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ture of both air and water, would indicate that they will^ 

 thrive in all the rivers of the Southern States, whose waters 

 take their rise in the mountainous regions, and in a few 

 years, without doubt the San Joaq^uin Salmon will be trans- 

 planted to all of those States." 



^'The weight of Salmon caught during the past season in 

 the waters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Eivers, is es- 

 timated at 5,098,780 pounds, in addition to 92,000 pounds of 

 fresh Salmon shipped in ice to the New York market." 



We received in October, 18*74, about two hundred and fifty 

 thousand eggs of tlie California Salmon, a gift to the State 

 from Professor S. F. Baird, U. S. Commissioner, from the 

 eggs collected under his direction, by Mr. Livingston Stone, 

 at the U. S. Hatching Camp on the McLoud Kiver, California. 

 The eggs arrived in wretched condition ; as they had not 

 been iced on the journey, many of them were prematurely 

 hatched, and the masses of eggs were generally heated. 



The good eggs were placed in the hatching troughs in Mr. 

 Kent's establishment, and hatched in a few days, the sack 

 was absorbed in about thirty-five days, and the young fish 

 distributed as shown in the table, from which it will be seen 

 that one hundred and forty-four thousand (144,000) of this- 

 valuable fish were placed in the several rivers of the State. 



On the loth of October last, we received seven crates, con- 

 taining each eight}' thousand eggs, a liberal donation from 

 Professor Baird to the State of Maryland, from the same, 

 source; these Avere Avell iced on the journey and reached Bal- 

 timore in excellent condition. The hatching house in the 

 course of erection in Druid Hill Park, was not in a sufficiently 

 finished state to receive them, so we placed the crates in the.- 

 ice house near the ''Duck Pond" in the Park, and kept them 

 surrounded with ice for about ten days, until sufficient appa- 

 ratus was put u]) in the hatching house to receive them. — 

 When they were put down notwithstanding the long delay, 

 they Avere found in excellent condition. We Avere compelled 

 to crowd the eggs very much, and moA-e them from time to 

 time as the Avork in the hatching house progressed, Avhich 

 caused the loss of a good many eggs, but notAA^ithstanding th& 

 disadvantageous circumstances aa'c have been very successful^ 

 and have a larore number of fish for distribution. Our Avork 



