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  Thus 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  we 
  now 
  have 
  a 
  sufficient 
  stock 
  to 
  

   supply 
  the 
  whole 
  State 
  if 
  we 
  are 
  successful 
  in 
  their 
  cultiva- 
  

   tion. 
  These 
  are 
  distributed 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Thirty-two 
  leather 
  carp 
  in 
  pond 
  No. 
  1. 
  

  

  Twenty-nine 
  golden 
  ide 
  in 
  pond 
  No. 
  2. 
  

  

  Three 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-eight 
  small 
  scale 
  carp 
  in 
  pond 
  

   No. 
  3. 
  

  

  Ninety-eight 
  adult 
  scale 
  carp 
  in 
  pond 
  No. 
  4. 
  

  

  Eight 
  mirror 
  carp 
  in 
  pond 
  No. 
  5. 
  

  

  There 
  are, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  these 
  live 
  ponds, 
  three 
  small 
  ponds 
  

   which 
  are 
  intended 
  for 
  hatching 
  and 
  caring 
  for 
  the 
  young 
  fish 
  

   when 
  they 
  are 
  propagated 
  from 
  spawn 
  taken 
  artificially. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  tlie 
  new 
  lakes, 
  the 
  original 
  

   ponds 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  carp 
  were 
  kept 
  accidently 
  overflowed 
  

   their 
  banks 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  fish 
  and 
  some 
  adults 
  made 
  

   their 
  escape; 
  these, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  have 
  gone 
  into 
  the 
  ponds 
  of 
  

   Messrs. 
  Poole 
  & 
  Hunt, 
  and 
  from 
  thence 
  into 
  Jones 
  Falls. 
  This 
  

   stream 
  has 
  no 
  doubt 
  been 
  well 
  stocked 
  by 
  this 
  accident. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  carp 
  is 
  very 
  prolific, 
  it 
  is 
  confidently 
  expected 
  that 
  

   in 
  the 
  next 
  few 
  years 
  we 
  will 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  distribute 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  

   ponds 
  suitable 
  for 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  this 
  character 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  not 
  

   adapted 
  for 
  raising 
  trout, 
  or 
  other 
  fish 
  which 
  require 
  cold, 
  pure 
  

   water, 
  and 
  an 
  abundant 
  supply 
  of 
  animal 
  food. 
  

  

  Conclusion. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly 
  will 
  not 
  convene 
  until 
  a 
  year 
  

   from 
  this 
  time, 
  we 
  will 
  reserve 
  any 
  suggestions 
  for 
  the 
  protec- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  propagation 
  of 
  food 
  fishes 
  until 
  our 
  next 
  report, 
  

   which 
  will 
  embody 
  the 
  transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  during: 
  

   the 
  year 
  1879. 
  We 
  beg 
  to 
  here 
  renew 
  our 
  thanks 
  to 
  the 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  railroad 
  and 
  steamboat 
  lines 
  for 
  their 
  continued 
  co-ope- 
  

   ration 
  and 
  great 
  services 
  rendered 
  to 
  the 
  Commission. 
  

   Respectfully 
  siibmitted, 
  

  

  T. 
  B. 
  FERGUSON, 
  

   THOMAS 
  HUGIILETT, 
  

  

  Commisiionert. 
  

  

  