XXVIII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



British Association for the Advancement of Science, in September, 10 

 blue carp, 10 leather carp, and 10 golden ides were sent to his address 

 in New York to be taken by him to England. On Dr. Beverley's arrival 

 in England he reported that during the voyage the ides died, owing to 

 decomposition of the water, in which plants had been placed for the 

 purpose of purifying and aerating it. The water in which the carp 

 were placed was changed and the plants removed, thereby insuring the 

 safe arrival of the fish in England. These were planted in his pond on 

 the 4th of October. 



Mexico. — Reports of the Commission were furnished the Mexican Gov- 

 ernment in response to a request from the secretary of the board of 

 public works, transmitted through the Mexican minister at Washing- 

 ton. Pamphlets on carp culture were also forwarded and a willingness 

 expressed to supply the Mexican Government with fish as soon as the 

 necessary preparations were made for their reception. 



Netherlands. — In response to a request from Dr. C. Kerbert, manager 

 of the aquarium of the Zoological Society of Amsterdam, for black 

 bass, a lot of 18 was sent on June 3, 1884, by steamer Scheidam. A 

 special apparatus to be used in the transportation of the bass was con- 

 structed, but owing to its large size, the captain of the steamer refused 

 to take it on board. He, however, promised to provide all necessary 

 room on the ship ; and in large tanks and casks, which were provided, 

 it was thought that the bass would reach Amsterdam alive. Under date 

 of June 24 the bass were reported as dead on the arrival of the steamer. 



Iffew Zealand. — Mr. Frank N. Clark, of Michigan, accompanied the 

 1,000,000 whitefish ova for the Nelson Acclimatization Society as far 

 as Omaha, Nebr., thus precluding delay of arrival at San Francisco. 

 Mr. Robert W. J. Creighton, of San Francisco, announced the arrival of 

 the ova in fine condition, and stated that they were safely packed in 

 the ice-house of the steamer, which sailed at midnight on January 21. 

 The ova were reported by Mr. Alfred Greenfield, secretary of the Nel- 

 son Acclimatization Society, as having arrived on the 11th of February. 

 Ova from four of the nineteen trays were placed in the hatching boxes 

 of the society. The following morning a large number were hatched. 

 A large proportion of the eggs, however, were in bad condition, owing 

 to delay at Auckland. The remaining fifteen trays were sent to an 

 inland lake 54 miles distant, where two-thirds of the ova hatched. The 

 young fish were reported as growing and as in a thriving condition. 



8. — RESHIPMENT TO AND INSTALLATION IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 

 OF THE EXHIBITS SENT FROM THE UNITED STATES TO THE IN- 

 TERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION IN LONDON, 1883. 



The repacking and shipment of these exhibits to the United States 

 were commenced immediately after the close of the exhibition in London 

 on October 31, 1883^ and the last car-load was received at the National 



