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May 5. Temperature of water at the liatcliery wheu fish were moved, 

 40° ; of the water in transit, 38° to 45° ; of the lake where fisli were 

 planted, 42° at Kenosha and 39° at Milwaukee. Ice used, 1,200 

 pounds. The car i^roceeded from Milwaukee to Negaunee by the Chi- 

 cago and Northwestern ; thence by the Marquette, Houghton and On- 

 tonagon to Marquette; thence by the Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette 

 road to Point Saint Ignace. 



Trip No. 11.— Left Saint Ignace at 9 a. m., May 10, with 2,000,000 

 minnows in 50 automatic cans, going over the Detroit, Mackinac and 

 Marquette road to Marquette, where the fish were deposited in Lake 

 Superior, 2 miles out, at 7.30 i). m., same day. Temperature of water 

 at hatchery, 43^; of the water in transit, 38° to 46°; of the lake at 

 point of deposit, 34°. Large fields of ice were observed in the lake near 

 Marquette. 



Tri^ Ko. 12.— Left Saint Ignace at 8 p. m.. May 14, with 2,000,000 

 minnows in 50 automatic cans, going to Marquette as before, and con- 

 necting there with the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon road for 

 L'Anse, where the fish were deposited in Lake Superior, 3 miles out, 

 at 7.30 p. m.,May 15. Temperature of water at hatchery, 43^°; of the 

 water in transit, 38° to 41° ; of the lake where the fish were released, 

 35°. 



Trip No. 13. — Left Saint Ignace by the usual route to Marquette, at 

 8 a. m., May 19, with 2,000,000 minnows in 50 cans ; proceeded from Mar- 

 quette by the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon road to LakeMich- 

 igamme, where 1,000,000 fish were deposited at 9.30 p. m., same day. 

 The car then returned by the last-named road to Negaunee and pro- 

 ceeded thence by the Chicago and Northwestern road to Milwaukee, 

 where the remaining million fish were planted in Lake Michigan, at 8 

 a. m.. May 22. Temperature of water at hatchery, when fish were 

 moved, 43^° ; of the water in transit, 42° to 50° ; of Lake Michigamme, 

 40° ; of Lake Michigan, 43°. Number of pounds of ice used, 1,500. 

 The Michigamme plant was made at the request of the Michigan Fish 

 Commission. This trip closed the season at Alpena. The car then 

 went on to Chicago by the Chicago and Northwestern ; to Toledo by 

 the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, arriving May 23 ; thence to 

 Washington by the usual route. 



While the car-work in connection with the Alpena distribution was 

 in progress seven lots of fish were run out by boat from Alpena, and 

 deposited in the bay and down the shore of the lake (Huron) as follows : 



April 23, near Sulphur Island 2, 000, 000 



April 28, near Alcona 3, 000, 000 



April 29, near North Point 2, 000, 000 



May 2, near Black River 2,000,000 



May 0, near Ossineke 3,000,000 



May 7, near Oscoda 2,000,000 



May 10, near Partridge Point 2, 000, 000 



