36 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
this time the work was pushed vigorously. The collections from the 
fishermen at all points compared favorably with other years, several 
places showing an increase, but the receipts from the large dealers in 
Boston and Portland fell off, although more lobsters were handled by 
these parties than during any other season for the past decade. The 
probable reason for this was that a large percentage of the lobsters 
handled by the dealers at those points came from Canadian waters, 
where strict inspection laws prevent the shipment of egg lobsters. 
During the season 4,169 egg lobsters were collected, from which 
51,213,000 eggs were obtained. The following table shows the number 
of egg lobsters and eggs received from the collecting fields: 





: b- 
Field. HOP Eggs. 
a cee we ee gas | 
Maineicoast, schoonerGrampusicce senses eee eee ee a eae ene 1,600 | 19,467,000 
Boston; Cohasset and iwicinity-s-- 425 = sae ease cena ee cee 896 | 11,552,000 
KeaitteryeLoimnt. Wie. an ava CITT ye eae ee ee eee ee eee 930 | 10,548,000 
Gloucester) Beverly andi vicinity one coe ne cece eee see e eee | 743 9, 651, 000 
Mo) 52 ieee Smee ees ee eR erhes r A ee  e Reser See pee ee See ho he eA en 4,169 | 51,213,000 



Of the 47,270,000 fry hatehed, 15,000,000 were planted in Maine 
waters, and 32,270,000 were distributed in Massachusetts from Lanes- 
ville to Cohasset. Of the fry sent to the Maine coast 4,500,000 were 
taken on the schooner Grampus and 10,500,000 were shipped by rail 
to Portland, where they were transferred to the schooner and planted 
at points along the coast, selected after consultation with Hon. A, R. 
Nickerson, commissioner of sea and shore fisheries of the State. 
The adult lobsters were as usual released in the localities from which 
they were secured. The continued decrease in the collection of egg 
lobsters during the past two years makes it evident that if the work 
is to be put on a permanent basis arrangements must be made for 
impounding egg lobsters during the fall and holding them until the 
eges are ripe. 
Woops Hoe Station, Mass. (E. F. LOCKE, SUPERINTENDENT). 
During the summer the wharf was completed, some necessary repairs 
were made to the residence and launches, and a newdynamo was sub- 
stituted in place of the old machine, which had become too small for 
the station, owing to the development of the biological work. The 
laboratory was kept open all summer, under the direction of Dr. H. C. 
Bumpus. 
In accordance with the usual custom, the schooner Grampus began 
the collection of brood cod on October 1, and obtained 2,933 fish, 
ranging from 6 to 20 pounds in weight, by the 9th of November, when 
the work was discentinued and the crew sent to Kittery Point. The 
stock was further increased by the purchase of 332 fish from com- 
mercial fishermen, making a total of 3,265. Of these, 1,170 died from 
natural causes and 692 were killed by anchor frost. The others were 
