REPORT OF COMMTSSTONER OF FISH AND FTSHFRTES. XXVTI 



and continued to be taken till January 25. During this ])eriod 148 

 lobsters were strii>ped, yielding ], 717, 700 eggs, which weie ])laced in 

 the McDonald hatching jar?(, the temperature of the water being about 

 45° F. None of these eggs, however, began hatching till May 2."), the 

 water being 54*^, and on the 6th and 7th of June 850,500 try were released 

 in local waters. The period of incubation, therefore, ranged from about 

 5^ to 4^ months, the loss being a little over 50 per cent. From Janu- 

 ary 25 to April 25 no eggs were taken. On this latter date the taking 

 of eggfi was again commenced and prosecuted till June 28. In thivS 

 period 5,883,200 eggs w^ere obtained from 456 lobsters. From these 

 4,943,000 fry were produced, which were liberated at intervals from 

 May 30 to June 30. The period of incubation of these eggs ranged 

 from 840 hours for those taken April 25 to 204 hours for those taken 

 June 18 and 48 hours for those secured June 28, the water temperature 

 on the dates mentioned being 504°, 64^°, and 04^°. The loss was about 

 16 per cent. The largest number of eggs taken from one lobster was 

 24,300, the individual measuring 12^ inches, and the smallest num- 

 ber, 6,000, from one -measuring 8i inches. The average take from 131 

 lobsters, varying in size from 8i- to 13J inches, was 12,265. 



Sea hass. — On June 10th 208,600 eggs of the sea bass, taken from fish 

 caught in Buzzards Bay, were brought into the hatchery and placed in 

 the McDonald and Chester boxes. The period of incubation was four 

 days and the number of fry produced 200,000, which were released in 

 local waters. 



iScup. — On June 17th 50,000 eggs of the scup were secured in Buzzards 

 Bay and brought to the hatchery and hatched in three days, producing 

 35,000 fry. 

 Cold Spring Harbor Station, Nkw York (Frep. Mather, Superintendent). 



. Through the courtesy of the fish commission of New York the privi- 

 lege of rrsing the facilities of this station as a depot for the receipt of 

 consignments of eggs of foreign species of fishes presented to the United 

 States, as also for the shipment of eggs of our indigenous species to 

 other countries, was continued. In addition the United States made 

 use of the station for the propagation and rearing of certain species of 

 fish, the distribution of which was mainly to waters of the State. 

 The receipts of eggs at the station were as follows: 



The 18,000 good eggs of the Von Bohr trout received in January were 

 forwarded to the Commission's station at Northville, Mich. Of 9,030 



