BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 105 
34*— REPORT OF SHAD DISTRIBUTION FOR 1887. 
By MARSHALL MCDONALD. 
The number of shad produced for distribution the present season was 
unprecedented, and the season of active work being restricted to a com- 
paratively short period, the capabilities both of the stations for produc- 
tion and of the means of distribution were taxed beyond their present 
capacity. To relieve the glut of eggs at Battery Station and Central 
Station shipments of eggs on trays were made both to the Cold Spring 
Harbor Station and to the hatching station of the Delaware State com- 
mission at Wilmington, an aggregate of 10,718,000 eggs during the 
season being forwarded to these stations. Further relief was obtained 
by recourse to the hatching arrangements aboard of car No. 3. The 
hatching en route proved uniformly successful and enabled us to triple 
the capacity of the car for the work of distribution, and at the same 
time to relieve somewhat the overcrowding of eggs at the stations. 
Summary of production and distribution of shad and sliad eggs, season of 1887. 
Fort Wash- 
ington Sta- 
tion. 
Central 
Station. 
Battery 
Station. 
Steamer 
Fish Hawk. 
Total. 
Eggs collected 
Eggs received by transfer 
Total - 
Fish deposited in local waters 
Fish shipped to other waters 
Eggs transferred to other hatcheries. 
Eggs shipped to State commissions. 
Eggs delivered to car No. 3 
Fish lost at hatchery 
Eggs lost in incubation 
Total 
Gross out-put 
Loss in transportation 
Net out-put 
59, 435, 000 
59, 435, 000 
2, 05M0(T 
57, 385, 000 
57, 385, 000 
32, 549, 000 
59, 239, 000 
*1, 330, 000 
60, 569, 000 
11, 85MOO 
29, 882, 000 
29, 334, 000 
148, 008, 000 
29, 334, 000 
U8, 9347000 
148,008, 000 
32, 834, 000 
62, 431, 000 
57, 385, 000 
59, 435, 000 
_ 2^050, 000 
8, 718, 000 
3, 469, 000 
J12, 649, 000 
57, 385, 000 
44, 736, 000 
1, 138, 000 
918, 000 
778, 000 
17, 141, 000 
60, 569, 000 
42, 650, 000 
807, 000 
*1,330, 000 
2, 000, 000 
7, 070, 000 
29, 334, 000 
20, 934, 000 
10, 718, 000 
4, 387, 000 
778, 000 
36, 860, 000 
148, 008, 000 
110, 370, 000 
1,945, 000 
2, 050, 000 
43, 598, 000 
41, 843, 000 
20, 934, 000 
108, 425, 000 
‘Includes 24,000 fry. tlncludes 3,157,000 eggs. ^Includes 11,935,000 eggs lost in transportation. 
Summary by river basins of shad fry distributed during 1887. 
Fiver basin. 
Penobscot Fiver 
Kennebec Fiver . . 
Tributaries of Narragansett Bay 
Hudson Fiver and tributaries 
Tributaries of Delaware Bay 
Tributaries of Chesapeake Bay 
Tributaries of Albemarle Sound 
Tributaries of North Atlantic coast . . 
Tributaries of Gulf of Mexico 
Inland waters 
Total planted by the IJ. S. Fish 
Commission 
Shad. 
Fiver basin. 
922, 000 
. 1, 047, 000 
. 1, 275, 000 
2, 185, 000 
5, 099, 000 
70, 199, 000 
5, 322, 000 
3, 596, 000 
7, 048, 000 
1, 014, 000 
Shipped to Cold Spring Harbor to 
be hatched and turned into Hud- 
son and tributaries 
Shipped to Wilmington, Del., to be 
hatched and turned into tribu- 
taries of Delaware Bay 
Total 
97,707,000 
Shad. 
6, 644, 000 
4, 074, 000 
108, 425, 000 
