XXVIII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES 



Natural Bridge, Xa., under less favorable conditions, Mas not so satis- 

 factory; but these experiments indicate that it is possible to send trout 

 moderate distances without attendants. 



Below is a summary of the distribution for eighteen months, including 

 1880 and one-half of 18S7; it covers, also, the distribution of 1885-80 

 from the McCloud River and Cold Spring Harbor Stations not pre- 

 viously reported. The total number is somewhat too large, since the 

 eggs of the Salmonida 1 , after being counted as distributed from the 

 station where they were, obtained, were hatched at other stations, and 

 the fry produced were sometimes again reported. The distribution of 

 whiteiish (94,070,000) is the largest that has been made up to this time. 



Summary of distribution from January 1, 1886, to June 30, 1887. 



The grand total of the distribution is 210,028,413. 



Notes ox the Species Propagated and Distributed. 



a. The Sole (Solea soh<t). 



During 1886 several consignments of soles were brought across from 

 Liverpool in the White Star steamer Britannic. Early in the year 2-4 

 were brought in one shipment without loss. From two later consign- 

 ments 37 fish out of 49 sent were safely received at Wood's Hoi I, where 

 they were kept with the hope of using them tor bleeding purposes. 



The hanging fish-globes now employed for carrying soles across the 

 Atlantic give better results than any other form of apparatus as yet 

 devised for the purpose. 



b. The Halibut {Hippoglossus hippoglossus). 



As the fishing for this important species in moderate depths has be- 

 come unprofitable because of the scarcity of the fish it was earnestly 

 desired to begin its artificial propagation during the present year. The 



