REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XLI 
planted in Grand Lake Stream. Of sea salmon or Penobscot salmon 
eggs a net stock of 1,099,000, resulting from the winter’s work, were 
available for division among the contributors to the fund. Of the as- 
signment made to the United States, 779,000, nearly all were distributed 
in February, 1887, 25,000, however, being retained at the station for 
hatching, in order to make experiments in the rearing and feeding of 
the young during the following spring and summer. 
New York.—At the fish-cultural station located at Cold Spring Har- 
bor, Long Island, and owned and operated by the State of New York, 
certain privileges have been granted to the United States Commission 
gratuitously from year to year. During 1886 considerable work was_ 
done under this agreement by Mr. Fred Mather, superintendent, in 
hatching the eggs and distributing the fry of the following species to 
the rivers and lakes of New York, namely: Lake whitefish, lake trout, 
brown trout, shad, and Penobscot and land-locked salmon. Experi- 
ments were also made in the hatching of smelt and tom-cod. 
Virginia.—The Wytheville Station, located on the summit of the Al- 
leghany Mountains in southwestern Virginia, is leased from that State, 
and has been in charge of Col. Marshall McDonald, with Mr. George 
A. Seagle'as superintendent. Many improvements and additions made 
to the station in 1885 rendered it practically complete in all its appoint- 
ments for the season of 1886, and more extensive operations were car- 
ried on this year than hitherto. The following species were under cul- 
. tivation: The rainbow, brook, and brown trout, land-locked salmon, 
red eye, black bass, carp, and tench. 
Michigan.—The stations at Northville and Alpena, Mich., are oper- 
ated mainly in the interests of the whitefish fisheries of the Great 
Lakes, but at the former station lake, brook, rainbow, and brown trout, 
and saibling were also propagated during 1886. Both stations are in 
charge of Mr. Frank N. Clark. Northville Station is the headquarters 
for the whitefish work and is kept open during the entire year, but the 
Alpena Station is closed during the summer. During the season of 
1886, 129,400,000 eggs of the whitefish were obtained from the fisheries 
of Lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan. Of this number 56,800,000 were 
placed in the hatchery at Alpena, and 72,600,000 were sent directly to. 
Northville; but subsequently 21,000,000 were transferred from Alpena 
to Northville. The collection of eggs continued from November 4 to 
December 2. Of the total number, 32,600,000 eggs were distributed 
mainly to State hatcheries, and 62,070,000 were hatched and the fry 
planted in Lakes Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario, and two smaller 
lakes in the State of Michigan. 
California.—The salmon station at Baird, Cal., on the McCloud River, 
was not operated during 1886, but the collection of eggs of the rain-: 
bow or California trout was continued as usual at the McCloud River 
Station, the season lasting from December, 1885, until May, 1886. The 
total number of eggs taken was 221,425, this having been a smaller 
