﻿XVII 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  tliis 
  work 
  for 
  Maryland, 
  we 
  offered 
  the 
  facil- 
  

   ities 
  of 
  the 
  Hatching 
  House 
  to 
  Prof. 
  Spencer 
  F. 
  Baird, 
  United 
  

   States 
  Commissioner, 
  through 
  whose 
  liberality 
  we 
  had 
  received 
  

   this 
  large 
  supply 
  of 
  eggs, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  hatching 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   and 
  caring 
  for 
  the 
  young 
  fish, 
  which 
  he 
  desired 
  to 
  distribute 
  

   to 
  the 
  States 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  and 
  Georgia, 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   North 
  Carolina 
  paying 
  the 
  expenses 
  incurred 
  in 
  hatching 
  for 
  

   that 
  State 
  and 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Commission 
  paying 
  the 
  ac- 
  

   tual 
  cost 
  of 
  caring 
  for 
  the 
  eggs 
  intended 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   Georgia. 
  

  

  With 
  ample 
  tacilities 
  in 
  the 
  Hatching 
  House 
  at 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  

   Park, 
  we 
  have 
  endeavored 
  to 
  reciprocate 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  in 
  our 
  power 
  

   the 
  many 
  favors 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Commissioner, 
  and 
  to 
  render 
  some 
  assistance 
  

   to 
  our 
  sister 
  States 
  who 
  iiave 
  only 
  just 
  established 
  or 
  are 
  with- 
  

   out 
  Commissions 
  for 
  carrying 
  on 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  repeopling 
  their 
  

   waters. 
  

  

  California 
  Salmon 
  — 
  {Salmo 
  <]uinnai). 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  1877 
  119,500 
  salmon 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  were 
  

   placed 
  in 
  the 
  streams 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  Late 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  180,000 
  

   eggs, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  eggs 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  fish 
  were 
  pro- 
  

   duced, 
  were 
  received 
  through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Commissioner, 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  fish, 
  when 
  hatched, 
  

   169,100 
  in 
  all, 
  were 
  distributed 
  during 
  March 
  and 
  April 
  of 
  

   1878, 
  as 
  will 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table: 
  

  

  