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The following table shows that deposits of this fish have 
been made in almost every stream of the Eastern Shore, and 
in the principal streams of the Western Shore. The distribu- 
tion to the Eastern Shore was under the personal direction 
and supervision of Col. Thomas Hughlett, one of the Com- 
missioners of Fisheries. 
In making this distribution, on the Western Shore we trans- 
ferred 200,000 to the upper waters of the Potomac, near the 
Point of Pocks. Each season we have deposited a large 
number of them in the headwaters of this river, from Pied- 
mont down to the Falls. 
These fish will, doubtless, go down to the ocean; and upon 
returning as adult fish, for the purpose of reproduction, will 
make strenuous efforts to pass the Great Falls and other ob- 
structions in the Potomac Piver. If proper artificial means 
are provided for their ascent, we are confident that, in a few 
years, shad and other migratory fish will be found in abund- 
ance, even as far as the headwaters of this stream. We pro- 
pose to pursue, during the coming year, the same plan with 
the herring and rock, should they be hatched out in large- 
numbers. 
Two hundred thousand young shad were turned over to the 
Commissioners of Fisheries of Pennsylvania, and. by them 
placed in the upper waters of the Susquehanna. We hoped, 
by such means, to induce the fish to ascend that stream and 
thereby extend their spawning grounds — a result which would 
not only greatly benefit the people living in the country drained 
by the upper portions of the river mentioned, but would also- 
increase the number of fish captured by our own citizens in 
the vicinity of Havre de Grace. 
