﻿XXIV 
  

  

  Shad 
  — 
  {Alosa 
  sapidissima.) 
  

  

  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  programme 
  suggested 
  on 
  page 
  27 
  et 
  

   «eq. 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioner, 
  he, 
  together 
  with 
  

   Col. 
  Marsliall 
  McDonald, 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  for 
  Vir- 
  

   ginia, 
  and 
  Col. 
  L. 
  L. 
  Polk, 
  having 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  

   of 
  Fish 
  Culture 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  had 
  a 
  consultation 
  with 
  

   Prof. 
  Baird 
  at 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  Prof. 
  Baird 
  then 
  

   informed 
  us 
  of 
  his 
  readiness 
  to 
  undertake 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  shad 
  

   hatching 
  on 
  the 
  Albemarle 
  Sound, 
  and 
  signified 
  his 
  willing- 
  

   ness 
  to 
  turn 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  States 
  

   a 
  large 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  young 
  shad 
  for 
  distribution 
  in 
  

   those 
  several 
  States. 
  We 
  agreed 
  to 
  contribute 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  

   Maryland 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Lookout 
  " 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  shad- 
  

   hatching 
  appliances, 
  and 
  it 
  was, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  arranged 
  

   with 
  Prof. 
  Baird 
  that 
  the 
  whole 
  equipment 
  should 
  be 
  moved 
  

   from 
  Albemarle 
  Sound 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  (for 
  that 
  

   latitude 
  about 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  May) 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Chesa- 
  

   peake 
  Bay, 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  erf 
  shad 
  hatching 
  continued 
  at 
  that 
  

   point, 
  the 
  season 
  opening 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  

   about 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  that 
  it 
  closes 
  on 
  the 
  Albemarle 
  Sound. 
  

  

  AYith 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  carrying 
  on 
  the 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Albemarle 
  

   Sound 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  " 
  Head 
  of 
  the 
  Bay 
  " 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  scale, 
  we 
  had 
  

   secured 
  for 
  Prof. 
  Baird, 
  by 
  purchase 
  from 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Balti- 
  

   more, 
  the 
  four 
  scows, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  rented 
  from 
  the 
  Harbor 
  

   Board, 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  they 
  were 
  thoroughly 
  repaired 
  

   and 
  fitted 
  for 
  the 
  work, 
  under 
  the 
  superintendence 
  of 
  Capt. 
  

   H. 
  C. 
  Chester, 
  who 
  w^as 
  ordered 
  to 
  report 
  to 
  us 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Fish 
  Commissioner. 
  

  

  The 
  repairs 
  and 
  equipment 
  of 
  these 
  scows 
  M'as 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  

   men 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  trained 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  shad 
  hatching 
  by 
  

   the 
  Maryland 
  Commission, 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  way 
  we 
  were 
  enabled 
  

   to 
  get 
  together 
  and 
  keep 
  the 
  corps 
  of 
  trained 
  experts,- 
  so 
  that 
  

   they 
  were 
  in 
  readiness 
  to 
  move 
  at 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  

  

  The 
  outfit 
  being 
  in 
  readiness, 
  on 
  the 
  21st 
  of 
  March 
  it 
  left 
  

   Baltimore 
  in 
  tow 
  of 
  the 
  steamer 
  " 
  Ewing," 
  of 
  the 
  Revenue 
  

   Service, 
  Capt. 
  Fengar, 
  commanding, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  ordered 
  

   by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Treasury 
  to 
  take 
  them 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Nor- 
  

  

  