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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [2] 
  

  

  Received 
  instructions 
  from 
  the 
  assistant 
  commissioner 
  to 
  proceed 
  to 
  

   Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  but 
  was 
  detained 
  until 
  April 
  25, 
  on 
  which 
  day 
  

   sailed 
  for 
  Key 
  West, 
  reaching 
  there 
  at 
  noon. 
  Coaled 
  ship, 
  and 
  sailed 
  

   on 
  the 
  2Gth 
  for 
  Charleston 
  $ 
  touched 
  at 
  Fernandina 
  and 
  Port 
  Royal, 
  

   and 
  arrived 
  on 
  the 
  30th. 
  Coaled 
  and 
  proceeded 
  on 
  May 
  3. 
  Passed 
  in 
  

   Hatteras 
  Inlet 
  on 
  the 
  5th, 
  steamed 
  up 
  Pamlico 
  Sound 
  and 
  through 
  

   the 
  Chesapeake 
  and 
  Albemarle 
  Canal, 
  touching 
  at 
  Norfolk, 
  and 
  arrived 
  

   at 
  the 
  Washington 
  navy-yard 
  on 
  May 
  7. 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  8 
  the 
  hatching 
  equipment 
  was 
  taken 
  on 
  board, 
  and 
  on 
  May 
  

   13 
  shad 
  operations 
  were 
  begun 
  in 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay, 
  near 
  Battery 
  

   Station 
  and 
  in 
  Elk 
  River, 
  and 
  continued 
  till 
  the 
  17th, 
  taking 
  1,406,000 
  

   eggs. 
  From 
  May 
  17 
  to 
  June 
  5 
  the 
  Lookout 
  was 
  engaged 
  in 
  two 
  trips 
  

   to 
  the 
  Delaware 
  River 
  and 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay, 
  

   procuring 
  shad 
  eggs 
  and 
  investigating 
  the 
  shad 
  fisheries, 
  especially 
  

   those 
  in 
  the 
  Delaware 
  above 
  Philadelphia. 
  Many 
  lishermen 
  were 
  in- 
  

   terviewed 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  fishery, 
  and 
  the 
  spawn-takers 
  

   were 
  kept 
  busy 
  in 
  visiting 
  the 
  fishing- 
  shores 
  and 
  gill-boats 
  to 
  obtain 
  

   eggs. 
  During 
  these 
  three 
  trips 
  3,003,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  collected, 
  making 
  

   a 
  total 
  of 
  4,400,000 
  shad 
  eggs 
  taken 
  dining 
  the 
  season. 
  Of 
  this 
  number 
  

   2,115,000 
  eggs 
  and 
  454,000 
  fry 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  Battery 
  Station, 
  

   and 
  340,000 
  fry 
  were 
  successfully 
  planted, 
  100,000 
  being 
  put 
  inio 
  the 
  

   Delaware 
  River 
  and 
  150,000 
  into 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  and 
  its 
  tribu- 
  

   taries.* 
  

  

  On 
  June 
  proceeded 
  to 
  Baltimore, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  8th 
  hauled 
  the 
  vessel 
  

   out 
  on 
  Skinner's 
  marine 
  railway 
  and 
  had 
  top, 
  sides, 
  and 
  deck 
  calked, 
  

   and 
  also 
  some 
  repairs 
  made 
  ou 
  boiler, 
  which 
  work 
  lasted 
  until 
  the 
  

   10th. 
  

  

  On 
  June 
  20 
  Assistant 
  Commissioner 
  Ferguson 
  joined 
  the 
  vessel, 
  and 
  

   we 
  proceeded 
  to 
  Saint 
  Jerome 
  Station, 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Ferguson 
  inspected. 
  

   At 
  1 
  p. 
  m., 
  on 
  the 
  21st, 
  got 
  under 
  way 
  and 
  proceeded 
  up 
  the 
  Potomac 
  

   River, 
  arriving 
  at 
  the 
  Washington 
  navy-yard 
  on 
  the 
  next 
  day. 
  On 
  

   June 
  23 
  left 
  the 
  navy 
  yard 
  with 
  launch 
  No. 
  08 
  in 
  tow, 
  and 
  proceeded 
  

   to 
  Battery 
  Station, 
  where 
  we 
  awaited 
  orders 
  until 
  July 
  3, 
  when 
  Assist- 
  

   ant 
  Commissioner 
  Ferguson 
  came 
  on 
  board, 
  and 
  we 
  proceeded 
  to 
  Bal- 
  

   timore. 
  On 
  July 
  (J, 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Ferguson 
  on 
  board, 
  went 
  down 
  the 
  bay 
  to 
  

   Saint 
  Jerome 
  Station, 
  arriving 
  there 
  at 
  a. 
  in. 
  on 
  the 
  7th. 
  At 
  3 
  p. 
  m. 
  

   got 
  under 
  way 
  and 
  steamed 
  down 
  to 
  Tangier 
  Island 
  and 
  anchored 
  in 
  Cod 
  

   Harbor 
  over 
  night. 
  On 
  July 
  8 
  started 
  for 
  Old 
  Point, 
  Va,. 
  touched 
  at 
  

   Hunger's 
  Creek, 
  and 
  anchored 
  near 
  Fortress 
  Monroe 
  at 
  4 
  p. 
  in. 
  

  

  From 
  duly 
  to 
  the 
  15th 
  were 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  bay, 
  

   communicating 
  with 
  fishermen, 
  carrying 
  lumber 
  to 
  the 
  Fish 
  Hawk, 
  

   taking 
  on 
  coal, 
  &c, 
  stopping 
  at 
  Saint 
  Jerome 
  Station, 
  and 
  reaching 
  

   Battery 
  Station 
  at 
  7.15 
  a. 
  m. 
  on 
  the 
  10th. 
  On 
  July 
  14 
  and 
  15, 
  with 
  hy- 
  

  

  * 
  For 
  :i 
  detailed 
  account 
  of 
  these 
  shad 
  operal 
  ions, 
  see 
  i 
  he 
  report 
  on 
  (his 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  

   F. 
  C. 
  Bulletin 
  for 
  1&J5, 
  p. 
  3H6. 
  

  

  