108 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
SHAD EGGS FROM CENTRAL STATION. 
Date. 
Consignee. 
Place of deposit. 
Number 
shipped. 
1887. 
May 6 
7 
Dr. E. G. Sbortlidge* 
Wilmington, Del 
2, 074, 000 
2, 414, 000 
2, 029, 000 
+1, 084, 000 
2, 201, 000 
Ered "Math pit* * __ 
Cold Spring Harbor, N. V 
15 
E. G. Rla,ekfnrd* . 
do 
20 
E. M. Stillwell* 
Bangor, Me.t 
21 
E. G. Ela.ekfnrd* 
Cold Spring Harbor, N. V . 
Total 
9, 802, 000 
*Delivered by car No. 3. |Of this number 162,000 eggs were lost in transit. 
tFor the Penobscot River. 
FROM STEAMER FISH HAWK. 
Date. 
Waters stocked. 
Place of deposit. 
Shad and eggs. 
1887. 
May 4 
5 
6 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
14 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
North East River 
Havre de Grace, Md. 
do 
1, 184, 000 
1, 845, 000 
713, 000 
1, 250, 000 
*3, 157, 000 
261, 000 
401, 000 
997, 000 
1, 577, 000 
1, 527, 000 
1, 054, 000 
1, 038, 000 
994, 000 
740, 000 
574, 000 
1,196, 000 
251, 000 
175, 000 
do 
do 
do 
Sassafras River 
do 
North East River 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do _ 
do 
do '. 
do 
do 
Chester River 
do 
North East River 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
0 
Total 
18, 934, 000 
*Eggs not quite ready to hatch. 
In addition to the above, 2,000,000 eggs were delivered, May 13, to the Delaware commission. 
The most important experiment looking to the acclimatization of shad 
in new rivers was made in connection with the hydrographic basin 
of Great Salt Lake. This inland sea would seem to present all the 
conditions necessary for the reproduction of the shad under natural 
conditions. The value that would arise to the inhabitants of that sec- 
tion of the country from the introduction of some anadromous species 
like the shad in their waters wai so evident, that it was determined by 
Professor Baird, the Commissioner, to test by an exhaustive experiment 
the capabilities of these waters to supply the necessary conditions. Ac- 
cordingly car NTo. 2, with 1,000,000 fry, was sent to Utah and the fish 
successfully planted. The deposit was made in the Jordan River, it 
being deemed better to concentrate all the fish in a single plant than to 
distribute them in smaller numbers to tributary streams of Utah Lake. 
It is in contemplation to repeat this work for two successive seasons. 
From the rapid increase in the volume of the work of shad distribu- 
tion it is evident that it will be necessary to increase the efficiency of 
our distributing service in order to meet the demands that will proba- 
bly be made upon it next season. This may be accomplished in two 
