REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. LXl 



Distribution of yoiDig shad through Central Station in May and June, 1884. 



Date. 



Place of deposit. 



Stream stocked. 



No. of fish. 



1884. 

 May 



23 

 23 

 28 

 28 

 June 5 

 9 



Near Woodstock, Va 



Frederick City, Md 



Rappahauuock Station, Va . . 



Cbarlottesville, Ya 



Eome, Ga 



Eivertou, "Va , 



Taylorsville. Va 



Near Greepville, Ala 



Evergreen, Ala 



do 



Milford, Va 



Brewton, Ala 



Charlottesville, Va 



Toccoa, Ga - . 



Greenville Court House, S. C . 



Seaford, Del 



Glens Falls. N. Y 



Poplar BlufF, Ark 



Waynesboroush, Va 



At the Little Falls, Md 



Newport, Ark 



Little Rock, Ark , 



Luray, Va 



Near' Norwood, Va 



Maiden's Adventure, Va 



Mount Jackson, Va 



Chestertown, Md 



Woodstock, Va 



New Milford, Conn 



Quitman, Ga 



Thomasville, Ga 



East Bridge, Ariz 



SomerviUe, N. J 



Total . 



Shenandoah River . . . 



Monocacy River 



Rappahannock River 



Rivanna River 



Etowah River 



Shenandoah River ... 



Little River 



Patsaliga River 



Sepulga River 



Burnt Corn Creek 



Mattapony River 



Murder Cieek , 



Rivauna River 



Savannah River 



Saluda River , 



Nanticoke River , 



Hudson River , 



Black River 



Shenandoah River .. 



Potomac River , 



White River 



Arkansas River 



Hawk Bill Creek ..... 



Tye River 



James River 



Shenandoah River 



Chester River 



Shenandoah River 



Housatonic River 



Witlilacoochoo River 

 Ochlockonnee River . , 



Colorado River , 



Raritan River 



*250, 000 

 "36.5,000 

 *3!)0, 000 



*2r>o, 000 



*t07, 000 



*;iOO, 000 

 "aoo, 000 



*200, 000 

 *l^0, 000 

 *200, 000 

 *300, 000 

 * 180, 000 

 *300, ooo 

 *7.50, 000 

 ■750, 000 

 t2.')0, 000 

 , 217, 000 

 *400, 000 

 *250, OOO 

 t370, 000 



*4oo, 000 



*300, 000 

 *300, 000 

 *.597, 000 

 *597, 000 

 *230, 000 

 t2.'50, 000 

 "■250, 000 

 *97.':., 000 

 *400, 000 

 ■•*460, 000 

 "953, 000 

 tSO, 000 



13, 521, 000 



Product of Central Station. t Product of Battery Station. 



I Pioduct of steamer Fish Hawk. 



The distribution covered by the above table summarized by river 



basins was as follows : 



To the Colorado River of the West, tributary to Gulf of California 953, 000 



To the Mississippi River and minor tributaries of Gulf of Mexico 3, :247, 000 



To rivers of the South Atlantic slope 1,500,000 



To the Chesapeake and its tributaries •. 5, 549, 000 



To the Hudson River, New York 1, 217, 000 



To the Housatonic River, Connecticut 975,000 



To the Raritan River, New Jersey 80, 000 



Total 13,521,000 



The Cold Spring Harbor Station. — In May, 1884, 80,000 eggs were sent 

 to this station from Washington, for the purpose of experimenting 

 with hatching them in spring water. The eggs were placed in McDon- 

 ald hatching-jars, with the water at an average temperature of about 

 00° Fahr. ; and nine days after their receipt 78,000 fry were success- 

 fully planted in the Nissequague Eiver, on Long Island. The loss of the 

 eggs was very slight, being only 615, while only about twice as many 

 of the fry died before i)lanting. Owing to the coolness of the spring 

 water, no fungus was found on the dead eggs. It should be stated, 

 however, that a similar trial, which was made later, proved a failure. 

 A fuller account of these experiments will be found in the Bulletin for 

 1884, page 198. 



ResultH ofiilanting shad in Georgia icatcrs. — General Young, of Georgia, 

 states that the plant of shad made in recent years in the Oosteuaula 



