﻿LXXIl 
  

  

  enable 
  you 
  and 
  your 
  neighbors 
  to 
  avail 
  yourselves 
  of 
  the 
  

   advantages 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  into 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Baird. 
  Should 
  you 
  or 
  any 
  of 
  

   your 
  friends 
  desire 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  carp 
  sent, 
  please 
  address 
  

   me 
  as 
  above. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  very 
  truly 
  yours, 
  

  

  T. 
  B. 
  FERGUSON, 
  

  

  Commissioner. 
  

  

  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  arrangement 
  already 
  referred 
  

   to, 
  the 
  Superintendents 
  of 
  the 
  Express 
  Companies 
  issued 
  

   the 
  following 
  instructions 
  to 
  their 
  agents 
  : 
  

  

  SUPERINTENDENT'S 
  OFFICE, 
  

  

  Baltimore, 
  Md., 
  Nov. 
  1, 
  1880. 
  

   Agent. 
  

  

  "Several 
  shipments 
  of 
  live 
  fish 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  

   Commissioner 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  to 
  parties 
  in 
  the 
  neighbor- 
  

   hood 
  of 
  your 
  station. 
  In 
  delivering 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  consig- 
  

   nee, 
  you 
  will 
  in 
  no 
  instance 
  issue 
  the 
  vessels 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  fish 
  are 
  sent. 
  The 
  parties 
  receiving 
  the 
  fish 
  must 
  

   provide 
  vessels 
  for 
  their 
  removal 
  to 
  the 
  ponds. 
  

  

  A 
  blank 
  receipt 
  will 
  be 
  forwarded 
  with 
  each 
  shipment, 
  

   and 
  you 
  are 
  required 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  filled 
  up 
  and 
  

   signed 
  by 
  the 
  consignee, 
  and 
  return 
  the 
  receipt 
  to 
  the 
  

   Commissioner 
  of 
  Fisheries. 
  

  

  Should 
  the 
  fish 
  not 
  be 
  promptly 
  called 
  for, 
  you 
  are 
  

   requested 
  by 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  to 
  change 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  

   the 
  cans 
  once 
  or 
  twice 
  a 
  day, 
  or 
  whenever 
  the 
  fish 
  show 
  

   signs 
  of 
  distress 
  by 
  coming 
  up 
  and 
  remaining 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  

   of 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  not 
  delivered 
  within 
  5 
  days 
  after 
  their 
  

   arrival, 
  you 
  will 
  report 
  the 
  fact 
  to 
  this 
  office 
  and 
  await 
  

   instructions. 
  After 
  delivering 
  the 
  fish 
  return 
  the 
  empty 
  

   cans 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  possible 
  to 
  this 
  office, 
  regularly 
  way- 
  

   billed 
  FREE." 
  

  

  How 
  widespread 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  demand 
  for 
  the 
  Carp 
  

  

  