748 EEPOET OF COMMISSIONEK OF FISH AND FISHEEIES. [16] 



and there remain over night, under cover, and generally in a warm 

 room. The next morning they ar*e taken by the "stage," a journey of 

 five hours and 28£ miles, to Forest Station, on the European and North 

 American Bail way, where they are delivered to the American Express 

 Company about noon. That evening they reach Bangor, and those 

 bound out of the State reach Boston next morning. 



January 20. — Transferred to the old hatching-house all the eggs in 

 the new house except about 80,000. 



The water running in the old house is now restricted to 3 faucets ; 

 has been so for several weeks. The volume to-day is 15.31 gallons per 

 minute. I expect the volume to diminish during the month to come. 

 The aqueduct yields just about 1£ gallon per minute. This is not 

 strictly pure water, but very near it. A pailful has a slightly clayey 

 tinge. 



January 22. — We have now sent away 550,000 eggs. This embraces 

 all of the eggs taken up to November 15, inclusive, except 30,000 left 

 in the troughs. These were originally estimated at 605,000. Thus they 

 measure out within 16,000 of original estimate. As many more than 

 that have been picked out, the original estimate must have been too 

 low. (The number given in the tabular statements is a revised estimate 

 based on the measure now made.) 



January 26. — Having now sent away all the eggs that are developed 

 enough to go, shipments must be suspended until other lots brought 

 out from the new house can be sufficiently developed. Temperature of 

 the water in the new house is now 34°, and in the old house 40° F. 



March 6. — Beturned from Bucksport last night. Water has been 

 very abundant. The volume flowing at old hatching-house today 1 es- 

 timate at 31.15 gallons per minute, of which 3f gallons comes from tbe 

 aqueduct. The brook water is now shut out. The aqueduct water has 

 been clear except on one occasion in February. All the eggs are now 

 in the old hatching-house. The last were brought out March 2, and are 

 now so well advanced that the eyes show a little color. 



The earliest eggs taken, November 7, began to hatch February 17, 

 were half out February 23, and all out March 1. These have been all 

 the time in the old hatching-house in water averaging 46.36° F. in No- 

 vember, 41.30° in December, 40.33° in January, 39.41° in February, a 

 general average of nearly 42°, and an average period of 108 days. 

 Eggs taken November J.5 are just beginning to hatch. 



