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  The 
  work 
  of 
  collecting 
  the 
  eggs 
  and 
  hatching 
  them 
  out 
  was 
  

   continued 
  with 
  great 
  success 
  until 
  the 
  10th 
  of 
  June, 
  when 
  

   the 
  fisliing 
  in 
  Maryland 
  waters 
  ceases 
  by 
  limitation 
  of 
  law. 
  

   During 
  the 
  forty-live 
  days 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  work 
  was 
  conducted 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Clark, 
  tlie 
  force 
  under 
  his 
  direction 
  examined 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  shad, 
  finding 
  about 
  503 
  ripe 
  females, 
  from 
  which 
  

   they 
  secured 
  11,015,000 
  eggs. 
  Over 
  9,515,000 
  fish 
  were 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  from 
  these 
  eggs, 
  and 
  were 
  either 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  local 
  

   streams 
  or 
  shipped 
  to 
  other 
  waters. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  thirteen 
  days 
  consumed 
  in 
  similar 
  work 
  

   by 
  the 
  corps 
  on 
  machinery-barge 
  No. 
  2, 
  under 
  Mr. 
  John 
  

   S. 
  Saunders, 
  of 
  Baltimore, 
  the 
  men 
  examined 
  4,859 
  shad, 
  

   and 
  found 
  112 
  ripe 
  females. 
  From 
  these 
  fish, 
  by 
  using 
  

   the 
  milt 
  from 
  119 
  males, 
  they 
  obtained 
  1,900,000 
  eggs, 
  

   hatching 
  out 
  1,252,000 
  young 
  fish, 
  most 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  placed 
  

   in 
  local 
  waters. 
  The 
  tables 
  accompanying 
  this 
  report 
  show 
  

   in 
  detail 
  the 
  work 
  at 
  the 
  three 
  stations. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  4th 
  of 
  May 
  all 
  the 
  eggs 
  secured 
  before 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  

   the 
  fishing 
  season 
  at 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace 
  were 
  hatched 
  out, 
  

   and 
  the 
  machinery 
  and 
  equipment 
  towed 
  to 
  Baltimore 
  har- 
  

   bor 
  and 
  stored. 
  The 
  estimates 
  of 
  eggs 
  and 
  fish 
  were 
  based 
  

   on 
  the 
  supposition 
  that 
  a 
  healthy 
  ripe 
  shad 
  would 
  produce 
  

   20,000 
  eggs. 
  During 
  the 
  season 
  Mr. 
  Clark 
  studied 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   ject 
  with 
  care. 
  Having 
  counted 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  that 
  

   would 
  cover 
  a 
  square 
  inch 
  of 
  space, 
  and 
  calculating 
  there- 
  

   from 
  the 
  total 
  yield 
  of 
  several 
  good 
  fish, 
  he 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  

   average 
  would 
  be 
  nearer 
  30,000 
  than 
  20,000. 
  It 
  has, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  been 
  the 
  custom 
  with 
  the 
  Maryland 
  Commission 
  to 
  take 
  

   the 
  last-mentioned 
  number 
  as 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  calculation. 
  

  

  From 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Com- 
  

   missionern, 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  they 
  estimate 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  shad 
  on 
  

   the 
  Hudson 
  River 
  at 
  a 
  much 
  higher 
  figure. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  fish 
  produced 
  at 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace, 
  7,757,000 
  were 
  

   deposited 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Maryland. 
  

  

  