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$10,000 be appropriated for the jiurpose of developing the fisheries of 

 Washington Territory, and that said amount of $10,000 be expended 

 by and under the direction of the United States Fish Commission in 

 introducing the best varieties of food-fishes, lobsters, and oysters into 

 the waters of this Territory wherever, in the judgment of said Fish Com- 

 mission, they may best be placed to proj^agate, and also to develop the 

 marine food products already existing and native to these waters. 



Salmon, lake trout, and brown trout at Glens Falls.— On 

 April 28, 1880, the fry of 30,000 lake trout, 20,000 Penobscot salmon, 

 and 8,000 brown or European trout reached Glens Falls, S". Y., from the 

 Cold Spring Harbor station. These fry were from ^ to 1^ inches in 

 length, and had made the journey with very slight loss. The lake trout 

 were planted in Lake George, being the first of this kind brought to this 

 locality, at a place called the " Calf-pen," opposite Dome Island, where 

 there is the deepest water of the lake. The brown trout fry came from 

 spawn presented to Mr. E. G. Blackford and Mr. Fred Mather by 

 the German Fishery Association, and are the first of their species 

 planted in this vicinity, being put in the Clendon Brook. This species 

 is common in suitable European trout-streams, where it has attained 

 the weight of 16 pounds. It is said to grow faster and be more hardy 

 than our native trout. The salmon also were planted in the Clendon 

 Brook, from which it is hoped they will stock the Hudson Eiver. This 

 is the third consignment of salmon to the Clendon Brook in three con- 

 secutive years, and makes about 140,000 of this fish that have been 

 planted there ; and it is hoped that some of the earlier plantings will 

 return this year for the purpose of spawning. [From the Glens Falls 

 Eepublican, May 4, 1884.] 



Increase of California trout. — The increase of so-called Cali- 

 fornia trout, which are in reality the rainbow trout, has been immense. 

 There are now 7,000 in the preserves, all from the 500 eggs presented to 

 the South Side Sportsmen's Club by Professor Baird six years ago. The 

 club has just sold 1,000 1-pound fish of this variety to Mr. Pierre Loril- 

 lard for the the stocking of Tuxedo Lake. The fish law admits of the 

 rainbow trout being taken in this State between the 1st of September 

 and the 1st of May. They are now for the first time about to be placed 

 on the market by Fish Commissioner Blackford, who has arranged with 

 the club for a supply. The fish weigh from 8 ounces to 2 j)ounds each, 

 and will be served by Delmonico and the Hoflman House on Monday. 

 It costs the club $1,800 a year to feed its trout. They are fed on livers 

 from Senator McPherson's abattoir in Jersey City. [From the ISIew 

 York Sun, December 19, 1885.] 



EAINBOW trout, eels, and HATCHING OF CARP. — Mr. J, S. Tut- 

 tle, writing from Niles, Mich., June 4, 188G, says: 



This spring I made my first attempt at taking the eggs of the rain- 

 bow trout, which hatched for me in about thirty days. The small 

 streams in this part of the State (southwestern corner, near Lake Mich- 

 igan) are being well stocked with trout. 



