1.094 REPOET OF COMMISSIONEE OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [4] 



the proportion impregnated at 92.9 per cent. Total losses before divis- 

 ion 9^ per cent, — about the ordinary rate. 



The eggs were shipped in the customary method — packed in wet moss^ 

 inclosed in dry moss — and sent down to Princeton, 12 miles distant, in 

 the afternoon ; thence by stage 28^ miles to Forest Station, the next 

 forenoon; this part of the journey occupying about 5J hours, during 

 -^hich the cases of eggs were exposed, with little or no protection, to the 

 wintry blasts. 



.Excellent success attended the transportation, with a single excep- 

 tion. A case containing 32,000 eggs, addressed to Mr. Brackett, at 

 Winchester, Mass., packed in an experimental manner, which proved 

 to be less ef&cient than our ordinary mode, was partly frozen on the 

 way, and 8,000 eggs lost. The temperature of the air at the time this 

 package started on its 28i-mile ride in the open air was 20 degrees be- 

 low zero. In 22 other packages (including all save three, which were 

 pot reported on), the entire number of dead eggs on unpacking was re- 

 ported at 1,806, being three-tenths of one per cent., or three in one 

 thousand. 



. . , : An attempt was made to economize in bulk, and thereby in freight 

 charges, by the use of asbestos felt in place of moss, but it was found 

 that bulk for bulk it was in no wise superior, while at the same time 

 it was far heavier and more costly. The experiments tried in this con- 

 nection gave results indicating that, considering only the question of 

 bulk, the best material to save from freezing was wet moss ; but if the 

 weight and consequent freight charges be taken into account then the 

 best material is dry moss, which is exceedingly light and as efficient as 

 a,n equal thickness of asbestos felt or building-ijaper. 

 , j , ; The division of the spawn available for shipment, pro rata with the 

 jpontributions made by the several parties, was as follows : 



United States received 311,750 



, Maine received 64,500 



Massachusetts received 107,500 



. Connecticut received 107,500 



, Uew Hampshire received 53,750 



' ' The distribution of the share of the United States will be seen in 

 detail by referring to the subjoined schedule of shipments of eggs. 



The hatching of spawn retained (215,000) was accomplished with the 

 insignificant loss of 212 eggs, and of the young fish but 1,691 died ; 

 ^13,097 young fish were planted in Grand Lake, scattered along shore 

 ^8 usual. 



The hatching of the transported eggs and the planting of the young 

 fish were in most instances accomplished with less than the usual mor- 

 ,,]l!J^lity. A schedule is subjoined showing the details of the planting. 



* "' 4. — Extracts from diary. 



. , Grand Lake Stream, August 3, 1881. — The season has been very 

 rainy here. The lake stands at 3 feet 11 inches on our gauge. The 



