BULLETIN OF TIIE UNITED STATES FISII COMMISSION. 365 

 Distribution of the minnows. 



Wkitefish, 2,700,000, placed mostly in the Great Lakes, for United 

 States Fish Commission. 



Brook trout, 40,000 sold to private parties ; 5,000 retained in ponds. 



California salmon, 900,000 planted in the tributaries of the Mississippi 

 and Ohio Eivers on account of United States Fish Commission. 



During the season fifteen girls were employed for sixty days at 75 

 cents per day, and three men for six months at $50 per month. The 

 whitefisk -eggs were supplied on contract at $1 per thousand. The 

 California salmon were sent here from the McCloud Eiver, California, 

 in an advanced stage of development, to be hatched and retained in 

 tan^s until time for distribution, and for this work tke ckarge was 50 

 cents per thousand. 



In tke spring of 1876 Mr. Fred. Matker turned over to tke establish- 

 ment about 2,000 eggs of grayling, taken from fisk caugkt in tke An 

 Sable Eiver, [Northern Michigan. Only a small percentage were hatched, 

 and the minnows were retained in the ponds of the hatchery, together 

 with about 150 yearlings brought from the same river. 



Seasqn of 1876-'77. 



Eggs placed in hatching boxes: 



Whiteflsh 1, 250, 000 



Brook trout 50,000 



California salmon 500, 000 



Disposal of eggs. 



Whiteflsh, 500,000 shipped to California on account of United States 

 Fish Commission; 50,000 skipped to Germany on account of United 

 States Fish Commission; 500,000 sold to private parties. 



California salmon, 450,000 hatched and planted in rivers in Ohio, In- 

 diana, and Illinois, on account of United States Fish Commission. 



The whiteflsh eggs were sold at 50 cents per thousand; California sal- 

 mon were received from the McCloud Eiver, California, as in the previous 

 year, and a charge of 50 cents per thousand made for their subsequent 

 treatment. The whiteflsh eggs shipped to California per express, a dis- 

 tance of 2,200 miles, arrived in good condition; those to Germany in 

 rather poor condition. 



Season of lS77- ? 78. 



Eggs placed in hatching boxes: 



Whiteflsh 1,500,000 



Brook trout 50, 000 



Land-locked salmon from Maine 10, 000 



