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station, aud ior tbe piivcliase <»f additional gioundis adjacent to those 

 now oc(MH)i<'d and nsed as suck fisli-hatcliiug station." An appropria- 

 tion ot .i^r),UOO was also made by the same Mil for the erection of new 

 buildings on tlie property. Deeds transferring the property already 

 under lease and the additional adjacent grounds deemed necessary for 

 the station, as also the right of way over contiguous lauds for a pipe 

 line and the control of certain water rights, were passed in February, 

 1891. These were referred to the Attorney-General, and toward the end 

 of the following month was received his certification as to their suffi- 

 ciency to vest in the United States a valid title to the property. The 

 houses on tlie i)roperty being sutficient for 'the immediate needs of the 

 station, it was the intention of the Commissioner to proceed at once with 

 the coustructiou of additional i)onds, the introduction of an inqreased 

 water supply, etc., to meet the expense of which the appropriation of 

 $5,000 for new buildings was supposed to be applicable. The First 

 Comptroller of the Treasury, however, deciding that the money could 

 be expended only for new l)uildings, as defined in connnon parlance, the 

 work had to be deferred till CVrngrcss could l)e asked to modil'y the phra- 

 seology of the ap])ropriation so as to permit its nsi^ in the way desired. 



The brood fish on hand at the commencement of the fiscal year were 

 found to be as follows: Brook trout, 015; Loch Leven trout, 1,515 j Yon 

 Behr trout, 2,075; rainbow trout, 4,053. 



Whitejish. — The propagation of the whitefish at this station was dis- 

 continued and an expansion of the work made at Duluth ;ind Put-in 

 Bay stations. This ])ermits the application of all available water supply 

 aud space to the hatching and rearing of trout, and will obviate the 

 necessity,by reason of insutficient space for their care, of liberating the 

 fingerlings in advance of the regular season of distribution. 



Von Behr trout. — Eggs were taken during sixty-five days following- 

 October 21, 1890, an.d nundjered 321,000, of which 220,000 were trans- 

 ferred. The fingerlings and yearlings furnished for distribution Avere 

 18,055. There were received from (lermany, through the Cold Spring 

 Harbor Station, in February and March, two consignments of eggs of 

 this species aggregating 31,000. 



BrooJi troKt. — Eggs Avere taken through a period of seventy-three days 

 following Octol)er 7, LS90, the uund)er obtained being 210,200, of wliicli 

 110,000 were transferred to other hatcheries. Fing(nling and yearling 

 brook trout to the nund)er of 10,795 were furnished lor liberation, com- 

 mencing September, 1890. 



Loch Lercn trout. — The collection of eggs of this species continued dur- 

 ing the months of Kovend)er and December, 1890, the numbei' obtained 

 being 222,200, of which 80,000 were transferred. Fingerlings and year- 

 lings furnished for distribution numbered 14,775. 



L<ile trout. — Eggs to the number of 1,901,000 were forwarded from 

 the Ali)ena Station, the i)rod action' being greater by 1,000,000 than in 

 any previous year. To stations of the Cowimission, State commission- 



