REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



XV 



The followiug tables show the output of the various stations and the 

 number of fish and eggs furnished to the States and Territories : 



Statement of fish and eggs furnished for distribution hy the stations of the United States 

 Commission of Fish and Fisheries during the fiscal year ending June SO, 1899. 



a 2,028,000 eggs Tvere also delivered to the laboratory at the station for experimental rearing. 



b 1,710,000 eggs were also transferred to Battery Station, Md. 



c 2,800,000 eggs were also transferred to Washington, D. C. 



d These fish were taken from the aquaria of Central Station. 



(■2,700,000 shad fry transferred to Fish Lakes rearing-ponds are not included in tabulation. 



/Of these, 500,000 were lost on car No. 1, on trip to Atlanta, Ga. ; 1,661,000 shad eggs were also trans- 

 ferred to Central Station for hatching. 



g There were also transferred to U. S. Fish Commission stations 88,500 rainbow-trout eggs for hatch- 

 ing, and 1,500 to the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 



/i The Northville Station also shipped to Prof. Locy, at Chicago, for scientific purposes, 4,000 lake- 

 trout eggs, 4,000 brook-trout eggs, and 3,000 Loch Leven trout eggs. There were also shipped to the 

 Omaha Exposition 4,000 lake-trout yearlings, 600 brook-trout yearlings, 1,000 Loch Leven and 100 

 rainbow trout yearlings; also, 25 small-mouthed black bass. 



■i500 white-fish eggs were shipped to the University of Chicago, for scientific purposes. 



