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and the extent to which the Commission by satisfying 

 that demand has enabled the people of the State to enter 

 upon the important work of cultivating this valuable 

 fish, may be ascertained in part by a perusal of the fol- 

 lowing tables, which show only the distribution made 

 under my immediate direction, a large additional num- 

 ber having been turned over to my colleague, Col. Hugli- 

 lett, for distribution in his neighborhood and 

 not being included in this statement. As the supply of 

 Leather Carp was considerably smaller than that of the 

 Scale Carp, I secured from the U. S. Commission a num- 

 ber of the first named variety ; and sixteen hundred 

 (1600) of these, as well as two thousand Scale 

 Carp from the ponds at Druid Hill Park, were turned 

 over to Col. Hughlett to supply the wants of those who 

 had applied directly to him : 



