﻿XXXVIII 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  fish 
  had 
  died 
  when 
  the 
  steamer 
  was 
  only 
  two 
  days 
  out, 
  and 
  the 
  remain- 
  

   der 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  later. 
  They 
  had 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  several 
  casks, 
  without 
  

   sand 
  upon 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  vessel. 
  Consequently 
  the 
  soles, 
  lying 
  right 
  

   upon 
  the 
  bottom, 
  were 
  very 
  much 
  chafed 
  at 
  their 
  heads 
  and 
  tails. 
  Mr. 
  

   Little, 
  the 
  attendant, 
  was 
  selected 
  because 
  he 
  was 
  the 
  fisherman 
  who 
  

   had 
  caught 
  these 
  soles, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  give 
  information 
  with 
  regard 
  

   to 
  their 
  habits, 
  food, 
  and 
  movements. 
  As 
  the 
  basiDS 
  at 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  

   had 
  been 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  this 
  large 
  shipment, 
  and 
  the 
  

   steamer 
  Lookout 
  had 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  New 
  York 
  to 
  convey 
  them 
  to 
  Wood's 
  

   Holl, 
  and 
  the 
  facilities 
  already 
  alluded 
  to 
  had 
  been 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  

   custom-house, 
  the 
  bitter 
  disappointment 
  at 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  the 
  outire 
  500 
  fish 
  

   may 
  be 
  readily 
  understood. 
  

  

  Scotland. 
  — 
  On 
  January 
  2, 
  100,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  Loch 
  Leven 
  trout 
  (Salmo 
  

   levenensis) 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  Sir 
  James 
  Gibson 
  Maitlaud, 
  of 
  the 
  Howie- 
  

   toun 
  fishery, 
  Stirling, 
  Scotland. 
  

  

  7. 
  — 
  COURTESIES 
  TO 
  FOREIGN 
  COUNTRIES. 
  

  

  Scarcely 
  a 
  year 
  has 
  passed 
  since 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  

   in 
  which 
  there 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  transmissions 
  of 
  fish 
  or 
  eggs 
  

   to 
  foreign 
  countries 
  in 
  response 
  to 
  requests 
  made 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  their 
  re- 
  

   spective 
  Governments. 
  While 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  instances 
  failure 
  has 
  resulted, 
  

   the 
  general 
  success 
  has 
  been 
  such 
  as 
  to 
  lead 
  to 
  renewed 
  demands. 
  The 
  

   present 
  year 
  has 
  witnessed 
  greater 
  activity 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  than 
  in 
  

   preceding 
  years. 
  As 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  preceding 
  paragraphs 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  from 
  other 
  reports, 
  suitable 
  returns 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  by 
  several 
  countries 
  furnishing 
  the 
  Commission 
  with 
  fish 
  

   or 
  eggs 
  of 
  fish 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  Commission 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  upon 
  to 
  extend 
  courtesies 
  to 
  foreign 
  

   countries 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  imparting 
  information 
  upon 
  the 
  methods 
  and 
  

   success 
  of 
  American 
  fish 
  -culture, 
  and 
  accredited 
  representatives 
  of 
  

   other 
  Governments 
  have 
  been 
  accorded 
  the 
  facilities 
  of 
  the 
  office 
  in 
  

   Washington 
  and 
  of 
  such 
  stations 
  as 
  they 
  chose 
  to 
  visit 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  examination. 
  The 
  reports 
  and 
  bulletins 
  of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  notably 
  

   the 
  quarto 
  report 
  which 
  appeared 
  during 
  the 
  present 
  year, 
  have 
  been 
  

   very 
  greatly 
  sought 
  by 
  foreign 
  fish-culturists, 
  and 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  

   their 
  wishes 
  have 
  been 
  met. 
  Scarcely 
  a 
  week 
  has 
  passed 
  without 
  re- 
  

   ceiving 
  letters 
  from 
  such 
  persons 
  making 
  inquiries 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  in- 
  

   creasing 
  the 
  efficiency 
  of 
  their 
  work. 
  These 
  letters, 
  whether 
  received 
  

   through 
  the 
  State 
  Department 
  or 
  direct, 
  have 
  been 
  answered 
  promptly 
  

   and 
  as 
  fully 
  as 
  practicable. 
  

  

  An 
  interesting 
  correspondence 
  was 
  held 
  with 
  Juan 
  de 
  la 
  C. 
  Cerda, 
  

   Chilian 
  consul-general 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  who 
  was 
  commissioned 
  by 
  the 
  

   Chilian 
  Government 
  to 
  secure 
  California 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  for 
  Chili. 
  The 
  

   Chilian 
  Government 
  called 
  upon 
  this 
  Commission 
  to 
  recommend 
  a 
  suit- 
  

   able 
  person 
  to 
  take 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  salmon 
  into 
  Chili, 
  and 
  

   it 
  gave 
  me 
  much 
  pleasure 
  to 
  nominate 
  Mr. 
  Livingston 
  StoiiQ. 
  The 
  

  

  