[11] OPERATIONS AT THE m'CLOUD RIVER SALMON STATION. 1073 



perfect condition all night, and, strangely enough, there was no per- 

 ceptible loss of eggs during the whole time of the stoppage of the 

 wheel, although there were 7,500,000 sahuon eggs in the hatching 

 house. 



Everything went on smoothly and prosperously after the wheel was 

 restored, the eggs matured with less loss than usual, and on the 24th of 

 September they were ready to be packed for shipment. On that day 

 we packed and crated 1,450,000 eggs. On the next day we packed and 

 crated 1,700,000, and on the third day we packed and crated 450,000, 

 making in all 36 crates, containing a total of 3,600,000 eggs. These 

 were all taken to Eedding in wagons and then loaded into a car as 

 usual, nearly all the spare space in the car being filled with ice. 



This car left with the passenger train for the East on Wednesday 

 morning, September 28, and arrived at Chicago on Monday, October 3. 

 From Chicago the eggs were distributed by the United States Express 

 Company as follows : 



Record of the distribution of salmon eggs frovx, the United States sahnon-hi-eeding station on 

 the McCloud River, California, during the season of 1881. 



Besides the eggs mentioned in the above table 50,000 were sent on 

 the 21st of September to the New South Wales Zoological Society, Syd- 

 ney, New South Wales. 



There were also sent, on the 28th of September, from Sacramento., by 

 express, to Hon. B. B. Eedding, California fish commission, 200,000 eggs ; 

 and to the Lenni Fish Propagating Company, Sonoma, Cal., 500,000 eggs. 



Allow me to say, in conclusion, that this closes the tenth season of the 

 labors of the United States Eish Commission in taking salmon eggs at 

 this station. During that period nearly 70,000,000 salmon eggs have 

 been taken and distributed, and, though sometimes great difiQculties — 

 and some that appeared insurmountable at the time — have been encoun- 

 tered, fortune has favored us through the decade, so that every year 

 of the ten has been a successful one. 



Below will be found tables showing — 



(a.) The daily record of eggs taken. 



(&.) The number of fish taken in the seine. 



(c) The temperature of air and water during the season. 



(I.) The various collections sent to the Smithsonian Institution. 

 S. Mis. 110 08 



