8 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



where, from the Bellevueand North McGregor stations, were obtained 

 the largest results in 1905. These operations could profitably be 

 applied to three or four hundred times the territory now covered. 

 Such extension would multiply the results possibly one or two thousand 

 times. A desirable adjunct to the work would be a large pond-cultural 

 station accessible to each river. This would not onl}^ facilitate the 

 handling of the fish rescued from the sloughs, but would permit of the 

 propagation of various indigenous species during seasons when high 

 water prevails throughout the summer and rescue of the fishes is 

 unneces8ar3^ 



Car and messenger service. — The distribution of the fish hatched and 

 collected involved the paid transportation of the 6 cars of the Bureau 

 over 82,308 miles and free transportation over 11,060 miles, a total of 

 93,368 miles. The 55 messengers traveled 217,686 paid miles and 

 108,757 free miles, or 326,443 miles in all. More concrete representa- 

 tion of the operations of the car and messenger service is the fact that 

 fish were distributed in every State and Territory of the United 

 States. 



Allotments of fish and eggs to State fish commissions. — Of the 

 397,556,725 fertilized eggs in the output for the past year, 389,083,845 

 were sent to State fish hatcheries, to be hatched and planted under 

 State supervision. Large numbers of fish also were thus distributed, 

 as shown in the following table: 



Allotments of P]ggs and Fish to State Fish Commissions in 1906. 



