264 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



ing house, numbering about 150,000, suffered a loss of 62,500 during in- 

 cubation, being 41.66 per cent. A very few of them hatched in March, 

 but the fall of temperature in April retarded the others, so that but a 

 small number of tish came out until the last week in April. The tem- 

 l^erature then rose from 34° to 40°. On the thirteenth day the hatching 

 was at its height, and before the 10th of May all the eggs were hatched. 

 The distribution of the young fish took place the 1st of June, the ab- 

 sorption of the yolk-sack being then complete. In the preliminary trials 

 at transportation 10,500 salmon were lost. The remaining 77,000 were 

 turned alive into the Penobscot and Saint Croix Eivers, the former receiv- 

 ing 67,000 and the latter 10,000. The remainder of the eggs allotted to 

 Maine, to the nuaiber of 152,000, were transported to Dixfield, Oxford 

 County, and hatched by Mr. Stanley, of the board of commissioners, in 

 spring-water. The fish came out early, with a loss of about 22,000, or 

 about 15 per cent., leaving 130,000. These, after a loss not reported, 

 were all set free in the Audroscoggin River and its tributaries.* 



The eggs sent to New Hampshire numbered 21,400, the loss in incu- 

 bation was between 30 and 40 per cent., and the young fish were placed 

 in the headwaters of the Merrimac, about the time the sack was ab- 

 sorbed. t 



To Vermont were allotted 10,000 eggs. They were hatched by Seth 

 Green, at Rochester, New York, with a loss of 30 per cent., and the 

 fish placed in the Winooski and Lamoille Rivers, tributaries of Lake 

 Champlaiu.| 



Massachusetts received 232,800. They were hatched out by Mr. E. A. 

 Brackett, of the board of commissioners, at Winchester, in spring- 

 water. The loss in incubation was about 24 per cent., amounting to 

 55,800. The young fish were healthy and vigorous ; 165,000 of them 

 were placed in the head-waters of the Merrimac, soon after the absorp- 

 tion of the yolk-sack ; and into the Mystic River and Red Brook, about 

 11,000 each.§ 



The share of Rhode Island numbered 100,000 eggs. They were 

 hatched at Poneganset, by Mr. J. H. Barden, of the board of commis- 

 sioners, in water of 46° F. The total loss was 36,000, being 30 percent. 

 Tlie 64,000 young fish obtained were distributed in the Blackstoue, Paw 

 tuxet and Pawkatuck Rivers. They appeared strong and healthy. || 



To Connecticut were sent 264,000 eggs ; 204,000 of them were hatched 

 at Poquonnoc, by Mr. Clift; 50,000 at North Branford, under the auspices 

 of the Waltonian Society, of Ne*w Haven, and 12,000 at Westport. The 

 eggs sent to Poquonnoc suffered a loss of 20,200 in transportatfon and 

 unpacking, and a further loss during incubation of 33,175, leaving 



* Distribution in detail as follows : into Swift River, 30,000 ; into Ranoely Lake, a 

 few thousand ; into the Androscoggin aud^tributaries, near Dixfield, the remainder . 

 Letter of H. O. Stanley.) 



t Letter of W. W. Fletcher. § Letter of E. A. Brackett. 



I Letter of M. C. Edmunds. 1| Letter of J. H. Barden. 



