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  KEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  inappropriate, 
  in 
  concluding 
  this 
  report, 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  

   magnitude 
  of 
  the 
  Commission's 
  work 
  in 
  artificial 
  propagation 
  and 
  to 
  

   indicate 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  from 
  the 
  year 
  1871 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  

   time. 
  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  eggs, 
  fiy, 
  3'earlings, 
  

   and 
  adults 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  species 
  distributed 
  by 
  the 
  

   Commission 
  during 
  the 
  thirty-three 
  years 
  of 
  its 
  existence, 
  the 
  time 
  

   being 
  divided 
  into 
  three 
  periods 
  of 
  eleven 
  years 
  each. 
  The 
  aggregate 
  

   output 
  is 
  seen 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  over 
  12 
  billions, 
  more 
  than 
  three-fourths 
  

   of 
  which 
  represent 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  paSt 
  eleven 
  j^ears. 
  The 
  seven 
  

   species 
  which 
  have 
  received 
  the 
  most 
  attention 
  — 
  namely, 
  the 
  shad, 
  the 
  

   quinnat 
  salmon, 
  the 
  white-fish, 
  the 
  pike 
  perch, 
  the 
  cod, 
  the 
  winter 
  

   flounder, 
  and 
  the 
  lobster 
  — 
  are 
  of 
  great 
  economic 
  value, 
  and 
  their 
  

   aggregate 
  output 
  has 
  been 
  more 
  than 
  90 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  total. 
  

  

  Table 
  shoioing 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  adult 
  fish, 
  yearlings, 
  fry, 
  and 
  eggs 
  distributed 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  1871-1903. 
  

  

  George 
  M. 
  Bowers, 
  

  

  Commissioner. 
  

  

  