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few miles below the railroad bridge at Havre de Grace. The facilities 

 already established at this station were extended during the year, with 

 the expectation of their yielding large results. 



13. Central Station, Washington, D. G. — This station, established in the 

 old Armory building, now constitutes an important point for hatching 

 shad, herring, salmon, whitefish, and several other species, and for their 

 distribution by cars to distant parts of the country. 



14. Fort Washington, Md. — This point was occupied in 1883 for the 

 first time, by permission of the War Department, and placed in charge 

 of Lieut. W. C. Babcock, U. S. N. Its occupation was continued by 

 Lieutenant Babcock during the season of 1884, and large quantities of 

 shad eggs were collected and sent to Central Station for hatching. 



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D.— Propagation of Caep. 



15. Monument Reservation, Washington, D. C.^This is the principal 

 station for the production of carp. The varieties cultivated are the 

 leather and mirror carp. Goldfish [Cyprinus auratus), golden ides, and 

 tench are also raised in considerable numbers. 



16. Arsenal Grounds, Washington, D. G. — Cultivation at this station 

 is confined to the scale carp. 



Fuller details in regard to the work and results of all these stations 

 will be found under the head of the specific work for which they are 

 maintained. 



3. — ^NEW HATCHING STATIONS DESIRED. 



Efiforts are constantly being made to induce the Commission to in- 

 crease the number of propagating stations in order to hasten the ac- 

 complishment of the results desired ; but it has been necessary to 

 proceed very carefully with such measures, and only in proportion to 

 the increase of appropriations made by Congress. There is no doubt 

 that a number of new stations might be established to advantage, and 

 it is hoped that the means will be allowed at no distant time for doing 

 so ; but nothing has been done during the year in this connection, al- 

 though the facilities of operations at several of the old stations have 

 been greatly enlarged. 



The suggestion has been made, through Mr. Livingston Stone, by 

 the inspector of fisheries of British Columbia, that a joint hatchery 

 should be started by the two Governments, for the purpose of increas- 

 ing the supply of the Columbia Eiver catch, and of introducing the 

 Columbia Eiver salmon into the Eraser Eiver. Nothing, however, has 

 been done in this connection. A hatchery within the United States on 

 the Columbia Eiver itself has also been proposed and zealously urged, 

 as also a station in Colorado or elsewhere in the Eocky Mountain region 

 to develop the possibility of cultivating the Eocky Mountain trout 

 {Salmo purpuratus): 



