﻿LXX 
  

  

  The 
  Carp 
  were 
  immediately 
  assorted, 
  the 
  larger 
  ones 
  

   being 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  ponds, 
  while 
  those 
  four 
  or 
  live 
  

   months 
  old 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  tanks 
  at 
  the 
  hatching 
  house 
  

   for 
  distribution. 
  Of 
  the 
  latter 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  we 
  had 
  

   available 
  for 
  issue 
  twenty-live 
  thousand 
  seven 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  eighty-live 
  (25,785) 
  Scale 
  Carp 
  ; 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  sixty 
  (1860) 
  Leather 
  Carp, 
  and 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  twenty-live 
  (1825) 
  Mirror 
  Ca^'p, 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  increase 
  

   d"ver 
  the 
  crop 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  The 
  distribution 
  

   was 
  at»once 
  commenced 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  continued 
  up 
  to 
  

   the 
  j)resent 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  lish 
  given 
  to 
  any 
  one 
  

   person 
  in 
  1879 
  was 
  limited 
  to 
  ten 
  pairs, 
  but 
  the 
  

   greater 
  success 
  which 
  had 
  attended 
  oui- 
  efforts 
  at 
  propa- 
  

   gation 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  188(>, 
  enabled 
  me 
  to 
  in- 
  

   crease 
  the 
  allotment 
  for 
  that 
  year 
  to 
  twenty-live 
  pairs 
  to 
  

   each 
  person 
  who 
  applied 
  for 
  them 
  at 
  the 
  hatching 
  house, 
  

   while 
  a 
  very 
  favorable 
  arrangement 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  ''B. 
  

   & 
  O." 
  and 
  "Adams'' 
  Express 
  Companies 
  enabled 
  me 
  to 
  

   transport 
  the 
  lish 
  at 
  small 
  cost, 
  and 
  thus 
  to 
  distribute 
  

   twenty 
  pairs 
  each 
  to 
  many 
  persons 
  living 
  at 
  a 
  distance, 
  

   who 
  desired 
  the 
  lish, 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  conveniently 
  call 
  for 
  

   them. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  letter 
  was 
  mailed, 
  x>i'ior 
  to 
  the 
  distribu- 
  

   tion, 
  to 
  many 
  prominent 
  citizens 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  ; 
  

   and 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  directed 
  to 
  the 
  subject 
  in 
  

   various 
  other 
  ways 
  : 
  

  

  Makyland 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  

   1827 
  '^M" 
  St., 
  Wash., 
  D. 
  C, 
  Nov. 
  1, 
  1880. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  propagation 
  of 
  the 
  imported 
  "Carp"" 
  at 
  the 
  breed- 
  

   ing 
  ponds 
  in 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  Park 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  

   successful 
  this 
  seaaon 
  that 
  I 
  hope 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  

   very 
  large 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  most 
  valuable 
  lish 
  to 
  those 
  

   persons 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  who 
  desire 
  to 
  cultivate 
  them, 
  and 
  I 
  

   have 
  made 
  arrangements 
  with 
  the 
  ''Adams" 
  and 
  "Balti- 
  

   more 
  and 
  Ohio'' 
  Express 
  Companies 
  which 
  Avill 
  enable 
  

  

  