and transferred from Bryan Point, in 

 charge of a messenger, by the steamers of the Mount Yeruoii and 

 Marshall Hall Steamboat Comj)any. 



Between April 20 and May 29 eggs were daily received in good con- 

 dition at Central Station, as follows : 



Date. 



April 20 922,000 



22 2,252,000 



23 1, 645, 000 



24 2, 579, 000 



25 3, 188, 000 



26 2,790,000 



27 2, G43, 000 



29 2, 813. 000 



30 297, 000 



May 1 781,000 



2 1,020.000 



3 110,000 



4 1, 2'J3. 000 



Number. 



2, 885, 000 

 3, 2:!0, 000 

 871,000 

 2, 005, 000 

 1,080,000 



May 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 15 

 17. 

 18 

 19 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 

 29. 



Date. 



Number. 



283, 000 

 231,000 

 804, 000 

 977. 000 

 788. 000 

 159, 000 

 328, 000 

 101, 000 

 096. 000 

 378. 000 

 272, 000 

 035, 000 

 067. 000 

 8!)4, 000 

 021, 000 



Total 49, 898, 000 



