EEPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHEEIES. LXX^^II 



The following statement of distribution of shad from 1872 to 1881 

 may be of interest : 



Released where hatched 93, 041 , 450 



Hatched aud planted elsewhere 71, 334, 300 



Lost in transit or experiments 4, 515, 100 



Sent part way to Germany 500, 000 



Total to 1882 1(19, 390, 850 



The accomi:)anying table gives a summary of the distribution of shad 

 by States. Add the aggregate of this (28,716,000) to the preceding ta- 

 ble, and we have as the total of distribution for the years up to aud in- 

 cluding 1882, nearly 200,000,000 to date. 



Distribution of shad from Aiwil 26, 1882, to June 17, 1882, hy the United States Fish Com- 

 mission. 



states. 



Alabama 



Arkansas 



Delaware 



District of Columbia 

 Georgia 



Illinois 



ludiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Maine , 



Maryland 



New York 



Obio 



Soutb Carolina 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Virginia 



West Virginia 



Total 



No. of 



lots. 



streams stocked. 



Alabama, Conccub, Escambia 



Black, Wasbita 



Nanticoke 



Eastern Branch 



Chattahoochee, Oconee, YeUow, Coosa, Etowah, Oostanala, 



Withlacoocbe, Flint. 



Kaskaskia 



Wabash 



Mississippi 



Smoky Hill, Saline, Solomon, Republican, Big Blue 



Kentucky, Cuujboiland, Salt, Green, Barren 



Sebastacoock, Muttuwamkeag 



Potomac, Susquehanua, North East 



East, Hudson 



Sandusky, Muskingum, Scioto, Hockhocking 



Broad 



Teuue8.see 



Colorado, Big Cypress, Trinity 



Quantico, Kappabauuock, Appomattox, Shenandoah, El 



vanna. 

 Ohio, Potomac 



Number 

 of flsh. 



850, 000 



432, 000 



891, 000 



3, 050, 000 



2, 831, 000 



145, 000 

 145, 000 

 958, 000 

 222, 000 



1, 900, 000 

 475, 000 



7, 769, OOU 

 983, UOO 



1, 595, 000 

 497, 000 

 400, 000 



1, 518, 000 



3, 005, 000 



450, 000 



28, 716, 000 



i. The Potomac Herring {Clupea vernalis). 



Quantico Station. — A large number of herring as well as of shad eggs 

 were taken by the Fish Hawk while anchored at Quantico. The oppor- 

 tunity was utilized to make some experiments in hatching these eggs. 

 Between April 12 and May 9 there were taken 677 ripe male herring and 

 044 females. These furnished 66,206,000 embryonized eggs. Although 

 most of these were killed by the cold water, 7,883,000 were success- 

 fully hatched and for the most part returned to the river. Two 

 millions were, however, deposited in the Colorado Elver, at Austin, 

 Tex., on the 2d of May, in hopes of establishing the species in the Oulf 

 of Mexico. 



