FISIlKklES, GAME AND FORESTS. II7 



brook trout fry, 247,000 brown trout fry, 10,000 rainbow trout fry, i,,^oo fingerling 

 brook trout, 3,100 yearling brook trout, 5,100 yearling rainbow trout, 300 fingerling 

 brook trout, 400 yearling brown trout, 23,000 steelhead salmon fry, 44,200,000 

 tomcod fry, 34,000,000 smelt fry, and 4,414,000 young lobsters. 



Something over 10,000 yearlings and two or three-year-old trout were sent from 

 this hatchery to Caledonia to restock the ponds at that station, and some were also 

 sent to Pleasant Valley hatchery. Over half a million brook trout eggs were also sent 

 to Caledonia and Pleasant Valley hatcheries, besides about 100,000 brown trout eggs 

 to the Beaver Kill and Adirondack hatcheries. 



The Caledonia Hatchery, the oldest in the State, is located in the town of Cale- 

 donia, Livingston county. I am often asked why more attention is paid to Caledonia 

 than to other hatcheries. The reason that this is so is that this hatchery is better 

 located than any other as to quantity and quality of water, and also for shipping 

 facilities, being within ten minutes' drive of four railroad stations, that, with tlieir 

 connections, take our fish quickly into all parts of the State. 



I would like to say that by January i, 1897 (I feel warranted in making the state- 

 ment), the Caledonia hatchery will be the best in this country. For the above reasons 

 more extensive repairs have been made at Caledonia this year than at any other 

 hatchery, but next season's output will fully justify the expense. Unfortunately wood 

 will rot and decay near the water, and this year found the hatchery foundation, floors, 

 troughs, and the ponds and main dam in such shape that it was unwise to let them 

 pass into another year without renewal. They are now being replaced ; the ponds 

 and dam being laid up with stone and cement, so that they will last for ages. 



At the commencement of the year, and after passing through the terrible epidemic 

 which occurred among the fish in the ponds and hatchery during June and July of 

 1895, many supposed that the hatchery, meeting with such a serious loss of fish, it 

 would be years before they would be replaced, but to-day the Caledonia hatchery and 

 ponds contain more fish and better fish than at any time since they were established. 

 Less than $500 was expended on restocking. A few thousand fish were bought, a 

 few thousand brought from several of our different hatcheries, and a few thousand 

 were donated. 



A year ago the Legislature appropriated $5,000 to secure and improve additional 

 water rights in Caledonia. Unfortunately this desirable property can not be pur- 

 chased at what it is worth, and the matter will probably be settled by commission. 

 When this is accomplished, any possibility of a repetition of the 1895 epidemic will 

 not be feared. 



Considerable work has been done during the past summer, grading and beautifying 

 the grounds. Large inexpensive flower beds have been made, shrubbery and trees 



