XXV.—REPORT ON THE PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF 
SHAD (ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA) IN THE SPRING OF 1880. 
Two stations for propagating shad were established and maintained 
during the season of 1880; one of them in Spesutie Narrows, near Havre 
de Grace, which had been so successfully operated in previous years by 
the United States and Maryland Fish Commissions jointly ; the other a 
new one at the Washington navy-yard, through the courtesy of Commo- 
dore Richard L. Law, Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, and 
Commodore John C. Febiger, commandant of the yard. Their hearty 
co-operation in placing the facilities of the navy-yard at the disposal of 
the Commission evidenced their interest in the work. 
Nearly 30,000,000 of young shad were produced at and distributed 
from these stations—an increase of about 14,000,000 over the aggregate 
result of the several stations operated the previous year. 
It was not thought practicable to continue the work on Albemarle 
Sound during this season, but early information of this intermission 
‘was given to the State Commissioners of North Carolina, that the sta- 
tion might be occupied by them. Mr. 8. G. Worth, the efficient Super- 
intendent of Fisheries of that State, pushed the work with creditable 
zeal and flattering success, depositing the fish hatched at this station 
by his corps, in the adjacent waters and in the other rivers of North 
Carolina. 
Havre de Grace Station.—Mr. John 8. Saunders, of Baltimore, who had 
with so much fidelity and zeal administered the work at the Albemarle 
Sound Station during the operations in North Carolina last season; and, 
later, had been transferred to the charge of machinery barge No. 2 with 
its accompanying equipment as a branch of the station at Havre de 
Grace, was placed this year in charge of the entire work at the mouth 
of the Susquehanna. The result of the hatching and distribution from 
this station will appear in the appended tables. 
The two barges containing the machinery, and the two furnishing 
quarters for the operatives, were towed, on the 29th of April, from Bal- 
timore, where they had been kept during the winter, to Spesutie Narrows, 
the entrance to this harbor having been improved by dredging. The 
towing of these barges was performed by the revenue steamer “ Ewing,” 
which had been kindly detailed for the purpose. 
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