I^Er^ORT. 



Your Commissioners detailed in tlieir last biennial report the loss of 

 the aquarium car, in eighteen hundred and seventy-three, by the break- 

 ing of a railroad bridge over the Elkhorn Eiver, in Nebraska, by which 

 one year's time was lost in the experiment of stocking the waters of 

 California with new varieties of valuable food-fish. 



In eighteen hundred and seventy-four we determined again to repeat 

 the experiment, believing, that if successful, it would in time largely 

 repa}" the people of the State for the small amount expended. We, 

 therefore, in March, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, telegraphed to 

 Mr. Livingston Stone to prepare another aquarium car, and by letter 

 instructed him with reference to the varieties of fish to be brought 

 across the continent. He arrived on June twelfth, having succeeded in 

 transporting the following fish: 



Seventy-three full grown spawning Black Bass from Lake Champlain, 

 which were placed in Napa Creek. 



Twelve small Black Bass {Grystes fasciatus), from St. Joseph's River, 

 Michigan, which were placed — a portion in Napa Creek, and a portion 

 in Alameda Creek. 



Sixteen full grown Glass-eyed Perch (Lucio perca), from Missisquoi 

 Eiver, Vermont, which were placed in the Sacramento Eiver, opposite 

 Sacramento City. 



Seventy-four Catfish — fifty-six being the large Schuylkill Catfish 

 obtained in the Earitan Eiver, New Jersey, and the remainder, Missis- 

 sippi Catfish, from Elkhorn Eiver, Nebraska, which were placed in the 

 San Joaquin Eiver, near Stockton. 



Seventy Horn-pouts {Plmelodus), from Lake Champlain, Vermont, 

 which were deposited in lakes at Sutterville, Sacramento County. 



One can — containing twelve — small Silver Eels {AiiguiUa), from Hud- 

 son Eiver, New York, which were placed in a lake near Sacramento. 



Three hundred and five small Eastern Salmon {Salmo salar), which 

 were obtained from the Penobscot Eiver, Maine, and were deposited in 

 the Sacramento Eiver, near Eedding. 



Four full grown Eock Bass from the Missisquoi Eiver, Vermont, 

 which were deposited in Napa Creek. 



Of salt-water fish there arrived twenty-three Tautogs or Black Fish 

 {Tautoga Americana), from Woods' Hole, Massachusetts, which were 

 deposited in the Bay of San Francisco. 



Of the one hundred and fifty full grown spawning Lobsters, with 

 which Mr. Stone started, and which were obtained in the Bay of Mas- 



