36 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



From these, -8,000,000 fry were hatched and i)hiuted as iollow!- 



Date. 



Max- 



Apr. 20 



20 



22 



29 



30 



30 



1 



6 



Apr. 17 



23 



26 



May 1 



1 



G 



Apr. 26 



Ma J- G 



Wliero planted. 



Number of 

 fry. 



Xorth Point, near Alpena, Mich.,Lalce Huron 4,000, 000 



S<Mio( row I slaiiil. Thunder ]5av, Lake H iiroii 2, 000, 000 



Milhr I'dinl, near Oscoda, Midi., Lake JInicii 2,000,000 



North Tomt, near Alpena, Mieh., Lake Huron 1 1,000.000 



SturL'eou Toint, near Oscoda, Mich. Lake Huron ' 2, 000, 000 



Near Ea.st Tawas, Mich., Lake Huron 2,000,000 



Detour I'assage, Lake Huron 2, 000, 000 



North Point, near Ali)ena, Mich .OOJ, OOli 



Charlevoix, l\Iich., Lake ]Slichigan 2, OOO, 000 



Mackin.ic Citv, Straits of Mackinac, Lake Michigan 2,000,000 



Near Maiiisti(|UO, Mi. h., Lake Michigan ' 2,000,000 



Eiioulett.', Lake Mi< higan ....: 1,000,000 



Naubin wav. Lake M iehigan 1, 000, 000 



Near Frankfort , Mich ., Lake Michigan ' 2, 000, 000 



E. .V-Davrs. Whitefisli Lake, Michigan 2,000,000 



Hubbard Lake, Michigan 500. 000 



Total 28. 000, 000 



DuLUTii Station, Minnesota (S. P. Wires, Superintendent). 



]luring- the year the usual repairs M-ere made to the hatchiug appa- 

 ratus. The carpenter shop and reservoir building were painted, the 

 hatching-room, office, halls, and bedrooms calcimined, and other minor 

 repairs were made to the interior of the building. A platform 41 feet 

 long was constructed at the east side of the station for use in sending 

 out shipments of fry and eggs. Seventy-six troughs, 7 feet 10 inches 

 long, 14 inches wide, and 10 inches deep, were built on the outside of 

 the hatchery, and a picking-trough 23 feet long, loi inches wide, and 

 5i inches deep, at the rear of the hatching room. The old mess-house, 

 on the northeast corner of the grounds, was taken down, and the six 

 unserviceable ])onds on the west side of the station were filled with 

 gravel and earth. 



Lal-e trout. — The collection of lake-trout eggs began in September 

 and closed in November. Following are the points at which collections 

 were made: 



Locality. 



Vicinity of Port Arthur, Ontario 



VicinitV of Grand Portage, Minn 



Fi.sh Island, near Isle Royale, Mich 



Todd Harbor, near Isle Royale, Mich 



Washington Harbor, near Isle Royale, Mich 



Roek Harbor, near Islo Royale, Mich 



Vicinity of Bayfield, Wis 



Total 



Number. 



1, 000, 000 

 255, 000 

 200, 000 

 990, 000 

 625, 000 

 175, 000 



1,880,000 



5, 125, 000 



These eggs produced 4,250,000 fry, which were deposited between 

 May G and June 24 in Lake Superior, near the shores of Michigan, 

 Minnesota, and Wisconsin. 



Whiteflsh. — During the months of October and November 1,500,000 

 whitetish eggs were collected at Pi])estone Falls, Minn., and 10,000,000 

 more were received from the Michigan Fish Commission. 



