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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Concessions 
  of 
  free 
  transportation 
  for 
  cars 
  and 
  messengers, 
  and 
  every 
  

   facility 
  for 
  the 
  convenience 
  and 
  expedition 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  distribution, 
  

   have 
  been 
  afforded 
  by 
  sixteen 
  roads. 
  The 
  aggregate 
  number 
  of 
  miles 
  

   of 
  free 
  transportation 
  received 
  was 
  26,212. 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  railroads 
  that 
  moved 
  cars, 
  and 
  messengers 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  five 
  accompanying, 
  fre 
  e 
  

  

  of 
  charge 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  1885. 
  

  

  Miles. 
  

  

  Atchison, 
  Topeka 
  and 
  Santa 
  F6 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Topeka, 
  Kans 
  4, 
  134 
  

  

  Atlantic 
  and 
  Pacific 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Albuquerque, 
  N. 
  Mex 
  1,952 
  

  

  Chicago 
  and 
  West 
  Michigan 
  Railway; 
  Muskegon, 
  Mich 
  54 
  

  

  Detroit, 
  Grand 
  Haven 
  and 
  Milwaukee 
  Railway 
  ; 
  Detroit, 
  Mich 
  288 
  

  

  Flint 
  and 
  Pere 
  Marquette 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  East 
  Saginaw, 
  Mich 
  1,972 
  

  

  International 
  and 
  Great 
  Northern 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Saint 
  Louis, 
  Mo 
  932 
  

  

  Lake 
  Shore 
  and 
  Michigan 
  Southern 
  Railway 
  ; 
  Cleveland, 
  Ohio 
  98 
  

  

  Michigan 
  Central 
  Railroad; 
  Detroit, 
  Mich 
  1,892 
  

  

  Milwaukee, 
  Lake 
  Shore 
  and 
  Western 
  Railway; 
  Milwaukee, 
  Wis 
  106 
  

  

  Missouri, 
  Kansas 
  and 
  Texas 
  Railway 
  ; 
  Saint 
  Louis, 
  Mo 
  1, 
  252 
  

  

  Missouri 
  Pacific 
  Railway; 
  Saint 
  Louis, 
  Mo 
  2,034 
  

  

  Northern 
  Pacific 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Saint 
  Paul, 
  Minn 
  7,498 
  

  

  Oregon 
  Railway 
  and 
  Navigation 
  Company; 
  Portland, 
  Oreg 
  916 
  

  

  Saint 
  Louis, 
  Iron 
  Mountain 
  and 
  Southern 
  Railway; 
  Saint 
  Louis, 
  Mo 
  490 
  

  

  Texas 
  and 
  Pacific 
  Railway, 
  Dallas, 
  Tex 
  2, 
  064 
  

  

  Utah 
  Central 
  Railway 
  ; 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  City, 
  Utah 
  530 
  

  

  Total 
  26,212 
  

  

  35. 
  — 
  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  FISH 
  DISTRIBUTED 
  TO 
  PUBLIC 
  WATERS 
  FROM 
  1872 
  

   TO 
  1882, 
  INCLUSIVE, 
  BY 
  THE 
  U. 
  S. 
  FISH 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  341,096,971 
  fish 
  distributed 
  to 
  

   public 
  waters 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  11 
  years 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  : 
  

  

  Waters 
  stocked. 
  

  

  Atlantic 
  

   salmon. 
  

  

  From 
  Saint 
  John 
  River 
  to 
  Merrimac 
  

   River, 
  inclusive 
  5, 
  851, 
  139 
  

  

  Massachusetts 
  Bay 
  to 
  Cape 
  Cod 
  Bay, 
  in- 
  

   clusive 
  45, 
  060 
  

  

  Buzzard's 
  Bay 
  to 
  Block 
  Island 
  Sound, 
  in- 
  

   clusive 
  704, 
  597 
  

  

  Connecticut 
  Elver 
  and 
  tributaries 
  1, 
  979, 
  0S6 
  

  

  Long 
  Island 
  Sound, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  Connec- 
  

   ticut 
  River 
  303, 
  937 
  

  

  Hudson 
  River 
  and 
  tributaries 
  508, 
  30u 
  

  

  From 
  Hackensack 
  Eiver 
  to 
  Sandy 
  Hook 
  

   Bay, 
  inclusive 
  111,000 
  

  

  From 
  Sandy 
  Hook 
  Point 
  to 
  Cape 
  May, 
  

   inclusive 
  

  

  Delaware 
  Bay 
  906, 
  822 
  

  

  From 
  Cape 
  Henlopen 
  to 
  Capo 
  Charles. 
  . 
  

  

  Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  463, 
  796 
  

  

  Albemarle 
  Sound 
  

  

  Pamlico 
  Sound 
  

  

  From 
  Cape 
  Fear 
  River 
  to 
  Altamaha 
  River, 
  

   inclusive 
  11,000 
  

  

  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  

   River 
  

  

  Mississippi 
  River 
  and 
  tributaries 
  

  

  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  

  

  River 
  

  

  Pacific 
  coast 
  

  

  Great 
  Lakes 
  and 
  Saint 
  Lawrence 
  River. 
  .. 
  

   Miscellaneous 
  

  

  Total 
  . 
  

  

  2, 
  162, 
  100 
  

  

  987, 
  100 
  

   265, 
  950 
  

  

  California 
  

   salmon. 
  

  

  754, 
  700 
  

   138, 
  000 
  

  

  363, 
  000 
  

  

  740, 
  000 
  

  

  410, 
  1S6 
  

   193, 
  500 
  

  

  188, 
  000 
  

  

  119,000 
  

  

  1, 
  954, 
  629 
  

  

  13, 
  000 
  

  

  5, 
  041, 
  544 
  

  

  176, 
  000 
  

  

  ]H,2U0 
  

  

  1, 
  015, 
  500 
  

  

  89, 
  500 
  

   5, 
  835, 
  760 
  

  

  92, 
  600 
  

  

  13, 
  183, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  955, 
  315 
  

  

  899, 
  300 
  

  

  Landlocked 
  

   salmon 
  

  

  , 
  849, 
  412 
  

  

  448, 
  100 
  

  

  324, 
  100 
  

   724, 
  861 
  

  

  501,949 
  

   43, 
  250 
  

  

  48, 
  150 
  

  

  176, 
  819 
  

  

  178, 
  175 
  

  

  6,450 
  

  

  600 
  

  

  28. 
  525 
  

  

  444,650 
  

  

  33, 
  647 
  

   37*, 
  510 
  

   217, 
  763 
  

  

  12, 
  519, 
  S87 
  I 
  33, 
  172, 
  734 
  l 
  6, 
  404, 
  961 
  

  

  Salmon 
  

   trout. 
  

  

  2,000 
  

  

  35, 
  000 
  

  

  3,600 
  

  

  40, 
  600 
  

  

  California 
  

   trout. 
  

  

  2,000 
  

  

  38, 
  000 
  

  

  4,000 
  

  

  22, 
  000 
  

  

  39, 
  102 
  

   11,728 
  

  

  116,830 
  

  

  