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to this point, there were hatched 3,075,000 fiy, which were distributed 

 with a loss of 330,500. Considering the fact that there were no build- 

 ings at the station and that it was but the second year of operation, and 

 also that it was impossible to start the work until late in the season, 

 the results are considered very good. 



At Eagle Creek the eggs collected were eyed in troughs set up tem- 

 porarily and supplied with water by a flume from the creek. Owing 

 to the rough bottom of the creek it was impossible to follow any defi- 

 nite method of Ashing, but so far as possible the fish were caught in 

 downstream traps. The traps could hardly deserve the name, being 

 nothing more than slats and slabs placed wherever practicable between 

 the bowlders. Besides these traps, seines and dip nets were used. 



The total number of eggs collected amounted to 715,000, which were 

 secured from 140 females, an average of 4,897 per fish. Of these, 

 90,132 were lost during the period of incubation, 598,868 eyed eggs 

 were shipped to the Little White Salmon Station, and 26,000 eggs 

 were left at the point of collection and planted in Tanner Creek. 



The station was cared for throughout the season by two men, and, 

 considering the fact that it was operated for the first time, the work 

 is thought to have been very successful. 



At Tanner Creek troughs, lumber, tools, tent, and a complete outfit 

 were set up which had been sent over by boat from the Little White 

 Salmon Station. 



The fish were caught by means of racks and downstream traps, and 

 troughs were set up beside the creek in a most temporary manner, 

 with a flume 700 feet in length leading to it from the creek as a water 

 supply. 



The first eggs were taken September 12, when 6,000 were obtained 

 from 2 females, and from this date the collecting season continued with 

 an average daily take of 33,516 for twentj'^-four days. The total take 

 for the season amounted to 801:,-i00, which were secured from 234 

 females. The loss of eggs during the eying period was 43,468. Of 

 the 786,932 eggs e^'ed 45,000 hatched before it was possible to get 

 them away from the station, and 741,932 were shipped to Big White 

 Salmon Station to be hatched in the new troughs set up at that place. 



The work at this point, as at the Big White Salmon and Eagle Creek, 

 was all done out of doors. The crew of two men lived in a tent, 

 cooked for themselves, and did all the work. The hatching troughs 

 were set up in the open air with no shelter except boards laid across 

 the top of them as covers. 



Baker Lake Station, Washington (H. H. Bitck, Superintendent). 



The opening of the fiscal year found the racks in place on the river 

 above the lake, as work on them had been diligently prosecuted 

 throughout the preceding month. Seven racks were built, but there 

 were still some sloughs and low places which it was impracticable to 



