104 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 



Tlieie were retained at tbe station, for rearing, L'50,000; tliese were 

 highly successful iu hatching, producing an equal number of fish, which 

 were liberated in the inland lakes of Michigan and Indiana May 3 to 13. 



Broolc trout. — Through the courtesy of the officei\s of the Flint and 

 Pere Marquette Fishing Club, arrangements were effected for obtaining 

 adult brook trout from Keune Creek, a stream controlled by them. The 

 fish were readily secured in October by two employees of the ISTorth- 

 ville Station and Mr. George Brown, associated with the club. In four 

 days 415 were secured with hook and line and transferred to the station 

 without loss. Kenne Creek was first stocked in 1880, and in the first 

 season of fishing, 1892, more than 5,000 fish were captured, none measur- 

 ing less than 6 inches. 



From original brood fish in ponds, 244,500 eggs were obtained from 

 285 fish between October 26 and January 12, and from the new stock of 

 trout, practically between the same dates, 41,000 eggs were taken from 

 144 fish. There were retained for hatching 120,000, and transferred as 

 exchanges, donations, or to other stations, 90,000, as represented below : 



Loch Leven trout. — Among brood stock there was a reduction to the 

 extent of about 400, chiefly on account of deaths, but partly from the 

 transfer of the parent fish to the World's Fair and to the aquarium at 

 Washington, D. C. Between October 26 and January 16, 444,500 eggs 

 were obtained from 764 spawning fish. There were retained for hatch- 

 ing 118,000, consignments to other hatcheries being as follows: 



Von Behr trout. — There having been no addition to the stock of brood 

 fish, a decline in eggs was perceptible. The spawning commenced Octo- 

 ber 20, when 6,750 eggs were obtained, and terminated January 7, the 

 number taken on the last date being 1,750; the total product of 590 

 fishes was 375,800. The number retained for hatching was 112,000, and 

 the transfers, aggregating 225,000, were consigned as follows: 



