﻿XXXVI 
  EEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  thousand 
  miles 
  of 
  road; 
  (2) 
  the 
  transportation 
  of 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  cars 
  

   at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  20 
  cents 
  per 
  mile 
  over 
  an 
  even 
  greater 
  number 
  of 
  miles 
  

   of 
  road 
  j 
  (3) 
  permission 
  to 
  carry 
  fish 
  and 
  eggs 
  in 
  baggage-cars 
  of 
  pas- 
  

   senger 
  trains, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  attendants 
  to 
  enter 
  the 
  cars 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  caring 
  for 
  the 
  fish 
  ; 
  and 
  (4) 
  furnishing 
  such 
  repairs 
  as 
  have 
  been 
  

   needed 
  to 
  the 
  cars 
  at 
  the 
  shops 
  of 
  several 
  companies, 
  notably 
  the 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania 
  Railroad 
  and 
  the 
  Baltimore 
  and 
  Ohio 
  Railroad. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  

   roads 
  furn 
  ishing 
  free 
  transportation, 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  those 
  furnishing 
  trans- 
  

   portation 
  at 
  the 
  20-cent 
  rate, 
  will 
  be 
  appended 
  to 
  this 
  report. 
  It 
  may 
  

   be 
  well 
  to 
  explain 
  that 
  the 
  20-cent 
  rate 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  reduction 
  upon 
  

   rates 
  charged 
  for 
  hauling 
  private 
  cars. 
  For 
  instance, 
  for 
  hauling 
  a 
  pri- 
  

   vate 
  car 
  from 
  Philadelphia 
  to 
  Pittsburg 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  Company 
  

   would 
  charge 
  eighteen 
  full 
  fares, 
  or 
  $180, 
  while 
  for 
  hauling 
  the 
  Fish 
  

   Commission 
  car 
  it 
  would 
  charge 
  20 
  cents 
  per 
  mile, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  distance 
  

   is 
  3.~>2 
  miles 
  the 
  charge 
  would 
  be 
  $70.40, 
  which 
  is 
  $109.00 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  

   charge 
  to 
  private 
  parties 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  service. 
  

  

  C. 
  — 
  By 
  Foreign 
  Steamship 
  Companies. 
  

  

  The 
  foreign 
  steamship 
  companies 
  have 
  continued 
  their 
  liberal 
  treat- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  by 
  free 
  transportation 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  eggs. 
  The 
  

   extent 
  to 
  which 
  these 
  facilities 
  have 
  been 
  furnished 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  

   reference 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  courtesies 
  extended 
  to 
  and 
  received 
  from 
  foreign 
  

   countries, 
  to 
  be 
  stated 
  hereafter. 
  

  

  D.— 
  Courtesies 
  prom 
  Foreign 
  Countries. 
  

  

  Germany. 
  — 
  On 
  February 
  24 
  there 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  Deutsche 
  

   Fiscberei-Verein 
  40,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  brown 
  trout 
  {Salmo 
  fario). 
  From 
  

   this 
  lot, 
  one-half 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  consigned 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Blackford, 
  about 
  19,000 
  

   fry 
  were 
  secured. 
  

  

  On 
  January 
  30 
  a 
  box 
  of 
  50,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  Coregonus 
  albula 
  was 
  received 
  

   in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  repacked 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Mather 
  and 
  forwarded 
  to 
  the 
  Bucks- 
  

   port 
  Station. 
  

  

  On 
  November 
  5 
  there 
  were 
  received 
  by 
  steamer 
  Elbe 
  10 
  macropods 
  

   or 
  paradise 
  -fish, 
  from 
  Paul 
  Matte, 
  fish-culturist, 
  Lichterfelde, 
  Germany. 
  

   These 
  were 
  received 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Blackford, 
  who 
  transferred 
  

   them 
  to 
  his 
  aquarium 
  in 
  Fulton 
  Market 
  pending 
  their 
  final 
  disposition. 
  

   They 
  had, 
  however, 
  been 
  so 
  exhausted 
  by 
  the 
  journey 
  that 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   days 
  all 
  had 
  died. 
  Mr. 
  Matte 
  sent 
  these 
  fish 
  with 
  the 
  hope 
  of 
  procur- 
  

   ing 
  American 
  ornamental 
  fish 
  in 
  exchange, 
  his 
  collections 
  including 
  

   representatives 
  from 
  many 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  England. 
  — 
  Persistent 
  efforts 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  

   to 
  safely 
  transport 
  soles. 
  On 
  September 
  10 
  an 
  installment 
  from 
  the 
  

   National 
  Fish 
  Culture 
  Association 
  of 
  England 
  arrived 
  per 
  steamer 
  Re- 
  

   public 
  in 
  care 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  T. 
  Silk, 
  but 
  all 
  the 
  fish 
  had 
  died 
  in 
  the 
  pas- 
  

   sage 
  from 
  Liverpool 
  to 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  