REPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XLI 



The Northern Pacific Raih^oad issued a free pass for Mr. Livingston 

 Stone to traverse that line during his explorations of the Columbia 

 Elver with a view of establishing a salmon hatchery. 



C. — By Foreign Steamship Companies. 



In addition to the companies that have heretofore rendered facilities, 

 Messrs. Peter Wright & Sons, general managers of the Red Star Line, 

 have offered to carry fish to Liverpool free of charge. 



D.— By Foreign Countries. 



Germany. — Several attempts were made by Herr von Behr to send 

 some of the blue carp of Germany. During January a shipment of eight 

 arrived to the care of Mr. Blackford, who forwarded them to Washing- 

 ton, but most of them died, having suffered from fungus and bruises. 

 On May 8th, five were received in good condition from the Deutsche Fisch- 

 erei - Verein, the survivors of forty which had been forwarded by Mr. 

 Busse, of Geestemiinde. 



7. — Courtesies to foreign countries. 



Nearly every year of the Fish Commission's existence eggs or fish 

 have been sent to foreign countries in response to properly authenti- 

 cated requests. Within the present year a larger number of applica- 

 tions have been made than usual. This has been caused, j)erhaps, by 

 the success which has heretofore largely attended shipments abroad. 



France. — On the 3d of January 200,000 whitefish eggs and 50,000 

 lake-trout eggs were placed on the steamer Labrador for transmission 

 to the Society of Acclimation in Paris, where they arrived in perfect 

 condition. 



On the 6th of February 20,000 brook-trout eggs from the station at 

 NorthvlUe were shipped from New York by steamer St. Laurent. Re- 

 ceipt of these in perfect condition was acknowledged by the society 

 under date of March 3. 



March 7th, 15,000 landlocked salmon eggs were forwarded by steamer 

 to the same society. These are reported to have arrived In perfect con- 

 dition March 31st. An illustration of the results of the efforts to accli- 

 matize California salmon In France will be found in the Fish Commis- 

 sion Bulletin for 1884, page 138, from which It appears that at three 

 different times salmon measuring from 25 to 30 centimeters in length 

 have been taken in the river Aube, which were no doubt results of 

 eggs sent by the U. S. Fish Commission in 1879, 1880, and 1881. 



Germany. — On Saturday, January 6th, there were forwarded by a 

 North German Lloyd steamer 25,000 brook-trout eggs, 100,000 lake- 

 trout eggs, and 500,000 whitefish eggs. These were all for the Deutsche 

 Fischerei-Verein, and were sent to the care of F. Busse, Geestemunde. 

 Under date of January 19th, Herr von Behr announced the safe arrival 

 of the whitefish eggs and the brook-trout eggs, but that, as many of 

 the lake-trout eggs hatched out on the way, only about 30 per cent of 



