XXVI REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



New York fish commissiou at Cold Spring Harbor, LoDg Island. This 

 place is in convenient proximity to New York, and conseqnently enjoys 

 excellent facilities for transportation and distribution. It is in charge 

 of Mr. Fred Mather, who carries on simultaneously work for the State 

 of New York and for the United States. Large numbers of salmon and 

 other species have been successfully hatched out at this station and dis- 

 tributed to New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. 



Experiments will be made during the winter in the propagation of 

 cod and tomcod at the Cold Spring Harbor station. 



C— Propagation of Shad. 



12. Havre de Graee, Md. — The work connected with the propagation of 

 shad in their breeding grounds in the Susquehanna Eiver, previously 

 carried on by barges anchored in Spesutie Narrows, has been transferred 

 to an artificial island known as Battery Island, which is a few miles 

 below the railroad bridge at Havre de Grace. The facilities already 

 established at this station were extended during the year, with the ex- 

 pectation of their yielding large results. 



13. Central Station^ WasKington, B. C. — This station, established in the 

 old Armory building, now constitutes an important point for hatching 

 shad, herring, salmon, whitefish, and several other fish, and for their 

 distribution by cars to distant parts of the country. 



14. Fort Washington, Md. — This point was occupied this year for the 

 first time, by permission of the War Department, and placed in charge 

 of Lieut. W. C. Babcock, U. S. N. 



D. — Pkopagation of Cakp. , 



15. Monument Reservation, Washington.— This, is the principal station 

 for the production of carp. The varieties cultivated are the leather 

 and mirror carp. Goldfish ( Gyprinus auratus), golden ides, and tench are 

 also raised in considerable numbers. 



16. Washington Arsenal grounds.— Cnltiya,tion at this station is con- 

 fined to the scale carp. 



Fuller details in regard to the work and results of all these stations 

 will be found under the head of the specific work for which they are 

 maintained. 



3. — NEW HATCHING STATIONS ASKED FOR. 



1. On the Golumhia Eiver.— On January 18, 1883, Hon. J. H. Slater, 

 United States Senator from Oregon, transmitted the following com- 

 munication from the Astoria Chamber of Commerce, asking for the es- 

 tablishment of a salmon hatchery on the Columbia Eiver or on one of 



its tributaries : 



Astoria, Oreg., December 29, 1882. 

 Dear Sir : The Astoria Chamber of Commerce would respectfully ask for the estab- 

 lishment of a salmon hatchery by the General Government .on the Columbia River 

 or its tributaries. 



