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lections, and 45,000 black-spotted-trout fry, the eggs of which had 

 been transferred from the Yellowstone National Park. -The only 

 eggs collected for the station were 410,000 of the steelhead taken at 

 the trap during May in connection with the salmon census. The 

 progeny of these were still on hand at the close of the year. 



The counting weir was installed and ready for operation by March 

 17, 1923. The first count was made three clays later, and from then 

 on to the end of June counting was a daily occurrence. The results 

 of the work during this period, together with a record of the daily 

 count for the corresponding portion of the preceding year, are in- 

 dicated in the following table : 



Daily count of sockeye salmon entering Quinault (Wash.) Lake during the 

 fiscal year 1923, showing number of fish marked by gill nets each day. 



