XXVIII REPOliT OV COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 



eggs of the same species received Marcli 14 from Mr. von dem Borne, 

 half were sent to Central Station, Washington, and the remainder were 

 retained at this station as the jiroperty of the New York Fish Commis- 

 sion. The loss in the latter was very great, and but 1,530 were saved. 

 The number of fry resulting from the 150,000 eggs of the Atlantic salmon 

 was 142,000, which were planted at the expense of the Kew York Fish 

 Commission in the waters of the State, as follows: 



Locality. 



Apr. 19, 1892 



May 4.3892 , 



9, 1892 



9, 1892 



9, 1892 



Kissequogiie River, Long Island 



Clendon jlrook, Glens Falls 



Balm of Gilead Brook, North Creek. 



Raymond Brook, North Creek 



Carr Brook, North Creek 



10, 000 

 50, 000 

 30, 000 



All of these waters, with the exception of the first mentioned, are 

 tributaries of the Upper Hudson River. 



On November 6, 1891, there were delivered to Mr. J. F. Ellis, in 

 charge of the Commission's car No. 3, 3,500 quinnat salmon from 2^ to 

 G inches long and nine months old, which were planted in the Batten- 

 kill, a tributary of the Hudson Eiver. On the first of the following 

 month 2,400 of the same species, averaging from 3 to 7^ inches long, 

 were i^lanted by Mr. Mather in the Nissequogue River at Smithtown. 



The consignment of eggs of the whitefish ( Coregonus tvortmanni), lake 

 trout {Trutta lacustris), and brook trout {Salmo salvelinus) received 

 February 16, 1892, from Mr. Max von dem Borne, Berneuchen, Ger- 

 many, was entirely spoiled on receipt. These eggs were to have been 

 shipped on a steamer sailing several days earlier than that on which 

 they arrived, but were left on the wharf at Geestemunde. 



The foreign shipments from the station, with the exception of a few 

 adults of several varieties of our more common fishes delivered to Dr. 

 Charles von dem Borne for Mr. Max von dem Borne, consisted of a con- 

 signment on January 5, 1892, of 10,000 eggs each of the brook trout. 

 Von Behr trout, and Loch Leven trout to Dr. J. G. Bluhm (Rio Negro), 

 Sabanilla, Colombia, for his government. These eggs were furnished by 

 the Northville, Mich., Station. 



Delaware Riveu Shad-Pkopagatixg Station (Lieut. Robert Platt, U. S. N., 



IN charge). 



Owing to the unfavorable results which had been obtained at the 

 shore station at Gloucester City, N. J., in previous years, it was decided 

 to close it and reassign the work of propagating the shad of the Dela- 

 ware River to the officers and crew of the steamer Fish Hawlc. The 

 vessel was moved off Gloucester City and the first eggs obtained 

 May 9 and the last June 1. During this time eggs to the number of 

 30,521,000 were taken from Gil fish. The number of fry produced was 

 15,833,000 ; eggs partially developed to the number of 2,497,000 were 

 placed in Timber Creek, and 3,48G,000 were transferred to the cars of 



