60 SEVEXTH REPORT OF THE 



On account of an insufficient appropriation some necessary repairs and improve- 

 ments \vere not made during the past season, and these should be made during 

 the coming season. 



As the Commission is about to build a hatchery in Delaware County, I would 

 recommend that the hatchery at Rockland, Sullivan County, be abandoned and 

 disposed of, if it is within the power of the Commission to dispose of it. The water 

 is insufficient, very uncertain, and of very poor quality. 



Some changes have been made at the Old Forge Hatchery, and some contem- 

 plated improvements there the coming season will, I believe, very materially 

 increase the output at that hatchery. 



Your attention is called to the recommendation to the previous Commission 

 that an additional pipe be put in at the Adirondack Hatchery. This would 

 necessitate an expense of some $1,500, but would double the present capacity of 

 the hatchery, and enable us to raise a very large number of fingerling fish. 



It is recommended that the site selected last winter for a hatchery in Delaware 

 County, near Hobart, be abandoned, for the following reasons: Insufficiency of 

 water, danger of contamination, and lack of sufficient fall in the water. 



The United States Commission, as usual, have been very liberal in their allot- 

 ment of eggs to this Commission, particularly of shad, and much credit is due them 

 for what they have done and are doing in keeping the Hudson River thoroughly 

 stocked. 



The taking of muskellunge for propagating purposes at Chautauqua Lake was 

 carried on this year, and a very satisfactory number of eggs were taken and fry 

 distributed. The foreman in charge of the work there was instructed to count each 

 day the number of muskellunge taken in nets, and he reported 1,693, of which 27 

 had spear marks on them. 



It is to be regretted that spearing through the ice is permitted in Chautauqua 

 Lake, as it is apparent that the number of fish taken and the size of the fish are 

 growing smaller each year. If the work is to be carried on at Chautauqua Lake 

 some improvements should be made in the facilities for doing so. 



The stocking of the larger bodies of water in the State with whitefish and pike 

 perch is being carried on on as large a scale as the facilities of the Commission will 

 permit. If a larger output is desirable increased facilities should be obtained, if 

 funds are available for that purpose. 



At the last session of the Legislature an appropriation of Si.ooo was made for 

 the purpose of making exhibits of fish at the State Fair and at the Pan-American 

 Exposition at Buffalo. 



The exhibit at the State Fair, though not a large one, was a very creditable 



