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  year, 
  I 
  thoiiglit 
  it 
  most 
  likely 
  that 
  the 
  return 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  

   Shad 
  would 
  first 
  be 
  noticeable 
  in 
  the 
  Bay, 
  so 
  visited 
  the 
  

   Annapolis 
  Fish 
  market 
  on 
  Saturday, 
  April 
  21st, 
  and 
  exam- 
  

   ined 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen 
  operating 
  the 
  large 
  pound 
  nets 
  

   in 
  that 
  locality, 
  and 
  the 
  universal 
  testimony 
  given 
  by 
  them 
  

   was 
  that 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  small 
  ''buck 
  Shad" 
  had 
  been 
  larger 
  

   than 
  known 
  for 
  many 
  years, 
  some 
  asserting 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  

   not 
  taken 
  so 
  many 
  male 
  Shad 
  for 
  twentv 
  years, 
  while 
  the 
  

   females 
  were 
  not 
  more 
  abundant 
  than 
  in 
  previous 
  seasons. 
  

   If 
  this 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  males 
  is 
  attributable 
  to 
  the 
  

   operations 
  on 
  the 
  Chester 
  in 
  1875, 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  every 
  reason 
  

   to 
  believe 
  that 
  it 
  is, 
  a 
  corresponding 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  females 
  

   can 
  be 
  looked 
  for 
  during 
  Ihe 
  coming 
  seasons. 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  success 
  attained 
  by 
  artificial 
  means 
  in 
  the 
  Con- 
  

   necticut, 
  Hudson 
  and 
  other 
  rivers, 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  in- 
  

   stanced 
  in 
  my 
  previous 
  reports. 
  

  

  The 
  National 
  Museum 
  at 
  Washington, 
  has 
  a 
  case 
  devoted 
  

   to 
  the 
  preservation 
  and 
  exhibition 
  of 
  specimens, 
  showing 
  the 
  

   success 
  in 
  stocking 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  with 
  fish 
  by 
  artifi- 
  

   cial 
  methods. 
  This 
  case 
  is 
  constantly, 
  almost 
  weekly, 
  re- 
  

   ceiving 
  additional 
  specimens 
  from 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  

   testimonies 
  to 
  the 
  successful 
  efforts 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Baird, 
  United 
  

   States 
  Commissioner, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  State 
  Commissioners. 
  

  

  Apace 
  with 
  the 
  accumulation 
  of 
  evidence 
  to 
  the 
  correct- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  these 
  theories, 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  efforts 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  

   fish-food 
  resources 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  were 
  based 
  and 
  the 
  proofs 
  

   of 
  the 
  good 
  results 
  already 
  attained 
  from 
  these 
  well-directed 
  

   efforts, 
  is 
  the 
  progress 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   in 
  the 
  methods, 
  and 
  the 
  improvements 
  in 
  the 
  apparatus 
  em- 
  

   ployed 
  and 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  successful 
  prosecution 
  of 
  this 
  

   important 
  industry. 
  

  

  In 
  other 
  States, 
  there 
  have 
  b3en 
  several 
  important 
  im- 
  

   provements 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  apparatus 
  used 
  during 
  the 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  artificially 
  of 
  the 
  ova 
  of 
  fish, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  

   packing 
  eggs 
  for 
  transportation. 
  la 
  Maryland, 
  we 
  have 
  

   overcome 
  some 
  difficulties 
  with 
  which 
  our 
  natural 
  surround- 
  

  

  