264 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



ill 8- bouse, numbering about 150,000, suffered a loss of 62,500 duriuoin- 

 cubHtion, being 41.66 per cent. A very few of them hatched in Marcli 

 but the fall of temperature iu April retarded the others, so that but a 

 small number of lish came out until the last week in April. The tem- 

 perature then rosefrom 34° to 40°. On the thirteenth day thehatchino- 

 was at Its height, and before the 10th of May all the eggs\vere hatched" 

 The distribution of the young fish took place the Ist'of June, the ab- 

 sorption of the yolk-sack being then complete. In the preliminary trials 

 at transportation 10,500 salmon were lost. The remaining 77,000 were 

 turned alive into the Penobscot and Saint Croix Rivers, the foruier receiv- 

 ing 67,000 and the latter 10,000. The remainder of the eggs allotted to 

 Maine, to the number of 152,000, were transported to Dixfield, Oxford 

 County, and hatched by Mr. Stanley, of the board of commissioners, in 

 spring-water. The fish came out early, with a loss of about 22,000 or 

 about 15 per cent., leaving 130,000: These, after a loss not reported, 

 were all set tree m the Androscoggin Eiver and its tributaries * 



The eggs sent to I^Tew Hampshire numbered 21,400, the loss in incu- 

 bation was between 30 and 40 per cent., and the young fish were placed 

 111 the head-waters of the Merrimac, about the time the sack was ab- 

 sorbed, t 



To Vermont were allotted 10,000 eggs. They were hatched by Seth 

 Creen, at Rochester, ^ew York, with a loss of 30 percent., and the 

 fish placed m the Winooski and Lamoille Rivers, tributaries of Lake 

 Champlain.| 



Massachusetts received 232,800. They were hatched out by Mr. E. A. 

 Brackett, of the board of commissioners, at Winchester,' in spring- 

 water. The loss in incubation was about 24 per cent., amounting t^o 

 oo,bOO. The young fish were healthy and vigorous ; 165,000 of them 

 were placed in the head-waters of the Merrimac, soon after the absorp- 

 tion of the yolk-sack ; and into the Mystic River and Red Brook, about 

 11,000 each. § 



The share of Rhode Island numbered 100,000 eggs. They were 

 hatched at Poneganset, by Mr. J. H. Barden, of the board of commis- 

 sioners, in water of 40° F. The total loss was 36,000, being 36 percent. 

 The 64,000 young fish obtained were distributed in theBlackstone Paw- 

 tuxet and Pawkatuck Rivers. They appeared strong and healthy || 



To Connecticut were sent 264,000 eggs ; 204,000 of them were hatched 

 at Poquonnoc, by Mr. Cliftj 50,000 at Nortli Branford, under the auspices 

 of the Waltonian Society, of New Haven, and 12,000 at VVestport The 

 eggs sent to Poquonnoc suffered a loss of 20,200 iu transportation and 

 unpiickmg, and a iurther loss during incubation of 33,175, leaving 



* Distribution iu detail as follows : into Swift River, 30,000 ; into Ran^ely Lake a 

 tew thousand; into the Androscoggin aad,tributaries, near Disfield, the remainder 

 Letter of H. O. Stanley.) 



t Letter of W. W. Fletcher. § Letter of E. A. Brackett 



t Letter of M. C. Edmunds. || Letter of J. H. Bardeu. 



