﻿XLVIII 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  followiug 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  miniber 
  of 
  eggs 
  received 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  

   distributed 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  consigiiment 
  of 
  shad 
  eggs 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  Bryan 
  Point 
  

   on 
  April 
  14, 
  and 
  shipments 
  continued 
  uninterruptedly 
  from 
  that 
  time 
  

   until 
  the 
  29th 
  of 
  May, 
  31,877,000 
  of 
  the 
  39,719,000 
  shipped 
  being 
  received 
  

   in 
  good 
  condition. 
  A 
  consignment 
  of 
  640,000 
  was 
  also 
  received 
  from 
  

   the 
  Delaware 
  River 
  on 
  May 
  22. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  season 
  25,346,000 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  distributed, 
  and 
  

   2,070,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  shipped 
  to 
  Nashville 
  for 
  exposition 
  purposes; 
  the 
  

   balance 
  were 
  lost 
  during 
  incubation. 
  The 
  eggs 
  were 
  transferred 
  from 
  

   Bryan 
  Point 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  launch 
  instead 
  of 
  by 
  

   passenger 
  boat, 
  as 
  in 
  past 
  years. 
  

  

  At 
  tlie 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  superintendent 
  was 
  detailed 
  for 
  duty 
  in 
  

   connection 
  with 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  at 
  Erwin, 
  Tenn. 
  

  

  Aquarium 
  at 
  Central 
  Station 
  (L. 
  G. 
  Harron, 
  in 
  charge). 
  

  

  In 
  October 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  restock 
  the 
  aquarium 
  with 
  

   salt-water 
  fishes 
  from 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay, 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  prevalence 
  

   of 
  heavy 
  gales 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  obtain 
  good 
  collections. 
  Fresh- 
  

   water 
  fishes 
  were 
  collected 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  Potomac 
  Eiver, 
  

   and 
  consignments 
  of 
  trout 
  and 
  salmon 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  New 
  

   England 
  stations. 
  

  

  Comparatively 
  little 
  difficulty 
  was 
  experienced 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  with 
  

   fungus 
  or 
  disease 
  of 
  any 
  kind. 
  

  

  During 
  March 
  and 
  April 
  19 
  yellow 
  perch 
  spawned 
  in 
  the 
  aquarium, 
  

   but 
  efibrts 
  to 
  hatch 
  their 
  eggs 
  were 
  unsuccessful; 
  this 
  was 
  attributed 
  

   to 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  alum 
  in 
  the 
  filtered 
  water. 
  Two 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  

   spawned 
  early 
  in 
  March 
  and 
  another 
  on 
  May 
  12; 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   hatched, 
  though 
  effort 
  s 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  save 
  them. 
  The 
  goldfish 
  spawned 
  

   in 
  April 
  and 
  May 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  separate 
  aquarium 
  in 
  

   the 
  greenhouse, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  hatched. 
  

  

  The 
  fresh-water 
  fishes, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  trout, 
  were 
  held 
  

   without 
  loss 
  until 
  May 
  6, 
  when 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  th'^ 
  ^teelhead 
  trout 
  and 
  quiuuat 
  

   salmon 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  Nashville. 
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  balance 
  were 
  retained 
  with 
  

   comparatively 
  light 
  losses 
  until 
  June 
  18, 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  liberated 
  in 
  a 
  

   small 
  spring 
  fed 
  pond 
  about 
  10 
  miles 
  from 
  Washington. 
  Several 
  adult 
  

   rainbow 
  trout, 
  weighing 
  from 
  IJ 
  to 
  2 
  pounds, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  2-year-olds, 
  

   and 
  a 
  few 
  steelheads 
  were 
  retained 
  in 
  the 
  a(iuarium 
  for 
  experimental 
  

   purposes, 
  and 
  lived 
  until 
  July 
  4, 
  when 
  they 
  died 
  at 
  a 
  temperaturQ 
  

   of 
  82°. 
  

  

  