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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  condition, 
  the 
  death 
  rate 
  being 
  under 
  1 
  per 
  cent. 
  On 
  February 
  11, 
  

   25,000 
  brook 
  trout 
  eggs 
  were 
  sent 
  by 
  steamer 
  Servia, 
  their 
  safe 
  arrival 
  

   being 
  announced 
  February 
  25. 
  On 
  March 
  27, 
  30,000 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  

   eggs 
  were 
  transported 
  by 
  steamer 
  Bothnia, 
  and 
  on 
  April 
  18, 
  5,000 
  rain- 
  

   bow 
  trout 
  eggs 
  were 
  sent 
  by 
  steamer 
  Servia. 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Oldham 
  Chambers, 
  

   in 
  presenting 
  the 
  thanks 
  of 
  the 
  association 
  for 
  the 
  salmon 
  and 
  trout 
  

   forwarded 
  during 
  the 
  present 
  year, 
  reports 
  that 
  they 
  " 
  were 
  hatched 
  

   out 
  at 
  South 
  Kensington 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  low 
  minimum 
  of 
  mortality, 
  and 
  

   the 
  fry 
  were 
  in 
  due 
  course 
  transferred 
  to 
  our 
  fish-culture 
  establish- 
  

   ment 
  at 
  Delaford 
  Park, 
  where 
  they 
  continue 
  to 
  thrive." 
  

  

  On 
  October 
  20, 
  1885, 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Oldham 
  Chambers 
  wrote, 
  " 
  The 
  propa- 
  

   gation 
  of 
  whitefish 
  this 
  year 
  having 
  proved 
  such 
  a 
  great 
  success, 
  we 
  

   are 
  particularly 
  desirous 
  of 
  making 
  a 
  special 
  feature 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   next 
  year." 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  11th 
  of 
  April 
  a 
  consignment 
  of 
  10,000 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  eggs 
  was 
  

   sent 
  by 
  steamer 
  Devonia, 
  of 
  the 
  Anchor 
  Line, 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  address. 
  

   These 
  also 
  arrived 
  in 
  good 
  order. 
  

  

  Concerning 
  the 
  above, 
  Land 
  and 
  Water 
  of 
  February 
  28, 
  1885, 
  says: 
  

  

  Foremost 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  consignments 
  of 
  eggs 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  

   received 
  from 
  abroad 
  are 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  ova 
  of 
  various 
  kinds'forwarded 
  by 
  the 
  

   American 
  Government, 
  through 
  their 
  Fishery 
  Commissioner, 
  Professor 
  Baird. 
  The 
  

   United 
  States 
  Government 
  has 
  been 
  most 
  liberal 
  in 
  its 
  presents 
  of 
  fish 
  eggs, 
  and 
  

   English 
  pisciculturists 
  owe 
  it 
  a 
  hearty 
  vote 
  of 
  thanks 
  for 
  gi 
  ving 
  the 
  National 
  Fish 
  

   Culture 
  Association 
  an 
  opportunity 
  of 
  carrying 
  on 
  experiments 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  ascer- 
  

   taining 
  whether 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  certain 
  fish 
  from 
  American 
  waters 
  into 
  our 
  

   English, 
  Irish, 
  and 
  Scotch 
  rivers 
  and 
  lakes 
  can 
  be 
  practically 
  and 
  advantageously 
  

   carried 
  out. 
  

  

  On 
  June 
  20 
  there 
  were 
  sent 
  by 
  the 
  steamer 
  Brita 
  nnic, 
  of 
  the 
  White 
  

   Star 
  Line, 
  50 
  catfish 
  to 
  the 
  National 
  Fish 
  Culture 
  Association. 
  Under 
  

   date 
  of 
  July 
  10 
  the 
  secretary, 
  W. 
  Oldham 
  Chambers, 
  stated 
  that 
  48 
  

   had 
  arrived 
  in 
  safety 
  and 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  establis 
  hment 
  at 
  Delaford 
  

   Park. 
  The 
  London 
  Globe 
  of 
  July 
  11 
  notices 
  the 
  fact 
  and 
  pronounces 
  

   them 
  of 
  great 
  economic 
  value. 
  

  

  In 
  October 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  T. 
  Silk, 
  who 
  had 
  accompanied 
  the 
  consignment 
  of 
  

   soles 
  alreadj 
  T 
  referred 
  to,, 
  took 
  back 
  with 
  him 
  to 
  Eugland, 
  for 
  the 
  Mar- 
  

   quis 
  of 
  Exeter, 
  250 
  black 
  bass 
  and 
  50 
  red-eye 
  perch; 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  National 
  

   Fish 
  Culture 
  Aquaria 
  at 
  South 
  Kensington, 
  20 
  suckers, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  

   been 
  forwarded 
  from 
  the 
  Wytheville 
  Station. 
  

  

  France. 
  — 
  On 
  March 
  1, 
  a 
  package 
  of 
  10,000 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  eggs 
  from 
  

   Wytheville 
  Station 
  reached 
  New 
  York. 
  These 
  were 
  presented 
  to 
  Mr. 
  

   E. 
  G. 
  Blackford, 
  who 
  forwarded 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  Acclimatiza- 
  

   tion, 
  Paris. 
  

  

  By 
  steamer 
  Am6rique, 
  on 
  July 
  18, 
  Mr. 
  Blackford 
  sent 
  six 
  cans 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  100 
  catfish 
  (Amiurus 
  nebulosus) 
  to 
  Havre. 
  Of 
  these 
  50 
  were 
  

   forwarded 
  to 
  W. 
  Coleman 
  Burns, 
  who 
  received 
  them 
  at 
  Paris 
  in 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  condition. 
  The 
  other 
  50 
  were 
  for 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  Acclimatization, 
  

   whose 
  secretary 
  reported 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  July 
  29, 
  the 
  receipt, 
  in 
  perfect 
  

   condition, 
  of 
  41 
  specimens. 
  

  

  