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  the 
  young 
  fish 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  McCloud 
  and 
  other 
  tributaries 
  

   of 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  River. 
  So 
  great 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  benefits 
  

   of 
  this 
  restocking 
  of 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  that 
  the 
  statistics 
  of 
  

   the 
  salmon 
  fisheries 
  on 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  

   annual 
  salmon 
  catch 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  has 
  increased 
  5,000,000 
  

   pounds 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  shad 
  stations 
  at 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  and 
  Havre 
  De 
  

   Grace, 
  Maryland, 
  have 
  been 
  recently 
  enlarged, 
  and 
  are 
  

   now 
  capable 
  of 
  holding 
  immense 
  numbers 
  of 
  eggs. 
  At 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  Washington 
  stations 
  alone 
  nearly 
  50,000,000 
  of 
  eggs 
  

   were 
  received. 
  An 
  estimate 
  of 
  those 
  for 
  the 
  other 
  stations 
  

   gives 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  over 
  70,000,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  "In 
  1877 
  the 
  German 
  carp 
  was 
  introduced 
  into 
  America 
  

   by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission. 
  These 
  were 
  placed 
  

   in 
  ponds, 
  especially 
  prepared 
  for 
  them, 
  at 
  Washington 
  and 
  

   Baltimore. 
  In 
  1880 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  fry 
  began, 
  and 
  up 
  

   to 
  January 
  1st 
  of 
  this 
  year, 
  the 
  carp 
  have 
  been 
  planted 
  in 
  

   no 
  less 
  than 
  17,860 
  localities. 
  They 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  especially 
  

   adapted 
  to 
  our 
  waters, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  localities 
  they 
  grow 
  

   with 
  surprising 
  rapidity. 
  A 
  fish, 
  4 
  inches 
  long, 
  placed 
  in 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  Texas, 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  have 
  increased 
  to 
  

   2oJ- 
  inches 
  in 
  eleven 
  months, 
  at 
  which 
  time 
  it 
  weighed 
  

   4 
  pounds 
  1 
  1 
  ounces." 
  

  

  The 
  propagation 
  work 
  has 
  increased 
  in 
  importance 
  from 
  

   year 
  to 
  year, 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  constant 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  

   amount 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  appropriation. 
  A 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  results 
  

   of 
  the 
  labours 
  of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  in 
  increasing 
  the 
  food 
  

   supply 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  annual 
  reports 
  ; 
  

   the 
  rude 
  appliances 
  of 
  fish 
  culture 
  in 
  use 
  ten 
  years 
  ago 
  have 
  

   given 
  way 
  to 
  scientifically 
  devised 
  apparatus, 
  by 
  which 
  

   millions 
  of 
  eggs 
  are 
  hatched 
  where 
  thousands 
  were, 
  and 
  the 
  

   demonstration 
  of 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  stocking 
  rivers 
  and 
  

  

  