belbrc tlie iipprofiiinlit-in was iiiacle, thai lie was unable to ujier- 

 iite soutli of tho Delaware. In reply to an ap}»lication Ibr 

 young shad iVoin his camps on the more Northern Eivers, 

 letters dated June 2()tli and 27th, were received from Professor 

 Baird, authorizing the Coniinissioneis to call on Dr. J. H. 

 Slack, who would have charge of a hatching camp on the 

 .Delaware, and stating that he had been instructed to transfer 

 us many young fish as he could to the waters of Maryland.' 

 We therefore addressed this letter, viz: 



MaKYLANII COxMMISSlON, Flfc^H AND Fl.SllEKlE.S, 



li)2 .¥. (,'harlcs >SY., Baltimore, 



June 2m, 1874. 

 Dr.. J. H. iSlack, 



De})t. U. 8. Coniniissiuu Fisheries, 



'05 



Bear ^ir : — 1 liave received a letter from Frof. Baird, ask- 

 ing me to communicate with you on the subject of a supply of 

 young shad, in case you succeed in finding any ripe live eggs. 

 Please let me know if you have established your liatching 

 camp yet, at what point, and with what success? I would 

 like, to run on and make you a visit, and arrange for tho dis- 

 tribution of some young shad in our Eastern Rivers, easily 

 reached from your caujp. 



1 am very respectfully, tCc, 



T. B. Fekgiso.n, 

 Commissiijuer of Fisheries, Statu of Maryland. 

 To which the following reply was received ; 



Point Pleasa.nt, Pa., 



June -I^Hh, 1874. 

 My Bear Sir : — -Yours received. We are doing w'ell here, 

 though the weather is very hot, 97^'^ at 2 o'clock P. M., to- 

 day. Can give you, I think, a fine lot of shad next week. 

 Have taken in three days two hundred thousand spawn. I 

 shall be absent on evening of July 2nd, and until July (tth, 

 probably. Can you come uj) on ]\londay (July (Uh) y as the 



