14 EEPOET OF THE COMMTSSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



average loss of less than 10 per cent. This is worthy of note, not only 

 because it is probable that these eggs were transported a greater dis- 

 tance than has heretofore been recorded in the history of lish culture, 

 but also from the fact that they were taken across the equator, and 

 then carried by team 300 miles over the hot sands of the territory of 

 Neuquen, to be hatched at just the opposite season of the jetir to that 

 in which they would naturall}' have hatched in their home waters. 



The eggs sent to the New Zealand government were also in charge 

 of a Bureau agent. The white-fish eggs were in course of transportation 

 thirty four days and the salmon eggs twenty-seven days, a journey of 

 2,600 and 250 miles, respectively, by rail, and 6,600 miles by steamer, 

 during which they were transhipped eighteen times in wagons, railway 

 cars, and vessels before reaching their destination. The salmon eggs 

 were delivered to the New Zealand inspector of fisheries at Auckland 

 with an actual loss of less than one-half of 1 per cent, while the white- 

 fish eggs were delivered at the same point with a loss of 10 per cent; 

 in the reshipment from Auckland to Wellington l\y steamer there was 

 a further loss of 10 per cent in the white-fish and a fraction of 1 per 

 cent in the salmon eggs, probabh^ due to the fact that they had to be 

 transported during the final journey at a rather high temperature, 

 there being no cold-storage facilities on })oard the steamer. 



NEW STATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS. 



The purchase of the land selected for the new station at Mammoth 

 Spring, Ark., was consummated June 21, 1901, and the preliminary 

 topographical survey was at once begun. The site contains 15.52 

 acres, is in the town a short distance from the railroad station, and is 

 thus convenient!}^ located for shipping fish and handling supplies. 

 The water is obtained from a large lake or reservoir formed by dam- 

 ming Mammoth Spring, which is a remarkable outflow of cold, pure 

 water admirabl}' suited to the propagation of fish. The deed of sale 

 carries the right of drawing a maximum quantity of 1,200 gallons a 

 minute from this reservoir. 



At Tupelo, Miss., two stock ponds, each 3i to 4^ feet in dejpth and 

 about li acres in area, have been completed, together with six cement 

 rearing ponds ranging from 50 to 60 feet in length and 8 feet in 

 width. These ponds are supplied with water from the wells by an 

 open conduit. A foreman's cottage, a frame building 50 by 29 feet 

 and containing eight rooms, has been built, the grounds have been 

 fenced and graded, roadwa3's begun, and shrubbery set out. 



Owing to the exceptional advantages offered at Boothbay, Me., for 

 the propagation of both lo])sters and cod, it was decided to build and 

 equip the station in the most modern and complete manner. The site is 

 a rocky point of land, and stone quarried on the spot has entered largely 

 into the construction of the new buildings, which are not only sub- 



