[5] OPEKATIONS AT THE NORTHVILLE HATCHERY. 



AT NOETH BASS— Continued. 



1041 



AT MIDDLE BASS. 



AT KELLEY'S ISLAND. 



Not. 18. 



19. 



20. 



22. 



23. 



25. 



26. 



Dec. 1 . . 



3 .. 



Total. 



125, 000 

 75, 000 

 200, 000 

 300, 000 

 850, 000 

 450, 000 

 400, 000 

 100, 000 

 75, 000 



2, 575, 000 



The eggs were packed and conveyed to the hatchery in the flannel- 

 tray shipping-cases, substantially in the same manner noted in my last 

 report (1880-'81). 



At Alpena, Mich., whence I anticipated receiving a large number of 

 eggs, a very decidedly off year for the fishermen, and in consequence 

 for the spawn-gatherer, was experienced. The continued warm weather 

 of October and November delayed the cooling of the water to that 

 degree necessary to drive the fish from the deep waters to the shoals 

 and reefs for the purpose of spawning, until near the usual time for 

 winter to set in; so that the fishermen, fearing a repetition of the 

 experiences of the preceding season, when winter was precipitated upon 

 them so suddenly that a large amount of fishing appurtenances were 

 frozen in and destroyed, entailing heavy losses, were aflrighted at the 

 first cold snap, and had relegated all their paraphernalia to winter 

 quarters before the ebb-tide of whitefish — the fisherman's bonanza — 

 had set in. 



S. I\Iis. 110 66 



