XL VI 



REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OP PISH AND PLSHERIES. 



ently either because tlie fish did not ascend to f],^ ,.c=„oi 



that a large number of lake-trout eggs may be collectert at ttT , 



trout eggs were collected, 83 per cent of which wfre transteed to St 

 Johnsbury when they had reached the eyed stage ThTrZuH^.f 

 sat,on were very satisfactory, for althLg^r-the preZf ason 

 . 961,318 eggs were collected, only 23 per cent were savrd^tbe i„ ° 

 bemg apparently dae to the improper handling of the eggs DurW 

 the season, 6,000 trout were handle.!- nfth^ s "i me eggs. During 



BmmEmm 



E, o e Th; balln e !'"'" '» ''I'P"^''"'^ '" Eastern States and in 

 TT \ ,-^''<'''*'*"«'5a'>'l an additional 200,000 purchased were held 

 at the station to be hatched and distributed during the 8,11 



ohtiei'rr/sir^f^caLr ^"'i lor "^^"t,- ^''^^- ^'^^ -^ 



Of this shipment 9,900 hatched, and at the close of the year 9 138 fr^ 



MolT )'"'u' ",'■"" "™ """^ <■"'■ distribution iu Vermont waters Of 

 100,000 steelhead-trout eggs received fron, p„,.f n . ™ters. Of 



91,000 fry were planted dufing May fnd jlf "'"" °" ''""" ''' 



_AtMAedose of the year the stock on baud was as follows: 



Specie 



I Calendar year in which hatched. 



1898. I 1897. 



Steelhead trout 



Kainbow trout 



Pacific salmon 



Brook trout 



Landlocked salmon 



..'""e.'igg''.. 



i 770 .... 



