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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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iDg, and the great variance of yield from fish of same age, all being 

 three years old, with the exceptions noted. The eggs were counted at 

 the rate of 400 to the fluid ounce, the accuracy of this standard having 

 been determined by actual count : 



Date eggs were taken. 



1883. 



Feb. 13 



Feb.U 



Feb. 15 



Feb. 16 



Feb. 19 



Feb. 20 



Feb. 21 



Feb. 24 



Feb. 25 



Feb. 28 



Mar. 2 



Max. 4 



Mar. 5 



Mar. 6 



Mar. 10 



Mar. 11 



Mar. 13 



Mar. 15 



Mar. 16 



Mar. 17 



Mar. 18 



Mar. 22 



Mar. 29 



Mar. 30 



Mar. 31 



Apr. 2 



Apr. 6 



Apr. 9 



Apr. 10 



Apr. 14 



Apr. 19 



Total 



Semarks. 



Partly spent. 

 One partly spent. 



6 ooncea of water trom th« 6 fish. 



1 nearly spent 



1 5 year-old. 



Partly spent. 



2 nearly spent. 



1 5-year old ; eggs more highly colored. 



Large 5-year old ; eggs all impregnated. 



1 5-year old ; eggs in good condition. 

 Nearly spent. 



LAND-LOOKED SALMON. 



A case of 20,000 eggs of this species was shipped to the station 

 from Grand Lake Stream, Maine, arriving March 12 in most excellent 

 condition. The loss while in the hatching boxes was very trifling, 

 being less, in fact, than the subsequent loss of fish in the nursery tanks. 

 The fry were disposed of as follows: May 28, delivered to Messrs. 

 E. K. Simonds and A. M. Randolph 10,000, of which 8,000 were 

 planted in Union Lake, Oakland County, and the remainder in Cooley 

 Lake, same county; June 13, delivered 7,000 to same parties, who 

 planted them all in Union Lake ; June 14, delivered the remaining 

 fry, about 1,800, to the Michigan Fish Commission. Total results, 

 18,800 fry. 



Union Lake is a fair type of the many beautiful inland lakes dotting 

 Oakland, and many other counties of the Lower Peninsula. It is about 

 8 miles in circumference, is deep and clear, and is fed principally 

 by springs from the bottom, having no inlet except a small stream from 

 Green Lake, near by, which has no visible iulet. A good plant of land- 

 locked salmon was made in Union Lake last year, and this with the 



