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RKPDirr Ol' f'OMMSSSIONEH OF FTRH AND FISHERIES. 



Whitefi.sli. — Oil F«']jiiiaiy <>, 1801, lli,(KK),(H)0 ej^j^js were received from 

 the Ali>eii:i Station, niul liatclicd April 1". id May I!> I'ollowiii.in. tlie 

 product in fry being 11, .'WOjOOO, 



L(tLr />o(//.^Tliere Avere also received from Nctrtlivillc r)(>(>,()0() lake 

 trout egjis, Avhieli ])roduced 480,()()() fry, a i>art Iteinii' liberated April 

 28 to June 30, and 1U8,000 bein*;' retained for leiiring. 



Von Behr trout. — 15,000 Von Belir tioiit were i)roduc(Ml from 20,000 

 eji<;s received from Xortlivillc, tlie fry Ix'ing- released in r>ai»tisin Kiver 

 and other local waters, in June, 1891, ('.\cci)t 400, which were letained. 



Landloehed salmon. — .10,000 eggs from Sdioodic Station prcxlnced 

 ,10,000 healthy fry, which were retained for rearing. 



I'ihrjm-ch.—On Ainil 20, 1801, .t7,(>(H),000 pike per<;h eggs w«n'e col- 

 lected by the station employes at Fond dii Lac, a point .30 miles dis- 

 tant. There W(^re 12,000,000 of the fertilized eggs idaced overboard at 

 the spawning-grounds, and ;)r)^()()(),000 put in process of hatcliing, the 

 imiversal jar being used in their develojimeut. The fry obtained 

 amounted to 10,100,000, which were liberated May lo to 23. 



(Uirj). — GIO carp were distributed, these being the survixors of a 

 shi])meut of 1,000 received from Washington, I). C. 



Of tingerling lish, brought over from the spring of 1800, there were 

 release<l in local Avaters 100 brook trout, 20,000 landlocked salmon, and 

 23.~>,000 lake trout. 



The hrst rainfall of 1801 at this station occurred April 10, when the 

 water again commenced to flow through the flume from Lester Iliver. 

 The general tliaw setting in at this time furnished an abiii»dan(;e of 

 Avater by gravity, which, however, was turbid and unsatisfactory. The 

 temperature of the Lester Eiver water in October was 40'^^ F., and in 

 November, 32'"' without Aariation. In Jnly, 1801. it reached a maximum 

 of 1~>'"', tlie minimum being (V.)'^'. 



(.JiiiNcv Station, Ir.i.iNois (S, P. HAitn.KiT, Scpkijintkxdkxt). 



The work of collecting and distributing the native food-lishcs of the 

 Mississip[)i Basin IVom the overflow ponds and lakes formed during the 

 seasons of high water, inaugurated in th(^ summer of 1888, was con- 

 tinued during the period covered by this report. Tiie kinds and num- 

 her of fishes collected <lnring the two years were as fo]h)\\s: 



Kinds. 



Calfiali 



Butlalo 



Hrook ])iko 



I'.rcl. 



KriiHliwatcr ilriiiii 



I'iko ])crcli 



Whito h-.MH 



lilac.k liuBs 



('r:ii»j)io 



Kiick ba.ss 



Suulish 



Total . . . . 



