REPORT. 



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To his Excellency. WILLIAM T. HAMILl'ON. 



Gomrnor of Maryland. 



The following Ileport contains only an acconnt of the 

 operations of the Maryland Commission so far as con- 

 ducted under my own supervision. Chapter 150 of the 

 laws of 1874, j^roviding for the appointment of Commis- 

 sioners of Fisheries, requires "that one of the Commis- 

 sioners shall come from the Eastern, and one from the 

 Western Shore of the State." 



It was agreed, as this law seemed to direct such a 

 course, that the details of the work of the Eastern Shore 

 should be conducted bv m v colleague, and the work in 

 the western ])ortion of the State shouhl be directed by 

 myself. 



To enable us each to carr}^ on the operations in our 

 special sections the apjjropriation for the year 1880-81 

 was equally divided between- us. 



The work of investigation, propagati(m, distribution, 

 etc., has been conducted on as an extended a scale as the 

 means at my couimand permitted. The details of these 

 operations, including a distribution of 1,500,000 shad 

 and 690 carp in waters wlK)lly within the eastern section 

 of the State, directly under my supervision, will ]>e found 

 in the following pages. 



The young tish deposited at the head of the Bay will 

 be as well for the benefit of the inhabitants of the one 

 shore as foi* the other, for, on their return from the sea, 

 they are taken by our citizens on either shore in the 

 f5ommon wjiters. 



I.XTKODl'O'l'ION. 



The yea I- 1880 has been a very important one in the 



