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The above statistics only include the Salmon carried from the Sacra- 

 mento and San Joaquin Eivers, to the Cities of San Francisco, Sacra- 

 mento, and Stockton, from points below the Cities of Sacramento and 

 Stockton; they do not include the catch of the fisheries at Tehama and 

 the upper Sacramento Elver, etc., nor of the upper San Joaquin. Nei- 

 ther do they include Salmon brought to market by other conveyances 

 than by the cars and steamers of the Central Pacific Eailroad Company, 

 Dor those caught and sold during the "close" season. It is, therefore, 

 safe to add one fourth to the above total. This would give, as the total 

 weight of Salmon caught during the past season, in the Sacramento and 

 San Joaquin Eivers, five million ninety-eight thousand seven hundred 

 and eighty-one pounds, which, at the average wholesale price, would 

 make the business yield, annually, a half million dollars. 



(There were shipped by rail from Sacramento to Chicago and New 

 York, during the same period, ninet^^-two thousand pounds of fresh 

 Salmon in ice. These have not been added to the total of the foregoing 

 statistics, for the reason that they maj^ have been included in the sched- 

 ule of those forwarded to Sacramento, from points on the river below 

 that city.) 



From the same points, by the same conveyances, there were shipped 

 to San Francisco two thousand three hundred and sixty-seven Sturgeon, 

 weighing one hundred and eighteen thousand three hundred and fift}'' 

 pounds. 



CARP. 



"We have received information from United States Fish Commissioner 

 Spencer F. Baird, that he is expending a portion of the appropriation 

 made by the Government in the importation of the European Carp, and 

 especially of the "King" Carp, from the regions of the Upper Ehine, 

 the Danube, and the Po. Some of these fish have arrived and have 

 been placed in ponds near Baltimore. We are promised a portion of 

 the increase of these fish for distribution in- the waters of this State. 



Some Carp, from Hamburg, which were imported a few years since 

 by Mr. Poppe, of Sonoma, and planted in ponds of that county, have 

 thrived, and the produce is occasionally sold in the San Francisco 

 market. These fish are, of course, private property. 



It is the opinion of those best acquainted with the subject that there 

 is no fish that promises so great a return in limited waters. It is emi- 

 nently adapted to the sloughs, tule lakes, and inland waters of the Sac- 

 ramento and San Joaquin Valleys. It has an advantage over the Black 

 Bass and Trout, in that it is a vegetable feeder, and, although it will not 

 refuse animal food, it can thrive well on aquatic vegetation alone. On 

 this account it can be kept in tanks and small ponds, and a larger 

 weight obtained without expense than in the case of the other kinds 

 mentioned. 



Professor Baird, in his annual report, says: "It is a mistake to com- 

 pare the flesh of the Carp with that of the ordinary cyprinidce of the 

 United States, such as Suckers, Chub, and the like; the flesh of the 

 genuine Carp being firm, flaky, and in some varieties almost equal to 

 the Trout." 



LOBSTERS. 



Whether the few Lobsters brought in the aquarium car, and placed 

 in the Bay of San Francisco, have lived and cast their eggs which have 

 produced young, is uncertain. Nothing but scientific investigation by 



