REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. *27 



some private hatching establishment, as that of Mr. N. W. Clark, at 

 Northville, to collect for the United States Fish Commission and brin<^ 

 forward a certain number of these eggs; and for several years past 

 shipments have been made to California, as just mentioned. 



In December, 1S76, 250,000 eggs were sent to Mr. B. B. Redding, the 

 California fish commissioner, from the establishment of Mr. Clark, and 

 reached their destination in good condition ; the whole number to 

 California amounting to 720,000. A considerable number of eggs was 

 also sent to New Zealand, at the request of the government, ii por- 

 tion of which arrived in good order and have been successfully hatched 

 out. One hundred thousand impregnated eggs were also sent to the 

 Indian reservation near Keshena, in Wisconsin. 



After the stock of eggs was collected in 1876 on account of the United 

 States Commission at Mr. Clark's establishment at Northville, it was 

 found that the appropriation was not sufficient to meet the cost of ship- 

 ping these eggs to various localities which had been selected for the 

 purpose, and a supply was therefore placed at the command of the fish 

 commissioners of Michigan, by whom 300,000 were planted in Lake Erie 

 and 1,507,000 in the inland lakes of Michigan. 



The Carp. 



The history of operations relative to the introduction of carp into the 

 United States will be given in the next report. An account of the fish 

 itself, with the methods of its cultif^'e, by Mr. Eudolf Hessel, will be found 

 in the aijpendix. 



