XXXVIII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



shipping them across the Atlantic. 850,000 fry were deposited in the 

 river basin. 



Plantings hare been made during the present season in streams of 

 all the Atlantic coast States from Massachusetts to Florida. Particu- 

 lar localities selected for planting are chosen with a view to the general 

 distribution of shad in all waters of the Atlantic coast. 



v. The Carp (Cyprinus earpio). 



The total distribution for the season aggregated 133,709, of which 

 38,034 were delivered to State commissioners and 05,135 to individual 

 applicants. 580 applications had to be carried over until another year, 

 and the number of fish given to each applicant was reduced from 12 to 

 15, instead of 20 as in preceding years. 



The Washington Station. — The yield of the ponds was small, possibly, 

 in part, on account of the low temperature of the entire season. In- 

 ability to drain them in the spring, because of the filling in of the Po- 

 tomac fiats, had an injurious effect on the carp, as it was impossible to 

 kill the eels, sunfish, perch, and other predaceous fish that prey upon 

 them. 



The Wytheville Station. — During the fiscal year 1880-87, 452 scale 

 carp and 3,017 leather carp were received from the Central Station. 

 450 scale carp were planted in south fork of Peed Creek, in Wythe 

 County, Va., and 1,925 leather carp were distributed to 91 applicants 

 in southwestern Virginia and eastern Tennessee. 



w. The Gold-fish (Carassius auratus). 



The Washington Station. — During the season 2/755 gold-fish were sent 

 out, in lots of 4 to 10 each, to applicants in 22 States and 2 Territories. 

 200 of the Japanese fan-tail variety were issued in small lots in De- 

 cember, 1880. 



The Wytheville Station.— During the fiscal year 1S80-87, 50 gold-fish 

 were distributed to 9 applicants in Virginia, North Carolina, Missis- 

 sippi, and Texas 



.»•. The Tench {Tinea tinea). 



Less than 1,000 tench were reared at the Washington Station, their 

 number being reduced by the ravages of eels. At the Wytheville Sta- 

 tion 2 breeders and 450 yearlings were received from the Central Sta- 

 tion, and the yearlings were planted in the south fork of Peed Creek, 

 in Wythe County, Va. 



y. The Lobster (Homarus americanus). 



The Wood's Boll Station. — During the season the experiments were 

 continued in the artificial propagation of the lobster. Eggs were ob- 

 tained and placed in hatching jars, the number in the apparatus some- 

 times reaching nearly 1,000,000, and the young were deposited in Vine- 

 yard Sound and adjacent waters. In April and May Capt. II. C. dies- 



