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151,625, which hatched out. The rate of mortality was very uneven 

 among these eggs, in some lots being as high as 75 per cent., and in 

 others as low as 6 per cent. The eggs sent to Westport and North 

 Branford suffered an equal loss with the above. The young fish, num- 

 bering in the aggregate, at all the establishments, 198,000, were set free 

 as soon as the absorption of the j^olk-sack was complete, in various 

 streams in Connecticut.* 



William Clift, of Mystic BriTlge, Conn., agent for the Poquonnoc Fish- 

 breeding Comj)any, received 04,000 eggs. A small number of them were 

 sold, and the remainder hatched at Poquonnoc, with a loss of 33 per cent. 

 The young fish w^ere turned into Great Brook, which the com})any is try- 

 ing to stock with migratory fishes as a j)rivate venture. The foreman 

 of this establishment, Mr. A. A. Anderson, reported the young fish from 

 these and the eggs belonging to the State, under his charge, as uniformly 

 weaker on first coming out than any salmon fry he had ever seen. After- 

 ward, however, they looked better. 



To New York there were allotted, from the share belonging to the 

 United States, 80,000 eggs. They were sent to Seth Green, Eochesterj 

 and hatched at the State establishment. The loss was 26,000, t being 32^ 

 j)er cent. ; 25 jier cent, of this occurred during incubation, and the rest 

 soon after. As soon as the yolk-sack was absorbed the young fish were 

 set free ; 24,000 of them were placed in tributaries of the Hudson ; 

 15,000 in tributaries of Salmon Eiver; and 15,000 in a tributary of the 

 Oswego. 



New Jersey received 40,000 eggs, which turned out to be in a condi- 

 tion much better than average. They were hatched out at Dr. J. H. 

 Slack's establishment at Bloomsburg. Only 10 per ceut. were lost in 

 incubation. Of the 36,000 young fish, the Delaware River received 

 18,000, the Raritan 15,000, and 3,000 were sent to Long Island.i: 



Pennsylvania was awarded 40,000 eggs. They were received by Mr- 

 Thaddeus Norris, of Philadelphia, who had made arrangements to have 

 them hatched at private expense, at Heitzman's Springs two miles above 

 Easton, on the New Jersey side of the Delaware. On unpacking these 

 eggs they appeared in remarkably fine condition, but the average mor- 

 tality attended them before they hatched, 37^ per cent, or 15,000 eggs 

 perishing.§ The remainder, 25,000, produced fish, which were turned 

 into the Delaware River. 



There were sent to Dr. E. Sterling, of Cleveland, Ohio, a small package 

 of eggs, numbering 5,200. They were hatched by Mr. John Hoyt, at 

 the Castalia Springs, near Sandusky. The loss in incubation was 2,700) 



* For further details of distribution see Table 11. 



tMr. Green attributed the loss in great part to the large size of the tins in which the 

 eggs were packed, which caused too great pressure on the lower layers. 



tDr. Slack reports 18,000 put into the Delaware, 13,000 put into the Raritan, and 

 3,000 sent to Long Island, making 39,000 in all, which exceeds the number of fry com- 

 puted above by 3,000. This discrepancy might come from an error in counting either 

 eggs or fry. 



$ Letter of T. Norris. 



