﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  PISH 
  AND 
  PlSllERlES. 
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  7. 
  The 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  oyster-beds 
  of* 
  Long 
  Island 
  Sound 
  by 
  the 
  

   steamer 
  Lookout 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Blackford. 
  

  

  8. 
  The 
  importation 
  of 
  several 
  installments 
  of 
  live 
  soles 
  from 
  England, 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  Loch 
  Leven 
  trout 
  and 
  Goregonus 
  albula. 
  

  

  9. 
  The 
  hatching 
  of 
  cod 
  at 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  of 
  grayling 
  at 
  Northville, 
  and 
  

   of 
  shad 
  at 
  a 
  new 
  station 
  on 
  the 
  Delaware. 
  

  

  10. 
  The 
  building 
  of 
  a 
  shad 
  hatchery 
  at 
  Port 
  Washington 
  on 
  the 
  Po- 
  

   tomac 
  River. 
  

  

  11. 
  The 
  discovery 
  of 
  a 
  rational 
  system 
  of 
  oyster 
  culture, 
  including 
  

   the 
  collection 
  of 
  spat 
  by 
  a 
  new 
  process 
  proposed 
  by 
  John 
  A. 
  Ryder. 
  

  

  12. 
  The 
  transportation 
  of 
  clams 
  from 
  Tacoma, 
  Wash., 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  

   coast, 
  to 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  Station 
  upon 
  a 
  car 
  of 
  the 
  Commission. 
  

  

  13. 
  The 
  successful 
  confinement 
  of 
  young 
  shad 
  in 
  a 
  pond 
  from 
  June 
  

   to 
  November. 
  

  

  14. 
  The 
  extensive 
  distribution 
  of 
  carp 
  to 
  private 
  ponds 
  and 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  plants 
  made 
  in 
  public 
  rivers. 
  

  

  15. 
  The 
  continued 
  efforts 
  and 
  increased 
  results 
  in 
  taking 
  and 
  hatch- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  shad, 
  whitefish, 
  trout, 
  salmon, 
  and 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  food- 
  

   fish 
  at 
  previously 
  established 
  stations 
  of 
  the 
  Commission. 
  

  

  16. 
  The 
  exportation 
  of 
  live 
  catfish 
  to 
  Holland, 
  France, 
  Germany, 
  and 
  

   England 
  ; 
  and 
  of 
  large 
  shipments 
  of 
  whitefish 
  eggs 
  to 
  Germany, 
  Switz- 
  

   erland, 
  and 
  Australia. 
  

  

  17. 
  The 
  introduction 
  to 
  commerce 
  of 
  smoked 
  kingfish. 
  

  

  IS. 
  The 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  Iceland 
  halibut 
  fishery 
  as 
  

   a 
  profitable 
  undertaking 
  for 
  American 
  fishermen. 
  

  

  19. 
  The 
  meeting 
  in 
  Washington 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Fisheries 
  Society. 
  

  

  20. 
  The 
  publication 
  of 
  Section 
  I 
  of 
  the 
  quarto 
  fishery 
  report 
  in 
  two 
  

   large 
  volumes, 
  one 
  of 
  text 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  plates. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  administration 
  of 
  the 
  office 
  has 
  probably 
  

   been 
  greater 
  during 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  preceding 
  year. 
  The 
  

   number 
  of 
  letters 
  received, 
  registered, 
  and 
  indexed 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  

   year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  was 
  14,174, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  written 
  during 
  the 
  

   same 
  period, 
  10,-549, 
  or 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  24,723. 
  In 
  addition, 
  there 
  were 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  3,994 
  applications 
  for 
  fish 
  and 
  several 
  thousand 
  statistical 
  re- 
  

   turns 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  lake 
  fisheries, 
  the 
  sea 
  fisheries, 
  and. 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  

   carp. 
  

  

  This 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  has 
  necessitated 
  

   additional 
  room, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  October 
  the 
  house 
  immediately 
  north 
  

   of 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  office, 
  known 
  as 
  1448 
  "N" 
  street, 
  K 
  W., 
  was 
  leased 
  

   and 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  occupied 
  as 
  offices 
  of 
  the 
  disbursing 
  agent 
  and 
  his 
  

   clerks. 
  

  

  It 
  gives 
  me 
  much 
  pleasure 
  to 
  record 
  that 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  no 
  casualties 
  

   have 
  occurred 
  to 
  the 
  immediate 
  personnel 
  of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  and 
  no 
  

   serious 
  interruption 
  of 
  work 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  death 
  or 
  prolonged 
  sick- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  its 
  members. 
  The 
  death 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Henry 
  J. 
  Pice, 
  which 
  

   occurred 
  at 
  his 
  home 
  in 
  Brooklyn, 
  1ST. 
  Y., 
  on 
  December 
  14, 
  however, 
  in- 
  

  

  