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restocking of the Sacramento that the statistics of the salmon 

 fisheries on the Sacramento show that the annual salmon catch 

 of the river has increased 5,000,000 pounds during the last few 

 years. 



" The shad stations at Washington, D. C., and Havre de 

 Grace, Maryland, have been recently enlarged, and are now 

 capable of holding immense numbers of eggs. At one of the 

 Washington stations alone nearly 50,000,000 of eggs were 

 received. An estimate of those for the other stations gives a 

 total of over 70,000,000 eggs of this species. 



"In 1877 the German carp was introduced into America by 

 the United States Fish Commission. These were placed in 

 ponds, especially prepared for them, at Washington and Balti- 

 more. In 1880 the distribution of fry began, and up to January 

 ist of this year, the carp have been planted in no less than 17,860 

 localities. They prove to be especially adapted to our waters, 

 and in some localities they grow with surprising rapidity. A fish, 

 4 inches long, placed in the waters of Texas, was found to have 

 increased to 2oJ inches in eleven months, at which time it weighed 

 4 pounds 1 1 ounces." 



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