﻿XLII 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  good 
  condition. 
  On 
  January 
  18, 
  1880, 
  25,000 
  lake 
  trout 
  eggs 
  were 
  for- 
  

   warded 
  to 
  him, 
  but 
  were 
  unfortunately 
  received 
  in 
  poor 
  condition. 
  

  

  The 
  Netherlands.— 
  On 
  March 
  10 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Blackford 
  forwarded 
  5 
  

   black 
  bass 
  to 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  Kerbert 
  by 
  steamer 
  Edam, 
  Captain 
  Taat. 
  On 
  

   April 
  S 
  Dr. 
  Kerbert 
  reported 
  their 
  safe 
  arrival. 
  On 
  July 
  7 
  Dr. 
  Ker- 
  

   bert 
  acknowledged 
  the 
  receipt 
  of 
  30 
  catfish 
  which 
  had 
  also 
  been 
  sent 
  

   by 
  steamer 
  Edam 
  through 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Blackford. 
  

  

  Scotland— 
  On 
  April 
  4, 
  20,000 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  were 
  for- 
  

   warded 
  to 
  the 
  Tay 
  District 
  Salmon 
  Board, 
  care 
  of 
  John 
  Anderson 
  & 
  

   Sou, 
  Edinburgh, 
  by 
  steamer 
  State 
  of 
  Pennsylvania, 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Line. 
  

   A 
  very 
  courteous 
  letter 
  of 
  thanks 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  Vice-Admiral 
  W. 
  H. 
  

   Maitland 
  Dougall, 
  R. 
  N., 
  writing 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  Tay 
  District 
  Salmon 
  

   Board, 
  but 
  definite 
  statements 
  concerning 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  on 
  

   arrival 
  are 
  lacking. 
  On 
  April 
  18, 
  10,000 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   shipped 
  by 
  steamer 
  Devonia, 
  of 
  the 
  Anchor 
  Line, 
  to 
  Sir 
  James 
  Gibson 
  

   Maitland, 
  of 
  the 
  Howietoun 
  fishery. 
  These 
  arrived 
  in 
  good 
  condition. 
  

  

  Switzerland. 
  — 
  As 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  stated, 
  one-half 
  of 
  the 
  million 
  

   whitefish 
  eggs 
  sent 
  January 
  8 
  to 
  the 
  Deutsche 
  Fischerei-Verein 
  were 
  

   forwarded 
  to 
  Switzerland. 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  February 
  19 
  the 
  Swiss 
  min- 
  

   ister, 
  Hon. 
  Emil 
  Frey, 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  eggs 
  reached 
  Berne 
  in 
  fine 
  condi- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  had 
  been 
  distributed 
  to 
  hatcheries 
  at 
  Zurich, 
  50,000 
  ; 
  Berne, 
  

   100,000; 
  Lucerne, 
  50,000; 
  Zug, 
  50,000; 
  Grisons, 
  100,000; 
  Vaud, 
  

   100,000 
  ; 
  and 
  Geneva, 
  50,000. 
  

  

  8. 
  — 
  SERVICES 
  RENDERED 
  TO 
  OTHERS. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  Saturday, 
  September 
  5, 
  the 
  steamer 
  Monohanset, 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  the 
  New 
  Bedford, 
  Vineyard 
  and 
  Nantucket 
  Steamboat 
  

   Company, 
  ran 
  aground 
  on 
  a 
  bar 
  in 
  the 
  Great 
  Harbor 
  at 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  

   about 
  200 
  yards 
  from 
  the 
  railroad 
  depot. 
  The 
  occurrence 
  took 
  place 
  

   about 
  11 
  o'clock 
  at 
  night, 
  and 
  the 
  vessel 
  had 
  on 
  board 
  about 
  five 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  passengers, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  to 
  Cottage 
  City 
  to 
  witness 
  the 
  annual 
  

   illumination, 
  and 
  who 
  were 
  to 
  take 
  a 
  train 
  about 
  midnight 
  to 
  Hyannis. 
  

  

  Although 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  danger 
  in 
  the 
  occurrence, 
  the 
  probability 
  of 
  

   a 
  long 
  detention 
  through 
  the 
  night 
  was 
  not 
  comfortable 
  to 
  contemplate, 
  

   and 
  the 
  case 
  having 
  been 
  brought 
  to 
  my 
  notice 
  I 
  authorized 
  and 
  directed 
  

   the 
  steamer 
  Lookout 
  and 
  the 
  steam 
  launch, 
  having 
  a 
  large 
  scow 
  in 
  tow, 
  

   to 
  proceed 
  at 
  once 
  to 
  the 
  scene. 
  In 
  two 
  trips 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  the 
  en- 
  

   tire 
  party 
  was 
  landed 
  on 
  the 
  dock 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  cars 
  being 
  rapidly 
  filled, 
  

   the 
  train 
  proceeded 
  to 
  its 
  destination. 
  

  

  The 
  company, 
  appreciating 
  the 
  services 
  rendered, 
  transmitted 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  communication 
  : 
  

  

  New 
  Bedford, 
  September 
  7, 
  1885. 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir: 
  Please 
  accept 
  our 
  thanks 
  for 
  the 
  valuable 
  service 
  rendered 
  ua 
  in 
  land- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  passengers 
  (something 
  over 
  lour 
  hundred) 
  from 
  the 
  steamer 
  Monohanset, 
  

   ashore 
  at 
  Wood's 
  llo 
  I! 
  Saturday 
  night, 
  and 
  for 
  other 
  assistance 
  rendered. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  

   rainy 
  and 
  disagreeable 
  night, 
  and 
  it 
  wax 
  a 
  great 
  re! 
  id' 
  to 
  the 
  largo 
  number 
  of 
  passen- 
  

  

  