﻿XXXII 
  

  

  Tlie 
  " 
  Lookout 
  " 
  having 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  Potomac 
  Iliver 
  

   the 
  iisli 
  surviving 
  from 
  the 
  lot 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  eggs 
  taken 
  "from 
  the 
  

   Albemarle 
  Sound 
  Hatching 
  Station 
  on 
  the 
  2d, 
  proceeded 
  to 
  

   Havre-de-Grace, 
  reaching 
  there 
  on 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  the 
  Gth. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  Maryland 
  Commissioners 
  having 
  been 
  appointed 
  

   by 
  the 
  President 
  Commissioner 
  to 
  the 
  Paris 
  Exposition, 
  with 
  

   instructions 
  to 
  examine 
  and 
  report 
  on 
  fish 
  culture, 
  the 
  conduct 
  

   of 
  the 
  shad 
  hatching 
  was 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  Prof. 
  James 
  W. 
  Milner, 
  

   Deputy 
  United 
  States 
  Commissioner, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  associ- 
  

   ated 
  with 
  us 
  on 
  Albemarle 
  Sound, 
  during 
  the 
  previous 
  season, 
  

   and 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  bay, 
  he 
  having 
  had 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  distribution. 
  Prof. 
  Milner 
  having 
  kindly 
  consented 
  

   to 
  take 
  cliage 
  of 
  the 
  hatching 
  department, 
  we 
  felt 
  satisfied 
  

   that 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  Maryland 
  would 
  l)e 
  pushed 
  forward 
  with 
  

   vigor 
  and 
  intelligence. 
  

  

  The 
  season 
  was 
  exceedingly 
  backward, 
  as 
  the 
  spring 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  unusually 
  cold. 
  A 
  few 
  eggs, 
  however, 
  were 
  secured 
  

   on 
  the 
  7th 
  of 
  May. 
  On 
  the 
  15th 
  day 
  of 
  May 
  the 
  " 
  Lookout" 
  

   M'as 
  dispatched 
  to 
  attend 
  the 
  fisheries 
  on 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River, 
  

   having 
  on 
  board 
  a 
  crew 
  of 
  experts 
  in 
  shad 
  hatching. 
  A 
  state- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  operations 
  conducted 
  on 
  the 
  Potomac 
  will 
  be 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  table. 
  

  

  