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transit from 7:50 A. M. to 5:30 P. M., were aerated only 

 once, and this was not necessary, and they arrived in Au- 

 gusta in good condition and with no loss. Of course the 

 motion of the train carried a good deal of air into the 

 cans. 



At the time the three cans of fish, mentioned above, 

 were put up, I placed about 25 top minnows in a white- 

 fish jar containing a gallon and a half of water. Here 

 they remained on my desk from Tuesday morning, with- 

 out any change of water, until the following Saturday 

 afternoon with a loss of half a dozen fish, only. When 

 the fish were returned to the pond the water in the jar 

 was foul, discolored and ill smelling and yet the minnows 

 were apparently none the worse for wear after their 96 

 hours confinement in this small space. 



Not among the least of the many new activities of the 

 Bureau of Fisheries under the direction of Commissioner 

 Smith, is the propagation and distribution into infested 

 waters of the mosquito destroying fishes and I believe 

 that great good will come from this practice when the 

 fact that the Bureau is prepared to supply such fish is 

 better known. 



