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be furnished by the Census Bureau in preparing statistics, &c.«, 
for 1880. If, however, the items obtained from this source are 
not satisfactory and complete for the State of Maryland, we 
will issue during the ensuing season another series of ques- 
tions calculated, we trust, to elicit all necessary information. 
The following are the questions, as above stated, by Col. 
Hughlett : 
Questions. 
1. Have you ever engaged in fishing for a livelihood, and if 
so, for how T many years ? 
2. In what waters do you usually fish ? 
3. Have you ever studied the habits of fish ? 
4. When do shad spawn in your waters, and are they more 
abundant before or after the spawning period ? 
5. Do you keep an account of the number of fish you catch 
during the season, of the temperature of the water and of the 
range of the winds ? 
6. How does the shad-fishing of this season compare with 
that of last year, and of the past few years ? Please state 
what you consider the cause of the increase or the decrease, as. 
the case may be. 
7. What kinds of fish do you catch in your river, and in 
what proportions % What fish do you consider best adapted 
to your waters ? 
8. Have you kept an account of the number or quantity of 
fish you have sold for several years past ? If so, please state 
the proportions of rock, of shad, of herring, of taylors, of 
perch, and of any other fish, and the ruling price of each kind 
on the shore. 
9. Plave you ever caught a ripe female rock ? 
10. Which sex of the rock predominates, and in what 
ratio ? 
11. What are the size and weight of the largest you ever 
caught, and can you tell the average growth per year ? 
12. Do the sexes differ in respect to shape, size and rate of 
growth ? 
13. Do you consider the rock too destructive to other varie- 
ties of fish to justify its artificial propagation. 
