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OPERATIONS AT CENTRAL STATION. 



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Table V. — Daily record of the receipts of herring at the Wd'^hivgton finh wharves for the 



season of 1883. 



Table VI. 



-Statistical summary of the shad and herring fisheries of the Potomac Eiv»r for 

 the season of 1883. 



Shad. 



Herring;. 



Landed at Washington 



Landed at Alexandria, Va 



Landed at Georgetown 



Shipped from Glymont, Md 



Shipped from Piney Point, Md. 



Shipped from Kinsale, Va 



Shipped from Cone Riyer 



Sold on the different shores 



257, 687 



81, 429 



2,200 



14, 250 



4,100 

 3,450 

 16, 700 



4, 914, 261 



2, 331,00» 



360, UOU 



""'78,000 

 24,000 

 32, 000 



1, 250, 009 



Total . 



379, 816 



8, 989, 261 



It will be seen from this summary that the herring product is about 

 the same as that for 1882 ; probably a little in excess of that year. The 

 shad figures indicate a decrease of 70,000 as compared with last year. 



SHIPMENT OF SHAD EGGS BY EXPRESS. 



The possibility of shipping shad eggs collected from the fishing 

 shores to Central Station at Washington by what is known as the "dry 

 method" was experimentally demonstrated in the latter part of the 

 season of 1881. This method was generally adopted for the season of 

 1882, and has been continued with the best results during the season of 

 1883. 



The transportation of eggs from the fishing shores to Washington 

 being by boat, and in charge of a messenger, the eggs were in great 

 measure guarded from rough handling or jarring during transporta- 

 tion, but the satisfactory results obtained in our work on the Potomac 

 gave no positive assurance that we could adopt the same methods with 

 like satisfaction in making shipments of shad eggs by express. 



