BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 395 



iJ6.-REPORT OiV DISTBIBLTTION OF FISH AIVO EGOS FROM rVOBTH- 

 VILLE A.'VD AL.PEXA STATIONS FOR SEASOX OF lSS5-'86. 



By FRANK N. CLARK. 



The followiug tables aud statements contaiu some details regarding 

 the distribution of eggs aud fry from these stations which are not in- 

 cluded in the report of operations at Northville and Alpena in the Fish 

 Commission Report for 1885, beginning at page 121. 



Whitefish [Coregonus clupeiformis). 

 Shipments of whitefisli eggs from Xorthville Station, season of 1885-'86. 



Date. 



1885-'S6. 

 Xov. 20— Jan. 8. 



Dec. 21... 

 Dec. 21... 



Jan. 1 



Jan. 1 



Jan. 5, 23. 

 Jan. 5, 20. 



Jan. 5 



Jan.ll 



Jan. 18— Feb. 4 



Feb. 5. 

 Mar. 6 



Destination. 



Hatchery of Pennsylvania Fish 

 Commission. 



E. B. Hodge, for New Hampshire 

 Fish Commission. 



otto Gramm, for Wyoming Fish 

 Commission. 



Central Station, United States Fish 

 Commission. 



Druid HillHatchery, Maryland Fish 

 Commission. 



"W. Oldham Chambers, for National 

 Fislx Culture Association. 



Herr von Behr, for Deutsche Fisch- 

 erei-Verein 



Swiss Government 



E.G. Sliortlidge, for private hatchery 



K. O. Sweeny, for Minnesota Fish 

 Commission. 



Sir Julius Vogel, care of C. R. Buck- 

 land, San Francisco. 



Herr von Behr, care of E. G. Black- 

 ford, New York. 



Total . 



Address. 



Erie, Pa 



Plymouth, N.H 



Laramie City, "Wyo 

 Washington, D. C . - 

 Baltimore, Md 



South Kensington, London, 



England. 

 Geestemiinde, Germany . . 



Berne, Switzerland 

 Wilmington, Del... 

 Saint Paul, Minn . . . 



Wellington, New Zealand. 

 Geestemiinde, Germany . . 



Ship- 

 ments. 



No. of eggs. 



24 



*16, 500, 000 



tSOO, 000 



:500, 000 



f2, 000, 000 



toOO 000 



§2, 000, 000 



§2, 000, 000 



§1, 000, 000 



11800,000 



tl5, 000, 000 



1, 000, 000 



tl, 000, 000 



42, 800, 000 



* Reached destination in good condition ; hatched with moderate loss, so that 14,625,000 were planted 

 in Lake Erie between March 12 and 31. 



t Reached destinatioa in good condition. 



JReachecl destination in good condition ; hatched with loss of 10 per cent ; planted 400,000 in Wyo- 

 ming lakes, aud retained 50,000 at hatchery. 



^Reached Cold Spring Harbor in good condition, and were reshipped by Fred Mather. 



II Reached destination in good condition ; hatched with loss of 3 per cent eggs and 500 fry; planted 

 775,300 in rivers aud bay of Delaware. 



Summary of fry from Northville and Alpena planted in the Great Lalces, spring o/ 1886. 



Lake Huron 30,000,000 



Lake Michigan 29,000,000 



Lake Erie. -^ 15,000,000 



Lake Ontario 12,000,000 



Lake Superior 6,000,000 



Total *92,000,000 



* About 5 per cent were lost in transit ; really about 87, 000, 000 live fry were planted. 



