﻿XXVII 
  

  

  Commissioner 
  in 
  effecting 
  a 
  Jarge 
  southern 
  distribution 
  from- 
  

   the 
  fish 
  produced 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina 
  was 
  to 
  enable 
  him 
  to 
  de- 
  

   vote 
  to 
  the 
  stocking 
  of 
  our 
  own 
  waters 
  a 
  larger 
  proportion 
  of 
  

   the 
  fish 
  obtained 
  in 
  Maryland 
  than 
  we 
  could 
  otherwise 
  have 
  

   secured. 
  We, 
  therefore, 
  very 
  readily 
  contributed 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   the 
  steamer 
  Lookout 
  and 
  the 
  apparatus 
  arranged 
  on 
  her 
  deck 
  

   (described 
  in 
  a 
  previous 
  report); 
  and 
  we 
  also 
  transferred 
  the 
  

   trained 
  men 
  Avho 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  employ 
  of 
  the 
  Maryland 
  Com- 
  

   mission, 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Commissioner 
  defraying 
  their 
  expenses 
  

   and 
  paying 
  their 
  wages 
  during 
  the 
  shad-hatching 
  season. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  equipment 
  referred 
  to 
  was 
  a 
  modification 
  of 
  that 
  

   hitherto 
  used, 
  we 
  give 
  a 
  representation 
  of 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  frontis- 
  

   piece 
  of 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  Notwithstanding 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  main 
  object 
  in 
  our 
  co- 
  

   operation 
  with 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Commissioner 
  was 
  to 
  enable 
  

   him 
  to 
  devote 
  a 
  larger 
  percentage 
  of 
  fish 
  produced 
  in 
  Mary- 
  

   land 
  waters 
  to 
  stocking 
  our 
  own 
  streams 
  than 
  would 
  other- 
  

   wise 
  have 
  been 
  possible, 
  yet 
  as 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Commission 
  

   was 
  willing 
  to 
  turn 
  over 
  to 
  us 
  what 
  fish 
  we 
  wished 
  for 
  Mary- 
  

   land 
  waters, 
  we 
  secured 
  two 
  shipments 
  of 
  about 
  300,000 
  

   each, 
  which 
  we 
  endeavored 
  to 
  transfer 
  to 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   Eastern 
  Shore 
  by 
  steamer 
  from 
  Norfolk. 
  The 
  steamer 
  Look- 
  

   out 
  being 
  fully 
  engaged 
  in 
  producing 
  the 
  fish, 
  we 
  communi- 
  

   cated 
  with 
  His 
  Excellency, 
  Governor 
  Carroll, 
  presiding 
  over 
  

   the 
  Board 
  of 
  State 
  Fishery 
  Force, 
  and 
  obtained 
  from 
  him 
  the 
  

   detail 
  of 
  the 
  steamer 
  Lelia, 
  which 
  proceeded 
  to 
  Norfolk 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose 
  of 
  transferring 
  these 
  fish, 
  arriving 
  there 
  on 
  the 
  

   0th 
  day 
  of 
  May. 
  We 
  had 
  hoped 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  

   the 
  Lelia 
  immediately 
  after 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  oyster 
  season, 
  but 
  

   from 
  some 
  cause 
  she 
  was 
  delayed 
  until 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  

   date 
  ; 
  and 
  unfortunately, 
  upon 
  the 
  very 
  day 
  of 
  her 
  arrival 
  at 
  

   Norfolk, 
  a 
  violent 
  easterly 
  storm 
  set 
  in 
  and 
  continued 
  for 
  

   nearly 
  a 
  week. 
  The 
  young 
  fish 
  placed 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Mr.. 
  

   Thomas 
  Hughlett, 
  Jr., 
  on 
  board 
  the 
  Lelia, 
  and 
  although 
  

   no 
  efibrt 
  M'as 
  spared 
  by 
  this 
  young 
  gentleman 
  to 
  keep 
  

   them 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  they 
  all 
  died 
  before 
  the 
  weather 
  

   permitted 
  the 
  steamer 
  to 
  leave 
  port. 
  It 
  afifords 
  us 
  pleas- 
  

   ure 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  testimony 
  contained 
  in 
  letters 
  received 
  

  

  