12 REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 
DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES. 
The food fishes produced at the Bureau’s stations and assigned to 
private applicants, State fishery authorities, or public waters, re- 
ceived a nation-wide distribution. 
The 6 special cars employed in distributing the output in 1918 
traveled 102,330 miles, of which 10,024 miles were without cost to 
the Bureau. The remaining mileage was at a cost of 10 to 25 cents 
per mile, which includes moving of cars and fares of attendants. Car 
messengers, detached from their cars and charged with special ship- 
ments of fish, traveled 468,244 miles, of which 54,578 miles were free 
and the remainder at 2 to 4 cents per mile. The cars were hauled 
over 47 railroads and the messengers traveled on 190 different rail- 
roads. 
Poor service rendered by express companies during the year, owing 
in part to railway congestion and in part to neglect of explicit in- 
structions, resulted in the loss of various shipments of fish eggs to 
State fishery authorities and between stations of the Bureau. 
RELATIONS WITH STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
In cooperation with the fishery authorities of the various States, 
the Bureau has continued to supply considerable numbers of fish 
eggs for incubation in State hatcheries, the resulting fish being 
planted in local waters under the direction of the State commis- 
sioners. Limited numbers of fry, fingerlings, yearlings, and adults 
also are furnished to the States. In 1918 this form of cooperation 
was extended to 27 States, as follows: 
ALLOTMENTS OF FISH AND FisH Eces To STATE FisH COMMISSIONS, FISCAL 
YEAR 1918. 
[All figures are for eggs unless otherwise indicated. Fingerlings are designated a and fry b.] 
State and species. Number. State and species. Number. 
California: Chinook salmon.....------ 14,321, 900 || Montana: 
Connecticut: Blackspotted trout. ...---..-..---- 300, 000 
Largemouth black bass.....------ a $15 Largemouth black bass......----- 21,400 
@aitish sooeee ens eaten teen a 750 Catfish aaa see 32 oan om =e «3,000 
eT a aaa So Ph «aye le. 21,500 Rainbow trout...........------+-- 300, 000 
BUish joeace cscs eseenan anne @'2400 || “Sunfish peeeccs~ oan ee me 2100 
Tlinois: Nebraska: Rainbow trout........-..-- @ 16,000 
Largemouth black bass. ....-.----- @ 825 || Nevada: 
Catfish....-.-..---------+--+------ a 12,200 Blackspotted trout........-....--- 50, 000 
CORTE Be Bae gaat see ses eee @ 21, 850 Rainbow trout...-..........-....- 50, 000 
Wake trout... <-> -.--- << -0.--<-0--r 100,000 || New Hampshire: 
Pike and pickerel.........--.----- @ 688 Lake irOntc <- fcaseesesnven ore -eiad 100, 000 
PUSAISIT: Slatsc neem cln'ooin'= «ne inicieinisie rs = a 9,730 Pike perch. .-..0-+-.-+-=---s-s---- 2,000, 000 
ees HAG e Angee sack she rsee a 2,665 (Ti OPS Rass Sse Seeeeseeese = 500, 000 
LDS SEES sprains rat htaien 5,000,000 || New Jersey: 
eS Perch... -.-.---+-++++2---- @ 2,575 Largemouth black DABS. eo osoee a 200 
Brook trout. .--+-2---2-0+e-002000 £0,000 | Rainbow trout.scs-2-scccc222c22) 504000 
Baliber gue oe ae 94’ 000 Steelhead salmon.......--..------ 50, 000 
ager a gl Eee 1, 766, 000 
Brook trout a @ trout. ...---------------+---- 1 s 
Pike - Landlocked salmon............+-- ” 50,000 
Rainbow trout 600 Steelhead salmon.......------.--- 400, 000 
Maine: . : befish. - <~ ee ee ener een 15, 000, 000 
iBrOePRLOUt seas cen emeeac Saskia sch. 100,000 |} Ohio: Lake trout.....--..-------+---- 700, 000 
Lake trout.......--.-.--.--------- 100,000 || Oklahoma: 
Landlocked salmon.......-....... 378, 000 Rock Pass.s ss ccesnceseaeeeeeeees a1,550 
Maryland: Sunfish. . 3.8. Ses eee @1,550 
AtHAN i 2naciqses-m-scateenete teste a 180 Yell 2100 
CraR Bo een ce cessncmecwewnccee 2200 ellow perch. 2. coccmas- ese - eae { > 10.000 
Smallmouth black bass.........-. agg || Oregon: : 
Massachusetts: Pike perch..........-- 5, 000, 000 rook trout. -<ss<sescenae ae -eecees a 36,000 
Michigan: Lake trout.....-....--.-.-- 2, 550, 000 Chinook salmon. .......--------+-- 3, 150,000 
Minnesota: Sockeye salmon........-...---0--- , 000, 000 
Lake trout......---...0-+-2-+---- 300, 000 Steelhead salmon........-...-..-- 750, 000 
Steelhead salmon..........-...--- 50,000 || Pennsylvania: Whitefish............- 38, 280, 
