DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1907. 

 SHIPMENTS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



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The shipments of eggs to foreign countries in ] 907 amounted to 

 3,797,500. The number of eggs of each species and the country 

 receiving them are shown below: 



Summary op Distribution of EgCxS to Foreign Countries During the Fiscal 



Year 1907. 



WORK AND OUTPUT OF THE STATIONS. 



The fohowing tabulation lists all of the stations operated by the 

 Bureau in 1907, and shows for each the period of operation, the kinds 

 of fishes handled, and the number of fish and eggs produced. It show^s 

 also the character of the work in each locality and in some degree 

 the relative importance of the stations. The last statement should 

 be qualified, however, for particular instances. Some substations 

 are more important in the actual fish-cultural work than are the sta- 

 tions to which they are, for purposes of administration, subordinate; 

 but the output of these important substations is not always shown 

 separate from that of the main hatchery. Such distinctions are indi- 

 cated in the table by means of a scheme of type. All of the prin- 

 cipal stations and all of the substations where eggs were hatched are 

 printed in ordinary roman type. Substations which were merely col- 

 lecting points, perhaps shifting in location from year to year, are 

 printed in italics. Italics in the column of ''Species handled," oppo- 

 site substations of whatever class, indicate that the output, if any, is 

 included with the output of that species credited to the main station. 

 The transfers of eggs and fish from station to station are recorded in 

 footnotes under the station from which taken, and the yield is credited 

 to the receiving station. Transfers of eggs are frequent, serving con- 

 venience and economy in transportation to stations which are to be 

 distributing centers for the respective species, for the shipment of 

 eggs is easier and cheaper than the shipment of young fish. 



