﻿XXIV 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  States 
  Commission 
  iu 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  whitefish, 
  

   brook 
  trout, 
  rainbow 
  trout, 
  brown 
  trout, 
  Penobscot 
  salmon, 
  and 
  land- 
  

   locked 
  salmon. 
  

  

  C— 
  Propagation 
  of 
  Shad. 
  

  

  (12) 
  Battery 
  Station, 
  Md. 
  — 
  This 
  station 
  has 
  been 
  operated 
  since 
  1876 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  hatching 
  shad, 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  either 
  been 
  

   returned 
  to 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  or 
  transported 
  to 
  other 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  for 
  introduction 
  to 
  new 
  waters. 
  During 
  a 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  steamer 
  Lookout, 
  Mate 
  James 
  A. 
  Smith, 
  was 
  in 
  attend- 
  

   ance 
  to 
  co-operate 
  with 
  the 
  work. 
  In 
  the 
  present 
  season 
  over 
  10,000,000 
  

   young 
  fish 
  were 
  hatched, 
  of 
  which 
  about 
  one-half 
  were 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  

   immediate 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  (13) 
  Central 
  Station, 
  Washington, 
  B. 
  G. 
  — 
  In 
  1881 
  the 
  old 
  Armory 
  

   building 
  was 
  assigned 
  to 
  the 
  Commission 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  for 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  

   now 
  used. 
  It 
  receives 
  at 
  different 
  times 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  eggs 
  of 
  shad, 
  herring, 
  

   salmon, 
  whitefish, 
  and 
  various 
  kinds 
  of 
  trout, 
  to 
  be 
  hatched 
  and 
  distrib- 
  

   uted 
  by 
  cars 
  to 
  various 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  The 
  station 
  is 
  in 
  

   charge 
  of 
  Colonel 
  McDonald. 
  

  

  (14) 
  Fort 
  Washington, 
  Md. 
  — 
  Stations 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  have 
  been 
  occu- 
  

   pied 
  by 
  the 
  Commission 
  since 
  the 
  year 
  1874 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  collecting 
  

   shad 
  eggs. 
  The 
  immediate 
  locality 
  was 
  first 
  occupied 
  in 
  1883 
  by 
  per- 
  

   mission 
  of 
  the 
  War 
  Department. 
  During 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  a 
  building 
  

   was 
  constructed 
  near 
  the 
  wharf, 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  hatchery 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  

   storage 
  of 
  eggs, 
  of 
  which 
  over 
  22,000,000 
  were 
  taken. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  

   Col. 
  M. 
  McDonald, 
  and 
  practically 
  is 
  an 
  outpost 
  of 
  the 
  Central 
  Station. 
  

  

  (1 
  5) 
  Gloucester 
  Gity, 
  N. 
  J. 
  — 
  This 
  station, 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  Delaware 
  

   Eiver, 
  was 
  first 
  occupied 
  the 
  present 
  year. 
  The 
  steamer 
  Fish 
  Hawk 
  was 
  

   stationed 
  at 
  this 
  point 
  from 
  May 
  23 
  to 
  June 
  10, 
  and 
  succeeded 
  in 
  securing 
  

   over 
  10,000,000 
  eggs. 
  This 
  work 
  was 
  under 
  charge 
  of 
  Lieut. 
  L. 
  W. 
  Piep- 
  

   meyer, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  commanding 
  the 
  vessel. 
  

  

  The 
  steamer 
  Lookout, 
  Mate 
  James 
  A. 
  Smith 
  commanding, 
  made 
  two 
  

   trips 
  to 
  the 
  Delaware 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  collecting 
  shad 
  eggs, 
  most 
  of 
  

   which 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  Battery 
  Station. 
  

  

  (16) 
  Lambertville, 
  N. 
  J. 
  — 
  A 
  temporary 
  station 
  was 
  organized 
  at 
  this 
  

   place 
  during 
  the 
  present 
  year, 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  hatch- 
  

   ing 
  shad 
  eggs. 
  Car 
  No. 
  3, 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  F. 
  Ellis, 
  fully 
  equipped 
  with 
  

   shad-hatching 
  apparatus, 
  was 
  moved 
  to 
  this 
  point 
  early 
  in 
  June, 
  where 
  

   it 
  remained 
  until 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  July 
  and 
  met 
  with 
  fair 
  success. 
  

  

  D.— 
  Propagation 
  op 
  Carp. 
  

  

  (17) 
  Monument 
  Reservation, 
  Washington, 
  B. 
  G. 
  — 
  The 
  carp 
  ponds 
  were 
  

   established 
  at 
  this 
  point 
  in 
  1878, 
  since 
  which 
  time 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  

   scale, 
  mirror, 
  and 
  leather 
  carp 
  have 
  been 
  produced. 
  There 
  have 
  also 
  

   been 
  grown 
  in 
  limited 
  numbers 
  goldfish, 
  golden 
  ides, 
  and 
  tench. 
  Dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  the 
  experiment 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  confining 
  shad 
  in 
  one 
  

  

  