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smal] number ; replaced 35,000 in Wood River ; 10,000 in Pawca- 
tuck River; 12,000 in the Slatersville branch of the Blackstone ; 
25,000 in the south branch of the Pawtuxet, and about 100,000 
in the north branch. Very little loss occurred in the distribution. 
In each of the foregoing streams the salmon were distributed in a 
number of places. 
Three years have passed since we first put salmon in these 
streams; the first year a comparatively small number only, largely 
increased the next, and this year more than doubled. Very many 
young salmon have been seen the past season and we hope for the 
best for them, but all our streams are so obstructed by dams and 
polluted by mills, that the fish have g hard fight for existence. 
Arrangements have been made for our supply of eggs for this year, 
and having hatched and distributed the young as heretefoes: we 
propose to incur no great expense at present, but to await results. 
About the middle of October we received from Professor Baird, 
United States Commissioner, 100,000 California salmon eggs, as 
the share of this State in the Government distribution. In hatch- 
ing these we were unfortunate, losing fully one-third, owing, we 
Glare. to the eges being too far developed when shipped on their 
long journey. We understand that the Commissioners of the dif- 
ferent States, having received salmon ova from the same pla-e, 
have made the same complaint, excepting Connecticut. 
Shad. We have to thank Prof. Baird for a large supply of 
young shad, under whose superintendence the shad hatching has 
been carried on very extensively at Holyoke, Mass. The young 
fish were placed in the Blackstone, Pawtuxet, Pawcatuck and 
Warren Rivers, with hardly any loss, and at the expense only of 
transportation. We hope for good results, especially in Warren 
River. 
Trout. Wereceived from Mr. A. S. Collins, in January last, 
24,000 trout eggs to make good the loss in last year’s supply, and 
30,000 from Robert Holmes, of East Wareham, Mass. The loss 
in hatching was not over five per cent. We placed about 20,000 
in various streams in the State, put a number in the pond at the 
State Farm, sold a small lot to private parties, and the remainder 
we placed in five small ponds made for them, to be kept and dis- 
tributed during the year as occasion warranted. 
