﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES 
  XLI 
  

  

  Germany. 
  — 
  During 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  whitefish, 
  brook 
  trout, 
  

   landlocked 
  salmon, 
  and 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  have 
  been 
  shipped 
  to 
  Eerr 
  von 
  

   Behr, 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  Deutsche 
  Pischerei-Verein, 
  care 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Busse, 
  of 
  

   Geestemtinde, 
  by 
  the 
  North 
  German 
  Lloyd 
  Steamship 
  Company. 
  This 
  

   line 
  transported 
  the 
  eggs 
  free 
  of 
  charge. 
  I 
  regret 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  three 
  con- 
  

   signments 
  intrusted 
  to 
  the 
  steamer 
  Eider 
  arrived 
  in 
  bad, 
  if 
  not 
  totally 
  

   worthless, 
  condition. 
  As 
  a 
  rule 
  this 
  company 
  has 
  been 
  successful 
  with 
  

   the 
  eggs 
  committed 
  to 
  its 
  care. 
  

  

  On 
  January 
  10, 
  3,000,000 
  whitefish 
  eggs 
  were 
  shipped 
  by 
  the 
  steamer 
  

   Salier, 
  the 
  eggs 
  arriving 
  in 
  Geestemtinde 
  in 
  good 
  order, 
  but 
  by 
  some 
  

   misunderstanding 
  half 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  shipped 
  from 
  there 
  to 
  Switzerland. 
  

   An 
  additional 
  lot 
  of 
  1,000,000 
  whitefish 
  eggs 
  was 
  sent 
  on 
  February 
  20 
  

   by 
  the 
  steamer 
  Eider, 
  but 
  arrived 
  in 
  bad 
  condition. 
  On 
  reaching 
  

   Geestemtinde 
  no 
  ice 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  boxes. 
  

  

  The 
  40,000 
  brook-trout 
  eggs 
  shipped 
  on 
  February 
  7 
  were 
  well 
  cared 
  

   for 
  by 
  the 
  steamer 
  Fulda 
  and 
  arrived 
  at 
  Geestemtinde 
  in 
  good 
  order. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  30th 
  of 
  March 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  40,000 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  and 
  

   10,000 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  eggs 
  were 
  shipped 
  by 
  steamer 
  Eider. 
  As 
  was 
  the 
  

   case 
  with 
  the 
  whitefish 
  eggs 
  shipped 
  on 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  February, 
  there 
  

   was 
  a 
  lack 
  of 
  ice 
  in 
  the 
  boxes 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  and 
  nearly 
  all 
  

   of 
  the 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  were 
  lost. 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Busse, 
  of 
  Geestemtinde, 
  

   under 
  date 
  of 
  April 
  12, 
  1885, 
  reports 
  that 
  the 
  consignment 
  of 
  fish 
  eggs 
  

   arrived 
  without 
  any 
  ice 
  whatever, 
  even 
  the 
  boxes 
  being 
  dry. 
  The 
  

   Salmo 
  irideus 
  had 
  actually 
  decayed, 
  and 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  egg 
  could 
  be 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  on 
  the 
  frames. 
  The 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  on 
  their 
  arrival 
  were 
  

   found 
  to 
  be 
  considerably 
  developed, 
  some 
  young 
  fish 
  having 
  already 
  

   slipped 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  eggs. 
  

  

  On 
  June 
  16, 
  50 
  live 
  catfish 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Deutsche 
  Fischerei-Ver- 
  

   ein 
  by 
  steamer 
  Ems. 
  On 
  July 
  17 
  Count 
  Max 
  von 
  dem 
  Borne 
  reported 
  

   that 
  49 
  had 
  arrived 
  safely 
  at 
  Berneuchen. 
  

  

  The 
  last-named 
  gentleman 
  having 
  expressed 
  a 
  desire 
  to 
  introduce 
  

   into 
  the 
  fish-ponds 
  of 
  Berneuchen 
  the 
  wild-rice 
  {Zizania 
  aquatica), 
  a 
  

   bushel 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  Valentine 
  Brothers, 
  Janesville, 
  Wis., 
  and 
  

   forwarded 
  to 
  him. 
  On 
  September 
  7 
  he 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  seeds 
  failed 
  

   to 
  germinate. 
  

  

  Mexico. 
  — 
  On 
  March 
  14 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  representative 
  at 
  New 
  

   Orleans 
  delivered 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Barroeta 
  a 
  pail 
  of 
  25 
  carp, 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  by 
  him 
  

   to 
  Mexico, 
  the 
  smallest 
  and 
  strongest 
  carp 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  varieties 
  

   being 
  selected. 
  

  

  On 
  April 
  6 
  Dr. 
  Barroeta 
  reported 
  that 
  14 
  reached 
  their 
  destination 
  

   alive. 
  On 
  that 
  date 
  he 
  forwarded 
  a 
  second 
  installment. 
  On 
  October 
  

   13 
  Senor 
  Esteban 
  Chazari, 
  of 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  made 
  a 
  request 
  for 
  

   carp 
  and 
  lake 
  trout 
  eggs. 
  Carp 
  four 
  months 
  old 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  800 
  

   were 
  forwarded 
  by 
  Wells, 
  Fargo 
  & 
  Co.'s 
  Express, 
  via 
  El 
  Paso, 
  Tex., 
  

   on 
  the 
  4th 
  of 
  December, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  26th 
  Mr. 
  Chazari 
  received 
  them 
  in 
  

  

  