REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 69 
The station furnished for distribution during the year 89,985 black 
bass, 12,770 crappie, 8,090 rock bass, and 7,595 bream. The dis- 
tribution was made by the station employees, and extended from 
July 2 to October 3, 1900. It was again resumed the following May and 
continued to the close of the fiscal year, the total cost of this branch 
of the work amounting to $778.06. In making this distribution 36,162 
miles were traveled, 31,555 of which were free and 4,607 paid. 
With few exceptions the railroads of the State not only furnished 
free transportation, but rendered every assistance possible to the 
employees engaged in the work. ‘To the officers of the International 
and Great Northern Railroad special thanks are due for courtesies. 
LEADVILLE STATION, COLORADO (EK. A. TULIAN, SUPERINTENDENT). 
From December 20 to June 1 the superintendent was absent from 
the station, his duties being performed by the foreman. 
At the commencement of the fiscal year there were on hand 500,000 
fingerling brook trout, 270,000 of which were planted in July, 10,000 
in August, and 28,000 in October, the losses during this time being 
about 58 per cent. 
The usual srrangements were made for the collection of brook-trout 
eggs in the fall from lakes belonging to private individuals, and the 
results of the work are embodied in the following statement: 










Source of supply. Spawning season. Eee d Loss. an Hes ‘anal gee 
| . | . | - 
Per cent. 
Station brood fish __-.---- Oct.10-Deec.7 - vie 272, 700 
Uneva Lake -. _....- Nov. 1-Nov.25 275, 900 
Smith’s Pond__-_- Oct. 24-Nov. 17 156, 900 
Ridgway’s Pond --.-._.-....| Nov. 16-Nov. 29 569, 800 
Wellington Lake -_..._ -__- Oct. 31-Nov. 24 _. 1,818, 400 
Weaanes eond 2 —-- 203. Oct. 25-Nov. 11 _- a 610, 000 
Deckers Pond -.-2.. ..-.- TD Tove 5 HIPS Deane re Fe eee eee 116, 600 
Musgrove’s Pond ..-_.-.... Oct. 23-Nov.30_....-___.--- 454, 500 
Weems Lond”. .2-.-.-) 5) Oct: 28-Nov.28'- = 222-225. 439, 000 
Bincriathei 2. 2. | f. LS ICO ond ipo te a ak ae 46, 000 
GIFT wore ses SoBe eee | as a 2 ee ey a or sea 2, 489, 600 410, 000 
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On May 20, when all the eggs had been hatched, there were on hand 
1,995,000 brook-trout fry, 887,300 of which belonged to the Commis- 
sion and 1,107,700 to the parties who had furnished the eggs. Between 
this time and the end of the fiscal year 41,000 of those belonging to 
the Commission, or 4.5 per cent, were lost and 585,000 were planted, 
leaving on hand 260,800. 
Last year it was believed that the heavy loss of brook-trout eggs 
was largely due to their having been derived from 2-year-old fish, and 
the results this year seemed to confirm this theory, as the loss on 
each lot, except those taken from the brood-fish at the station and 
the Uneva Lake fish, was from sy to 60 per cent less than last year. 
On the station eggs the loss was 2 per cent greater than the previous 
year, but this was attributed to the fact that the stock is ge a very 
old. The loss on the Uneva Lake eggs, however, was 38 per cent 
