REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. LXIII 



the case at such depths. With such an abundance of life for food and 

 with the uuiform temperature there seems to be a combination of con- 

 ditions which may make this the region to which the migratory fishes 

 resort in winter. 



20. — TABLES OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF FISH AND EGGS. 



In the following tables, numbered I to X, which have been prepared 

 by Mr. Charles W. Smiley, and in Table XI, prepared by Col. M. Mc- 

 Douald, will be found the condensed record of the distribution for the 

 year of whitefish, lake trout, brook trout, California salmon, California 

 trout, Penobscot salmon, Schoodic salmon, shad, and carp. Fuller de- 

 tails will be found in various papers of the Api)endix : In XX, Mr. 

 Clark's account of whitefish and trout operations ; in XXI, Mr. Stone's 

 account of California salmon operations ; in XXII, Mr. Stone's account 

 of California trout operations ; in XXIII, Mr. Atkins' account of Pe- 

 nobscot salmon operations ; in XXIV, Mr. Atkins' account of Schoodic 

 salmon operations ; in XXV, the account of shad operations. 



Table I. — Distribution of whitefish eggs by the United States Fish Commission during 



season of 1881. 



States. 



Destination. 



Number 

 of eggs. 



California 



Connecticut 



District of Colmnbia 



Iowa 



New Jersey 



France 



Germany 



DOMESTIC. 



B. B. Redding, San Francisco 



H. J. Fenton 



Central Station, Washington 



B. F. Shaw, Anamosa 



Mrs. J. H. Slack, Bloomsburg 



FOREIGN. 



F. Mather, for M. Raveret-Wattel, Paris 

 F. Mather, for Herr von Behr, Berlin . . . 

 F.Mather, for G. Ebrecht 



•Total 



750, OOO 

 10, 000 

 110, 000 

 500, OOO 

 100, 000' 



250, 000 



300, OOO 



12, 000 



2, 032, OOO 



Table II. — Distribution of young whitefish by the United States Fish Commission during 



season of 1881, 



States. 



Destination. 



Number 

 of fish. 



Michigan . 



New York 

 Wisconsin 



Detroit River, near Detroit 



Lake Michigan, near Lndington. .. 

 Lake Michigan, near Muskegon... 



Lake Huron, near Port Huron 



Lake Micliigan, near Saint Joseph 



Near islands in Lake Erie 



Lake Ontario, near Oswego 



Lake Michigan, near Racine 



Lake Michigan, near Sheboygan . . 



1,250,000 

 1, 000, OOO 



1, 500, OOO 



2, 000, 000 

 1, 500, 000 



3, 500, 000 

 3, 500, 000 

 1, 750, 000 

 1,750,000 



Total I 17,750,000 



