56 FISH CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 
CV. 1878—IJntroduction of Soles into the United States—-On the 6th 
of January, 1878, Mr. Mather, who had been sent to England by the 
U.S. Fish Commission for the purpose of procuring a supply of soles, 
deposited two soles on Stelwagen Bank in Cape Cod Bay. [Rep. U. 
Slt. Go Vj Dud, )96G3] 
CVI. 1878—Captures of Planted Shad in California Révers——In the 
year 1878 over a thousand shad were caught in the Sacramento River, 
being fish planted in 1871 by Seth Green for the California Fish Com- 
mission, or of others sent in subsequent years by the U. S. Fish Com- 
mission... |Report) U.S..F.,€;, V1.5, p. xxxvii:| 
CVII. 1878—Cafpture of Planted Shad in the Ohio and Mississippi 
Rivers and the Rivers of Alabama.—In the spring of 1878 several hun- 
dred shad, doubtless from those planted in 1872, were taken in Ohio 
River at Lowville. These were derived from a deposit of 30,000 made 
by Seth Green in the Allegheny River, and by Wm. Clift at Salam- 
anca, N: Y., in 1872, in behalf of and at the expense of the U. S. Fish 
Com. Others taken at Madison, Ind.; Mt. Carmel, IIll.; Steubenville, 
Ohio; Nashville, Tenn. Shad were taken also in the Coosa River, 
Ala. [Report U..SiF, ©..V1., p: xxxvil-ixe 
CVIII. 1878— The Successful Propagation of Cod—In the fall of 1878 
an experiment of propagating codfish was carried on by the U. S. Fish 
Com. at Gloucester, under the supervision of Mr. J. W. Milner and 
Capt. H. C. Chester. About 9,250,000 eggs were obtained, and about 
1,500,000 were hatched out and turned into the narbor, where in the 
subsequent years young cod have been unusually numerous. [Rep. 
Bs... C., VI. paxvien) py 7457) 
CIX. 1878—ELstableshment of the Tennessee Fish Commisston—In Feb- 
ruary, 1878, Gov. Porter appointed three fish commissioners for the 
State. They were: W. W. McDowell, of Memphis; Geo. F. Akers, of 
Nashville, and W. T. Turley, of Knoxville. No money had been ap- 
propriated, and the Commissioners have done some work at their own 
personal expense. 
CX. 1878—Establishment of the Utah Fish. Commisston—The Utah 
Fish Commission was created by Act of the Legislature, February 22, 
1878. Albert P. Rockwood was appointed commissioner. No money 
had been appropriated up to 1880. 
CXI. 1879—Artéjfictal Propagation of the Haddock—In May, 1879, the 
eggs of the haddock were successfully fertilized and large numbers of 
young were hatched by Mr. R. E. Earll at the U. S. Fish Com. station 
in Gloucester. [Rep. U.S. F. C., VI; p. 730:] 
CXII. 1879—J/nvention of the McDonald Fishway——In August, 1878, 
Col. M. McDonald, Fish Commissioner of Virginia, devised a form of 
