EEPOKT OF THE GOMMISSIONEE OF FISHEEIES. 7 



Statement of miles of free transportation frirnished by varions railroads during the year 



i.^O^— Continued.' 



Name of railroad. 



Portland and Rumford Falls 



Rio Grande Southern 



Rio Grande Western 



Rumford Falls and Rangeley 

 Lake 



Rutland 



St. Johnsbury and Lake Cham- 

 plain 



St. Louis and San Franci.sco 



St. Louis Southwestern 



San Antonio and Aransas Pass . . 



Cars. 



376 



Messen- 

 gers. 



1,309 



184 

 743 



864 



3,884 



709 



758 



Name of railroad. 



Sandy River 



Somerset 



Southern Kansas r.. 



Southern Pacific 



Texas and New Orleans 



Texas and Pacific 



Vandalia 



Wabash 



Washington County 



Total. 



Cars. 



1,063 

 254 



204 

 15, 193 



Messen- 

 gers. 



82 



164 



260 



1,840 



267 

 5, 452 



1,592 

 98, 957 



KELATIONS AVITH THE STATES. 



The Bureau maintains close relations with the fishery authorities of 

 the states, and cooperates with them to the fullest extent in the pro- 

 motion of local fishery interests. This cooperation is of mutual bene- 

 fit, and the results are often much greater than w^ould be possible were 

 the government and the states to pursue independent courses. The 

 Bureau is pleased to defer to the state ofiicers in all matters afi'ecting 

 local conditions, and does not take any part in state fishery legislation. 



Donations of eggs and fish have been made to the fish commissions 

 of 18 states, under whose direction the eggs were hatched and the fry 

 distributed. The allotments to the states, as shown in detail in the 

 table, aggregated more than 244,000,000, representing 13 species of 

 food fishes. 



Allotments of eggs andfxli to lite state fish co)nmissions in 1904. 



