REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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and examined every other day to note development. The jfirst lot of 

 eggs (80,000) was taken on November 12. The spawning season con- 

 tinued to February 4, during which time 85,505,000 eggs were secured 

 from 1,107 fish. From these 46,072,942 fiy, or about 56 per cent, were 

 hatched and planted in adjacent waters. The largest number of eggs 

 taken at one time was 5,327,000, obtained from a consignment received 

 from Block Island. At another time 9,033,000 were taken at one over- 

 hauling from two lots of fish brought from difl'erent points. On Decem- 

 ber 17, from a fish weighing 18 pounds, 657,000 eggs were taken before 

 it died. An examination of the roe showed scarcely any diminution, and 

 it was estimated that three-fourths of the original number contained in 

 the sac remained in a comparatively developed state. 



2,897,000 eggs planted after a period of incubatiou of from forty to fifty days. 



