﻿LXXVII 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  33,663,911 
  fish 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  bj 
  ar- 
  

   tificial 
  means 
  to 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  Of 
  course 
  many 
  of 
  

   these 
  have 
  been 
  planted 
  as 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  experiment 
  and 
  nothing 
  

   more 
  may 
  ever 
  be 
  heard 
  of 
  them, 
  but 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  varieties 
  ex- 
  

   perimented 
  with 
  is 
  of 
  such 
  importance 
  that 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  

   a 
  success 
  would 
  warrant 
  the 
  small 
  amount 
  expended 
  on 
  these 
  

   experiments. 
  The 
  main 
  efforts 
  of 
  the 
  commission 
  have 
  been 
  

   directed 
  towards 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  the 
  salmon, 
  shad 
  and 
  Ger- 
  

   man 
  carp. 
  Of 
  the 
  last 
  two, 
  we 
  are 
  absolutely 
  certain 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  

   benefits 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  derived. 
  By 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  only 
  three 
  

   statements 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  given, 
  those 
  showing 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  shad 
  recorded, 
  as 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  seines 
  operated 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  

   of 
  the 
  Bay, 
  as 
  shipped 
  from 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace, 
  and 
  as 
  inspected 
  

   in 
  Washington, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  shad 
  alone 
  

   at 
  these 
  points, 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1879 
  over 
  the 
  year 
  previous, 
  

   amounts 
  to 
  285,874. 
  It 
  is 
  reasonable 
  to 
  infer 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  

   increase 
  has 
  taken 
  place 
  in 
  other 
  localities 
  ; 
  but 
  did 
  this 
  show 
  

   the 
  whole 
  increase, 
  and 
  if 
  we 
  value 
  the 
  shad 
  at 
  ten 
  cents 
  each, 
  

   the 
  increase 
  would 
  represent 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $28,587.40, 
  almost 
  

   three 
  times 
  the 
  annual 
  appropriation 
  for 
  fish 
  culture 
  by 
  the 
  

   State. 
  This 
  would 
  indicate 
  that 
  our 
  citizens 
  are 
  already 
  de- 
  

   riving 
  adequate 
  results, 
  even 
  if 
  the 
  labors 
  of 
  the 
  commission 
  

   were 
  limited 
  to 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  shad 
  alone. 
  As 
  we 
  have 
  

   before 
  mentioned, 
  shad 
  ascend 
  the 
  rivers 
  only 
  after 
  they 
  have 
  

   l)ecomo 
  adult 
  and 
  are 
  ready 
  to 
  spawn. 
  Therefore 
  the 
  increase 
  

   of 
  fish 
  in 
  any 
  one 
  year, 
  until 
  a 
  sulficient 
  time 
  has 
  elapsed 
  for 
  

   the 
  second 
  generation 
  from 
  those 
  hatched 
  artificially, 
  to 
  return, 
  

   is 
  to 
  be 
  credited 
  to 
  one 
  year's 
  operations 
  only, 
  as 
  the 
  increase 
  

   of 
  the 
  shad 
  in 
  79 
  is 
  most 
  likely 
  attributable 
  solely 
  to 
  the 
  re- 
  

   turn 
  of 
  those 
  propagated 
  in 
  76. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  succeeding 
  

  

  