XIV.-ADDITIONAL REPORTS RELATIVE TO THE HATCHING 

 AND PLANTING OF THE PENOBSCOT SALMON. 



A— NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Concord, N. H., Jime 14, 1873. 



Dear Sir : The salmou-eggs received from Mr. Atkins were hatched 

 at INIeredith with a loss of about 30 per cent., and have been turned out 

 in the head-watprs of the Merrimack, at Woodstock, Thornton, West 

 Campton, Campton, and Plymouth, together with most of those hatched 

 by the Massachusetts commission, which I have just turned out for 

 them — about 100,000 in all. I placed them in the main stream at those 

 points, believing that there are less enemies in the main stream, in pro- 

 portion to the territory, and better hiding-places on the cobble bottom, 

 than in the small streams, to say nothing of the nearer approach to 

 their natural condition in the ordinary natural way of breeding in our 

 streams. 



I think I wrote you in relation to the hatching and turning into Win- 

 nipiseogee and Sunapee Lakes 150,000 whitefish, hatched from eggs 

 procured at Missisquoi Bay last fall. This is the fourth year we have 

 hatched more or less of this species of fish, all of which have been put 

 into the same waters, with the view of showing some results as soon as 

 possible. 



Last winter or early spring, I procured some of the wliitefisli from 

 W^innipiseogee for you, but they were not in good condition ; and think- 

 ing I could get some better specimens, I did not send them, and I have 

 not been able to get any of them since. I will endeavor to give you 

 both varieties next fall, when they can be caught freely. 



I have been very busy, and have had no time to prepare a paper for 

 you on the subject of whitefish-hatching, &c., but may be able to do so 

 at some future time. 



I expect soon to carry some eggs or young fry of the shad from North 

 Andover, below the Lawrence dam, to Winnipiseogee Lake, where 

 thousands have been deposited within the past five or six years. 



I shall soon commence operations with the black bass, and hope to be 

 able to stock several waters with tliem this season. 

 I have the honor to be, respectfully, yours, 



WM. W. FLETCHER, 



Commissioner. 



Prof. S. F. Baird, 



United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 



