838 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [6] 



A summary of the distribution of fry by river basins is as follows : 



Penobscot River 922,000 



Kennebec River 1,047,000 



Tributaries of Narraganset Bay 1, 275, 000 



Hudson River aud tributaries *2, 1S5, 000 



Tributaries of Delaware Bay to, 099, 000 



Tributaries of Chesapeake Bay 70,199,000 



Tributaries of Albermarle Sound 5, 322, 000 



Tributaries of South Atlantic coast 3,569, 000 



Tributaries of Gulf of Mexico 7,048,000 



Inland waters 1,014,000 



Total 97,680,000 



(j) Carp (Cyprinus carpio). 



The production of this species for distribution the present season was 

 not sufficient to meet all requests tiled by applicants and gave rise to 

 considerable dissatisfaction on the part of those who expected to be sup- 

 plied. The diminished production was occasioned by the work of rec- 

 lamation of the Potomac flats, which necessitated the interruption of 

 the drainage of the ponds and prevented their proper preparation for 

 the spawning of the fish. This cause is, of course, temporary, and we 

 may reasonably expect in the future to be able to produce the carp in 

 sufficient numbers to supply all demands. The total distribution of 

 carp for the season aggregated 133,769 in thirty-two States and four 

 Territories, as follows: 



Distribution of carp by U. S. Fish Commission during season 1886-87. 



State. 



Alabama 



California 



Florida 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



District of Columbia. 



Georgia. 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Idaho Territory 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Minnesota 



Point of distribution. 



Birmingham and Greenville 



San Francisco 



Jacksonville 



Boston, Mass 



Washington, D. C 



do 



Atlanta 



Quincy 



Indianapolis 



Salt Lake Oit\ , Utah 



Des Moines 



Kansas City 



Lexington 



Boston, Mass 



Washington, I). C 



Boston 



Saint Paul 



152 

 33 



77 

 36 

 IS 

 :: 

 181 

 221 

 257 

 7 

 187 

 (ill- 

 OS 

 lit 

 31 

 37 

 53 



Fish issued- 



3,110 

 660 



2, 260 

 720 

 360 



60 



3, 725 



4, 520 



5, 250 

 140 



3,970 

 12,620 



2. 150 



1,250 

 650 

 770 



1,000 



a p 

 o o 



H 



[475 



""461") 

 250 



5,520 



H 



§249 



1, 200 



3,566 



Total 

 issued. 



3, no 



660 



2, 735 



720 



760 



60 



3,975 



4, 520 



5, 250 

 140 



9,490 

 13,020 

 2, 309 

 1, 250 

 1,850 

 770 

 4, 5G0 



* D"es not include the product of 6,664,000 eggs shipped to Cold Spring Harbor to be hatched and 

 turned into Hudson River and. tributaries. 



t Does not include the product of 4,074,000 eggs shipped to Wilmington, Del., to be hatched and 

 turned into the tributaries of Delaware Baj . 



J Planted in Lake Emma, Florida. 



§ Deposited in city reservoir at Lexington, Ky. 



