APPENDIX. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FRY. 



SHAD,* 



Prior to the establishment of this department, the United 

 States Fish Commission distributed to our waters, as follows : 



May, 1873, Neuse River, . . . 43,000 



May, 1876, Neuse River, . . . 98,000 



June, 1876, Catawba River, . . . 72,000- 



SEASON OF 1877-78. 



* The seemingly undue proportion released in the vicinity of Avoca was una- 

 voidable. The young fry had to be transported a distance of about eighty miles 

 by water to reach a railroad, and it employed the time of the messengers, day and 

 night, to keep the hatcheries clear. The run and catch of the spawners was af- 

 fected greatly by the state of the weather, A heavy catch, especially towards the 

 close of the season, would sometimes occur when the boxes and apparatus were 

 employed to their fullest capacity, and if the steamboats and messengers were- 

 not at hand, the fry had to be released to make room for the new supply of eggs. 



