100 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Table III . — Record of the shad-hatching operations conducted at Battery Station, Maryland, 
from April 26 to June 3, 1887, by William de C. Ravenel. 
Eggs ob- 
tained. 
Loss. 
Fish 
hatched. 
Fish de- 
posited in 
local 
waters. 
Fish de- 
posited in 
other 
waters. 
Eggs. 
Fish. 
241, 000 
336, 000 
150, 000 
660, 000 
792, 000 
2; 453, 000 
1, 531, 000 
2, 098, 000 
3, 763, 000 
4, 095, 000 
4, 302, 000 
821, 000 
2, 362, 000 
955, 000 
3, 876, 000 
2, 115, 000 
2, 552, 000 
2, 883, 000 
2, 302, 000 
1, 882, 000 
2, 743, 000 
3, 145, 000 
2, 278, 000 
3, 893, 000 
1, 594, 000 
744, 000 
1, 877, 000 
502. 000 
840, 000 
997. 000 
822. 000 
653, 000 
272, 000 
190, 000 
150, 000 
500, 000 
229, 000 
229, 000 
500, 000 
1, 500, 000 
1, 078, 000 
2, 568, 000 
2, 000, 000 
2, 717, 000 
2, 648, 000 
2, 000, 000 
927, 000 
1. 538. 000 
2. 497. 000 
1, 034, 000 
1, 539, 000 
3, 010, 000 
3, 199, 000 
3, 481, 000 
2, 000, 000 
1, 700, 000 
2, 857, ©00 
1, 297, 000 
485, 000 
1, 285, 000 
385, 000 
500, 000 
24, 000 
176, 000 
500, 000 
50, 000 
2, 500, 000 
2, 500, 000 
2, 360, 000 
2, 160, 000 
2, 360, 000 
2, 160, 000 
560, 000 
1, 973, 000 
300, 000 
700, 000 
1, 800, 000 
1, 924, 000 
50, 000 
420, 000 
28, 000 
500, 000 
1, 573, 000 
1, 991,000 
1, 518, 000 
557, 000 
1, 576, 000 
89, 000 
2, 292, 000 
997, 000 
4 70, 000 
150, 000 
1, 900, 000 
1, 800, 000 
300, 000 
300, 000 
300, 000 
1, 400, 000 
385, 000 
700, 000 
1, 538, 000 
38, 000 
1, 500, 000 
60, 569, 000 
778, 000 
42, 712, 000 
11, 850, 000 
29, 882, 000 
Date. 
Day of week. 
Day of 
month. 
Tuesday — 
Wednesday 
Thursday ... 
Friday 
Saturday 
Sunday 
Monday 
Tuesday 
Wednesday . 
Thursday . . . 
Friday 
Saturday — 
Sunday 
Monday 
Tuesday 
Wednesday . 
Thursday... 
Friday 
Saturday . . . 
Sunday 
Monday 
Tuesday — 
Wednesday. 
Thursday I . . 
Friday 
Saturday — 
Sunday 
Monday 
Tuesday 
Wednesday . 
Thursday . . . 
Friday 
Saturday — 
Sunday 
Monday 
Tuesday — 
Wednesday. 
Thursday . . . 
Friday 
Apr. 26 
Apr. 27 
Apr. 28 
Apr. 
Apr. 
May 
May- 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May- 
May 
May 9 
May 10 
May 11 
May 12 
May 13 
May 14 
May 15 
May 16 
May 17 
May 18 
May 19 
May 20 
May 21 
May 22 
May 23 
May 24 
May 25 
May 26 
May 27 
May 28 
May 29 
May 30 
May 31 
June 1 
June 2 
June 3 
Total 
In addition to the fish delivered as reported above, 918,000 eggs were delivered to car No. 3, May 30. 
for hatching and movement to Kentucky. 
