XXX REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



As there seemed to be little prospect of securing a supply of lake 

 trout eggs in the vicinity of the station, early in I^oveniber arrangements 

 were made to attend the tug fishermen at Dunkirk, and as a result 

 nearly 1,000,000 eggs were secured, at an expense of $141. In additicm 

 to these 145,000 were taken in the vicinity of Charity Shoals, and on 

 November 24 a consignment of 1,000,000 was received from JSTorthville 

 Station, giving a total of 2,085,000, The hatching period extended 

 from April 10 to May 8, and the 1,290,000 fry hatched were distributed 

 in Lake Ontario and its tributaries. 



In addition to the operations with lake trout and whitefish the fol- 

 lowing consignments of eggs from other stations were hatched and 

 distributed. A shipment of 2,095,000 quinnat-salmon eggs arrived 

 from Baird, Cal., on December 15 in excellent condition, and although 

 much crowded in the troughs, 94 per cent of them were hatched and 

 were planted in tributaries of Lake Ontario and in the Hudson and 

 Delaware rivers. One thousand of these fry were retained at the 

 station, and at the close of the year they had attained a length of over 

 3 inches. From the 50,000 Atlantic salmon eggs received from Craig 

 Brook 48,000 fry were hatched, the i)eriod of incubation extending 

 from March 19 to April 8. All of the fry were deposited in the Salmon 

 Eiver on May 17. Two consignments of steelhead eggs, aggregating 

 50,000, were received from Fort Gaston on April 24. As they were in 

 very bad condition on arrival, only 10,600 fry were obtained from them 

 for distribution. A shipment of 27,700 rainbow-trout eggs from Wythe 

 ville yielded 11,000 fry, which were distributed soon after hatching to 

 applicants in the State of New York. 



The following table gives the average, maxinuTui, and mean tempera- 

 tures of air and water at the station for the fiscal year, by mouths: 



Gloucester Station, Massacihisett.s (C. G. Corliss in charge). 



Upon the appointment of E. F. Locke as superintendent at Woods 

 Hole in October, C. O. Corliss, fish-culturist, was placed in charge of 

 Gloucester Station. Kepairs were made to the hatching-boxes, build- 

 ings, and machinery, and by November 13 the station was ready for 

 operations. 



Cod. — The crew of the Grampus, under the direction of Captain Hahn, 

 was stationed at Kittery Point, Me., as heretofore, and commenced 

 making egg collections for the station on November 10. The eggs were 

 transferred to Gloucester, packed in closed jars, and surrounded with 



