THE PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SHAD. 905 



B— TABLES OF SHAD-PEOPAGATION IN 1876. 



Record of shad-hatcMng open'ations conducted at Bristol Landing, on the Patuxent Riv&r,from 

 May 2, 1876, to May 12, 1876, on account of the Maryland commiasion of fisheries, by 

 William H. Hines. 



May 2.. 

 May 3.. 

 May 4 . . 

 May 5. . 

 May 6.. 

 May 7. . 

 May 8. . 

 May 9, . 

 May 10. 

 May 11. 

 May 12. 



Date. 



Total 



Hour. 



7 a.m. 

 ..do . 

 ..do . 

 ..do . 

 ..do . 

 ..do . 

 ..do . 

 ..do .. 

 -do . 

 .do . 

 .do .. 



Temperature 

 of— 



Surface- 

 water. 



.2 n 



S.E. 

 N.E. 

 S. E. 



S. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 

 N.E. 

 N.E. 

 N.W. 



S. 



Kipe fish. 



Males. Females. 



(*) 

 C) 



(*) 

 (*) 





15, 000 

 10,000 

 20, 000 

 35, 000 

 50, 000 



70, 000 

 30, 000 



t75, 000 



305, 000 



50, 000 

 75, 000 

 50, 000 



175, 000 



50, 000 

 75, 000 

 50, 000 



r,.-),ooo 



*No record. 



tEggs emptied from boxes into the river. 



Record of shad-hatching operations conducted at Carpenter's Point, on the Upper Chesapeake, 

 from May 10, 1876, to May 31, 1876, on account of United States and Maryland commis- 

 sions of fisheries, by William F. Wroten. 



