﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  XXXIX 
  

  

  year 
  closed 
  without 
  any 
  decisive 
  answer 
  having 
  been 
  received 
  to 
  Mr. 
  

   Stone's 
  proposition. 
  A 
  statement 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  hoped 
  to 
  be 
  accomplished 
  

   by 
  the 
  Chilian 
  Government 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  Bul- 
  

   letin 
  of 
  1885, 
  page 
  247. 
  

  

  There 
  has 
  been 
  considerable 
  correspondence 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  transmit- 
  

   ting 
  shad 
  to 
  Holland, 
  but 
  the 
  apparatus 
  for 
  accomplishing 
  this 
  result 
  

   with 
  so 
  delicate 
  a 
  species 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  perfected 
  sufficiently 
  to 
  war 
  

   rant 
  making 
  the 
  effort. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  transmission 
  of 
  fish 
  or 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  

   year 
  include 
  whitefish, 
  rainbow 
  trout, 
  brook 
  trout, 
  Penobscot 
  salmon, 
  

   landlocked 
  salmon, 
  catfish, 
  carp, 
  bass, 
  red-eye 
  perch, 
  and 
  suckers. 
  

  

  The 
  list 
  of 
  countries 
  to 
  which 
  transmissions 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  includes 
  

   Australia, 
  Brazil, 
  Canada, 
  England, 
  France, 
  Germany, 
  Mexico, 
  Tbe 
  

   Netherlands, 
  Scotland, 
  and 
  Switzerland. 
  

  

  Australia. 
  — 
  On 
  January 
  5 
  there 
  was 
  forwarded 
  from 
  the 
  Xorthville 
  

   Station, 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  special 
  messenger 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Council 
  Bluffs, 
  1,000,000 
  

   whitefish 
  eggs, 
  consigned 
  to 
  the 
  Ballarat 
  Acclimatization 
  Society, 
  W. 
  

   P. 
  Whitcombe, 
  president. 
  The 
  eggs 
  were 
  received 
  in 
  San 
  Francisco 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Robert 
  J. 
  Creighton, 
  agent 
  for 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Government, 
  

   who 
  placed 
  them 
  safely 
  on 
  board 
  the 
  Pacific 
  mail 
  steamer. 
  Bis 
  son, 
  

   Mr. 
  Charles 
  Creighton, 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  eggs 
  reached 
  Sydney 
  in 
  good 
  

   condition, 
  but 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  steamer 
  plying 
  between 
  Sydney 
  and 
  Mel- 
  

   bourne 
  they 
  were 
  subjected 
  to 
  a 
  rise 
  in 
  temperature 
  which 
  destroyed 
  

   the 
  entire 
  lot 
  before 
  reaching 
  their 
  destination. 
  

  

  Brazil. 
  — 
  On 
  March 
  28, 
  100 
  carp 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  Preston 
  A. 
  Eambo, 
  care 
  

   of 
  John 
  C. 
  Uhler, 
  M. 
  D., 
  Baltimore, 
  who 
  left 
  for 
  Bio 
  Janeiro 
  March 
  30. 
  

   The 
  carp 
  were 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  two 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  being 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  

   an 
  attendant 
  doubtless 
  reached 
  their 
  destination 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  

   although 
  nothing 
  definite 
  has 
  been 
  heard. 
  

  

  Canada. 
  — 
  Duriug 
  December 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  applications 
  for 
  carp 
  

   were 
  received 
  from 
  twenty 
  residents 
  of 
  the 
  Dominion 
  of 
  Canada. 
  As 
  

   it 
  was 
  too 
  late 
  to 
  supply 
  them 
  in 
  1885 
  the 
  applications 
  were 
  held 
  over 
  

   for 
  consideration 
  in 
  1886. 
  

  

  England. 
  — 
  Eggs 
  of 
  whitefish, 
  lake 
  trout, 
  Atlantic 
  or 
  Penobscot 
  salmon, 
  

   brook 
  trout, 
  landlocked 
  salmon, 
  and 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  have 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  

   Great 
  Britain 
  during 
  the 
  present 
  year, 
  the 
  transportation 
  being 
  furnished 
  

   free 
  of 
  charge 
  by 
  the 
  Cunard 
  Line. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  shipments 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  National 
  Fish 
  Culture 
  

   Association, 
  South 
  Kensington, 
  London, 
  England, 
  care 
  of 
  Hon. 
  Edward 
  

   Birkbeck, 
  M. 
  P., 
  vice-president 
  of 
  the 
  association: 
  On 
  January 
  14, 
  

   250,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  whitefish 
  and 
  30,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  trout 
  were 
  

   shipped 
  by 
  steamer 
  Gallia, 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Oldham 
  Chambers, 
  secretary 
  to 
  

   the 
  association, 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  February 
  10, 
  announcing 
  the 
  arrival 
  

   of 
  the 
  eggs 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition, 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  mortality 
  being 
  remark- 
  

   ably 
  low. 
  On 
  February 
  4, 
  30,00J 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  or 
  Penobscot 
  

   salmon 
  were 
  shipped 
  by 
  steamer 
  Scythia, 
  these 
  also 
  arriving 
  in 
  excellent 
  

  

  