XXIV REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



supplied to three applicants in the State, 200 to streams in Bath County, 

 Virginia, and 50 forwarded to Central Station, Washington, District of 

 Columbia. 



Red-eye Perch. 



Such distribution of this species as has been made up to this time 

 has also been the result of collections from streams convenient to the 

 station. The total number collected the present year, was G,G28; 3,523 

 of these were retained at the station, 580 supplied to five applicants for 

 ponds in Virginia, 400 planted in the headwaters of the Shenandoah 

 River, Virginia, 600 in streams in Bath County, Virginia, and 1,525 for- 

 warded to Central Station, Washington, District of Columbia, for dis- 

 tribution. 



Lake Trout. 



Twenty thousand fry of this species were received on April G, 1888, 

 from Central Station, Washington, District of Columbia. In this lot 

 there was a loss of 7,873, leaving 12,127 healthy fry, which were re- 

 leased in rearing ponds at the station. 



Brown Trout. 



On March 23, 1888, there was received from Cold Spring Harbor, 

 New York, a lot of 15,263 eggs of the brown trout, from which not very 

 satisfactory results were obtained. The total number of fry produced 

 was 14,394, there being a loss in incubation of only 869 eggs. There 

 w r as, however, heavy mortality in the fry, which proved a total loss. 



Land-locked Salmon. 



One lot of 20,000 eggs of this fish was received on March 1, 1888, 

 from Grand Lake Stream, Maine. The loss of eggs during incubatiou 

 and the subsequent loss of fry reduced the number to 11,400 fish, which 

 were deposited in the headwaters of the Shenandoah River, Virginia, 

 May 16, 1888. 



German Carp. 



The total production of this fish at the station was about 600,000. 

 There were also received from the carp ponds, Washington, District of 

 Columbia, during the summer of 1888, 440,000 fry, which were released 

 in rearing ponds. Not very favorable results, however, have been ob- 

 tained the present year in the attempt to hold and rear this species at 

 the station. During the fall and winter of 1887 4,024 six-months-old 

 carp were furnished to eighty-one applicants and 733 two year-olds to 

 thirty-eight applicants in Virginia and Tennessee, and 500 planted in 

 streams in Augusta County, Virginia. 



Gold Fish. 



The total production of this species for the year was 10,000, which 

 were released in rearing ponds at the station. During the fall of 1887 

 388 gold fish were furnished to seventy-eight applicants in Virginia, 

 Maryland, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, 

 Georgia, and Texas. 



