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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [4] 
  

  

  June 
  29, 
  at 
  2.40 
  p. 
  m., 
  while 
  unmooring 
  snip 
  from 
  navy-yard 
  at 
  Nor- 
  

   folk 
  the 
  after 
  mooring 
  line 
  parted, 
  and 
  the 
  port 
  propeller 
  took 
  against 
  a 
  

   large 
  spar 
  fender 
  across 
  the 
  slip, 
  carrying 
  away 
  two 
  blades 
  of 
  propeller. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  G, 
  the 
  spawn 
  -takers 
  reported 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  of 
  Span- 
  

   ish 
  mackerel 
  taken, 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  S00 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  pound-net 
  ; 
  they 
  also 
  

   reported 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  either 
  spent, 
  or 
  in 
  various 
  degrees 
  of 
  imma- 
  

   turity. 
  On 
  the 
  8th 
  the 
  spawn-takers 
  visited 
  the 
  several 
  pound-nets 
  

   during 
  the 
  day 
  and 
  night 
  but 
  obtained 
  no 
  spawn. 
  Fishermen 
  report 
  a 
  

   large 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  Spanish 
  mackerel. 
  At 
  2, 
  the 
  steamer 
  

   Lookout 
  arrived 
  and 
  anchored 
  near 
  this 
  vessel. 
  At 
  3.15, 
  the 
  Lookout 
  

   got 
  under 
  way 
  and 
  proceeded 
  to 
  Hampton 
  Eoads. 
  

  

  July 
  13, 
  at 
  9.20 
  a. 
  m., 
  the 
  steamer 
  Lookout, 
  with 
  Assistant 
  Commis- 
  

   sioner 
  T. 
  B. 
  Ferguson, 
  arrived 
  and 
  anchored 
  near 
  this 
  vessel. 
  Received 
  

   from 
  the 
  Lookout 
  six 
  small 
  hatching 
  cylinders 
  in 
  bad 
  order. 
  I 
  visited 
  

   the 
  Lookout, 
  and 
  the 
  assistant 
  commissioner 
  visited 
  this 
  vessel 
  and 
  

   inspected 
  the 
  hatching 
  apparatus. 
  At 
  11.20 
  the 
  Lookout 
  proceeded 
  

   down 
  the 
  bay. 
  

  

  July 
  15, 
  at 
  4.30, 
  the 
  spawn-takers 
  returned, 
  having 
  obtained 
  from 
  

   gillers 
  500,000 
  good 
  Spanish 
  mackerel 
  eggs. 
  At 
  12.20 
  I 
  went 
  in 
  steam 
  

   launch 
  to 
  inspect 
  hatching 
  operations 
  at 
  Cape 
  Charles 
  City 
  and 
  to 
  

   make 
  arrangements 
  for 
  quartering 
  spawn-takers. 
  Returned 
  with 
  steam 
  

   launch 
  at 
  2. 
  Sent 
  Mr. 
  Cleaveland 
  ashore 
  at 
  Cape 
  Charles 
  City 
  to 
  es- 
  

   tablish 
  a 
  sub-stotiou 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  hatching 
  Spanish 
  mackerel. 
  

   F. 
  J. 
  Barry, 
  machinist, 
  and 
  Charles 
  Winters, 
  boatswain's 
  mate, 
  were 
  

   sent 
  with 
  steam 
  launch. 
  The 
  500,000 
  Spanish 
  mackerel 
  eggs 
  obtained 
  

   last 
  night 
  all 
  died 
  while 
  under 
  process 
  of 
  hatching. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  18, 
  W. 
  P. 
  Sauerhoff 
  and 
  C. 
  Stiffinson, 
  spawn-takers, 
  with 
  

   one 
  flat-boat, 
  were 
  stationed 
  on 
  Tangier 
  Island 
  to 
  attend 
  pound-nets. 
  

   On 
  the 
  20th, 
  received 
  125,000 
  Spanish 
  mackerel 
  eggs; 
  of 
  this 
  number, 
  

   30,000 
  good 
  fish 
  were 
  hatched 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  22d, 
  and 
  were 
  inspected 
  and 
  

   deposited 
  in 
  Tangier 
  Sound 
  at 
  G 
  p. 
  m. 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  day. 
  

  

  August 
  G, 
  sent 
  to 
  Battery 
  Station 
  the 
  hatching 
  cones, 
  frames, 
  pipes, 
  

   cylinders, 
  spawning 
  buckets, 
  and 
  pans; 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  9th, 
  took 
  a 
  party 
  

   of 
  men 
  with 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  steam 
  launch 
  and 
  second 
  cutter; 
  got 
  pile-driver 
  

   under 
  way 
  and 
  towed 
  it 
  into 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  station 
  at 
  Saint 
  Jerome, 
  

   Md., 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  ship. 
  On 
  August 
  15, 
  Assistant 
  Engineer 
  S. 
  II. 
  

   Leonard, 
  jr., 
  reported 
  for 
  duty, 
  relieving 
  Passed 
  Assistant 
  Engineer 
  I. 
  

   S. 
  K. 
  Reeves, 
  detached 
  from 
  this 
  date. 
  

  

  August 
  29, 
  at 
  G, 
  got 
  under 
  way 
  and 
  steamed 
  up 
  the 
  Chesapeake. 
  On 
  

   September 
  1, 
  hoisted 
  in 
  the 
  steam 
  launch, 
  and 
  at 
  8.15 
  got 
  under 
  way 
  

   and 
  steamed 
  down 
  the 
  bay. 
  At 
  2 
  p. 
  m. 
  arrived 
  at 
  foot 
  of 
  Skinner 
  & 
  

   Son's 
  marine 
  railway 
  "and 
  moored 
  ship 
  alongside 
  of 
  steamer 
  Mary 
  

   Washington. 
  On 
  the 
  Gth, 
  the 
  ship 
  was 
  hauled 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  railway 
  to 
  

   clean 
  bottom 
  and 
  put 
  on 
  new 
  propellers. 
  On 
  the 
  11th, 
  Messrs. 
  Clark 
  

   & 
  Co., 
  machinists, 
  took 
  old 
  propellers 
  oh" 
  and 
  commenced 
  fitting 
  new 
  

   ones 
  in 
  place, 
  with 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  the 
  ship's 
  crew. 
  On 
  September 
  

  

  