74 REPORT OF COMMii^SlONER OF t^Iftti AND FISHERIES. 



There were ret'civcd liom !\lax von deiii lionie, in .hiiiuary, 1890, 

 50,000 eg^s of tlie Alpine variety of tlie Von Belir trout and 20,000 

 saiblintjeyjis, iind in ]\Iarcli ir),000 ej^gs <tf the, Loch Le\'en trout Avhicli 

 had been obtained from Seeweisc. In April of the same year 10 large 

 golden tench were also received from him. 



Abont the middle of Febiuary 70,000 A'on Behr trout eggs arrived by 

 the steamer yl//e/', CO, 000 being given by the Deutsche l^'ischerei Vereiu 

 and 10,000 by llerr Carl Schuster. Of these abont r)(;,000 proved to be 

 in good condition. In the following winter there were also received 

 from this society 70,000 eggs of the Yon Behr trout, of which 00,000 

 were in good coudition. 



The 300,000 whitetish eggs and 30,000 Yon Behr trout eggs sent by 

 this society in February and March were an entire loss. 



Great Britain. — To the Midland Counties Fish Culture Establishment 

 the following shipments were made: In tlie winter of 1880-90, 15,000 

 rainbow trout eggs, 200,000 >yhitetish eggs, and 15,000 landlocked sal- 

 mon eggs; in the winter of 1890-91 200,000 whitefish eggs and 15,000 

 rainbow trout eggs. 



In July, 1800, 13 gartish, 3 or 4 inches long, were sent to the Brighton 

 Aquarium. 



Mexico. — In response to an application from the Mexican Government, 

 50,000 lake trout eggs were sent to Senor Esteban C'luizari in January, 

 1890, and 50,000 in January, 1891 ; 25,000 rainbow trout eggs and 10,000 

 Yon Behr trout eggs were also sent to him in January, 1891. 



Noricay. — Twenty-five thousand eggs of the California salmon were 

 sent to Walter E. Archer, Stavauger, on December 28, 1889. 



Su'itzerland. — At the request of Mr. Alfred de Claparede, the Swiss 

 minister at Washington, 30,000 eggs of the rainbow trout were sent to 

 Switzerland in January, 1890; these were followed in January, 1891, by 

 a shipment of 40,000 more. • 



^Marshall McDonald, 



Commissioner. 



