﻿Camfc)Knia 
  Salmox\ 
  — 
  i^Sahno 
  guinnat.) 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  in 
  our 
  previous 
  reports 
  given 
  the 
  reasons 
  which- 
  

   induced 
  us 
  to 
  devote 
  ourselves 
  assiduously 
  to 
  the 
  establishment 
  

   of 
  this 
  ir.ost 
  valuable 
  iish 
  in 
  Maryland 
  waters. 
  

  

  The 
  distribution 
  of 
  lish 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  eggs 
  presented 
  

   by 
  the 
  U. 
  S, 
  Commissioner 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1878 
  was 
  not 
  com- 
  

   pleted 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  Januar}', 
  and 
  therefore 
  not 
  detailed 
  in 
  

   our 
  report 
  of 
  that 
  date. 
  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  our 
  understand- 
  

   m^ 
  with 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Commissioner, 
  we 
  sent 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  

   hatched 
  for 
  him 
  at 
  the 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  Ilatching-IIouseto 
  southern 
  

   waters. 
  These 
  transfers 
  were 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  in 
  the 
  

   employ 
  of 
  the 
  Maryland 
  Commission, 
  but 
  the 
  expenses 
  were 
  

   paid 
  by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Commission. 
  The 
  details 
  of 
  this 
  distribu- 
  

   tion 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  subsequent 
  table. 
  

  

  The 
  remaining 
  young 
  fish, 
  amounting 
  in 
  all 
  to 
  G2,236, 
  were 
  

   disposed 
  of 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  These 
  were 
  con- 
  

   siderably 
  larger 
  than 
  those 
  usually 
  sent 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  hatching- 
  

   house, 
  as 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  fed 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  time. 
  In 
  this 
  

   manner, 
  by 
  depositing 
  the 
  fish 
  not 
  only 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  um- 
  

   bilical 
  sac 
  is 
  absorbed, 
  but 
  by 
  keeping 
  and 
  feeding 
  them 
  

   some 
  time 
  before 
  they 
  are 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  stream 
  for 
  which 
  

   they 
  are 
  intended, 
  and 
  after 
  they 
  have 
  attained 
  considerable 
  

   size, 
  we 
  have 
  endeavored 
  to 
  insure 
  the 
  survival 
  of 
  a 
  sufiicient 
  

   number 
  to 
  make 
  their 
  presence 
  felt 
  wlicn 
  tliey 
  returned 
  as 
  

   adults 
  from 
  the 
  sea. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  distribution 
  of 
  California 
  salmon 
  in 
  Maryland 
  

   waters 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  1879 
  amounted 
  to 
  315,236, 
  making 
  an 
  

   aggregate 
  deposit 
  of 
  2,532,140 
  young 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  rivers 
  of 
  Ma- 
  

   ryland 
  since 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  Commission. 
  Experience 
  

   has 
  shown 
  that 
  the 
  salmon 
  do 
  not 
  attain 
  their 
  growth 
  or 
  re- 
  

   turn 
  from 
  the 
  ocean 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  spawning 
  before 
  the 
  

   fourtli 
  or 
  fifth 
  year. 
  AVe 
  have 
  therefore 
  not 
  looked 
  for 
  any 
  

   results 
  from 
  these 
  deposits 
  up 
  to 
  this 
  time, 
  but 
  we 
  should 
  com- 
  

   mence 
  to 
  re(;eive 
  the 
  benefits 
  of 
  their 
  return 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  

   the 
  next 
  year 
  or 
  so. 
  Should 
  these 
  experiments 
  prove 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  this 
  fish, 
  which 
  enters 
  so 
  largely 
  into 
  the 
  productive 
  

   value 
  of 
  the 
  rivers 
  flowing 
  into 
  the 
  Pacific, 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  most 
  val- 
  

  

  