﻿REPORT. 
  

  

  T'l 
  his 
  Excellency^ 
  John 
  Lee 
  Carroll, 
  

  

  Governor 
  of 
  Maryland: 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  Fisheries, 
  being 
  

   the 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  done 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  years 
  of 
  the 
  

   existence 
  of 
  the 
  commission, 
  gave 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  comple- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  successful 
  working 
  of 
  the 
  hatching 
  house 
  in 
  Druid 
  

   Hill 
  Park 
  ; 
  the 
  introduction 
  into 
  our 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  

   salmon, 
  the 
  land-locked 
  salmon, 
  the 
  Penobscot 
  salmon, 
  and 
  

   the 
  lake 
  trout 
  ; 
  the 
  successful 
  importation 
  of 
  European 
  carp 
  

   and 
  tench 
  ; 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  carp 
  ponds 
  in 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  

   Park, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  hatching 
  and 
  distribution 
  of 
  4,340,000 
  

   by 
  the 
  Maryland 
  force 
  and 
  a 
  deposit 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   Commissioner 
  in 
  the 
  Potomac 
  Piver 
  amounting 
  to 
  4,885,550 
  

   young 
  shad. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  Peport, 
  published 
  January, 
  1877, 
  recorded 
  the 
  

   distribution 
  of 
  an 
  additional 
  number 
  of 
  fish 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  varie- 
  

   ties; 
  an 
  important 
  advance 
  in 
  the 
  facilities 
  for 
  carrying 
  on 
  the 
  

   work 
  of 
  the 
  commission; 
  the 
  successful 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  steamer 
  

   Lookout 
  in 
  collecting 
  shad 
  eggs 
  from 
  the 
  several 
  fisheries 
  on 
  

   the 
  Potomac 
  Piver 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay, 
  and 
  

   the 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  adult 
  spawning 
  smelt 
  into 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   rivers 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  besides 
  giving 
  in 
  detail 
  the 
  general 
  work 
  

   of 
  the 
  commission. 
  

  

  During 
  this 
  year 
  4,62i,0U0 
  shad 
  were 
  hatched, 
  of 
  these 
  

   2,724,500 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  waters 
  within 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maryland 
  

   and 
  1,897,500 
  transferred 
  to 
  other 
  localities. 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  report, 
  that 
  of 
  January, 
  1878, 
  chronicled 
  an 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  advance 
  in 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  developing 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  shad 
  

   and 
  other 
  fish 
  independent 
  of 
  locality, 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  two 
  

   styles 
  of 
  apparatus. 
  One 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  conical 
  vessels 
  

   .swung 
  in 
  gimbals 
  on 
  board 
  the 
  Lookout. 
  These 
  vessels 
  were 
  

  

  