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  be 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  Census 
  Bureau 
  in 
  preparing 
  statistics, 
  &c., 
  

   for 
  1880. 
  If, 
  however, 
  the 
  items 
  obtained 
  from 
  this 
  source 
  are 
  

   not 
  satisfactory 
  and 
  complete 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Marj^land, 
  we 
  

   will 
  issue 
  during 
  the 
  ensuing 
  season 
  another 
  series 
  of 
  ques- 
  

   tions 
  calculated, 
  we 
  trust, 
  to 
  elicit 
  all 
  necessary 
  information. 
  

   The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  questions, 
  as 
  above 
  stated, 
  by 
  Col. 
  

   Hughlett 
  : 
  

  

  Questions. 
  

  

  1. 
  Have 
  you 
  ever 
  engaged 
  in 
  fishing 
  for 
  a 
  livelihood, 
  and 
  if 
  

   so, 
  for 
  how 
  many 
  years 
  ? 
  

  

  2. 
  In 
  what 
  watei's 
  do 
  you 
  usually 
  fish 
  ? 
  

  

  3. 
  Have 
  you 
  ever 
  studied 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  fish 
  ? 
  

  

  4. 
  "When 
  do 
  shad 
  spawn 
  in 
  your 
  waters, 
  and 
  are 
  they 
  more 
  

   abundant 
  before 
  or 
  after 
  the 
  spawning 
  period 
  ? 
  

  

  5. 
  Do 
  you 
  keep 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  offish 
  you 
  catch 
  

   during 
  the 
  season, 
  of 
  the 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  

   range 
  of 
  the 
  winds 
  ? 
  

  

  6- 
  How 
  does 
  the 
  shad-fishing 
  of 
  this 
  season 
  compare 
  with 
  

   that 
  of 
  last 
  year, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years? 
  Please 
  state 
  

   what 
  you 
  consider 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  increase 
  or 
  the 
  decrease, 
  as 
  

   the 
  case 
  may 
  be. 
  

  

  7. 
  "What 
  kinds 
  of 
  fish 
  do 
  you 
  catch 
  in 
  your 
  river, 
  and 
  in 
  

   what 
  proportions 
  ? 
  What 
  fish 
  do 
  you 
  consider 
  best 
  adapted 
  

   to 
  your 
  waters 
  ? 
  

  

  8. 
  Have 
  you 
  kept 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  or 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   fish 
  you 
  have 
  sold 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  past 
  ? 
  If 
  so, 
  please 
  state 
  

   the 
  proportions 
  of 
  rock, 
  of 
  shad, 
  of 
  herring, 
  of 
  taylors, 
  of 
  

   perch, 
  and 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  fish, 
  and 
  the 
  ruling 
  price 
  of 
  each 
  kind 
  

   on 
  the 
  shore. 
  

  

  9. 
  Have 
  you 
  ever 
  caught 
  a 
  ripe 
  female 
  rock 
  ? 
  

  

  10. 
  "Which 
  sex 
  of 
  the 
  rock 
  predominates, 
  and 
  in 
  what 
  

   ratio 
  ? 
  

  

  11. 
  What 
  are 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  you 
  ever 
  

   caught, 
  and 
  can 
  you 
  tell 
  the 
  average 
  growth 
  per 
  year 
  ? 
  

  

  12. 
  Do 
  the 
  sexes 
  difier 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  shape, 
  size 
  and 
  rate 
  of 
  

   growth 
  ? 
  

  

  13. 
  Do 
  you 
  consider 
  the 
  rock 
  too 
  destructive 
  to 
  other 
  varie- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  fish 
  to 
  justify 
  its 
  artificial 
  propagation. 
  

  

  