1056 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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placed in one of the largest nursery tanks, where they still remain. 

 Less than two dozen have died since hatching; they now average 3 

 inches in length, and are doing remarkably well, having learned to 

 devour the liver and kidney "hash" given them as greedily as the 

 brook trout in the ponds. 



SUMMARY OF THE WORK AND ITS COST. 



Number of eggs of whitefish shipped , . . 2, 032, 000 



Number of fry of whitefish planted 17, 750, 000 



Number of eggs of brook trout shi])ped .50, 000 



Number of fry of brook trout planted 58, 000 



Number of fry of brook trout on hand 10, OUO 



Number of eggs of California trout shipi^ed 1, 200 



Number of fry of California trout planted 43, 100 



Number of fry of California trout on hand 10, 000 



Number of fry of Schoodic salmon i^lanted 32, 000 



Number of fry of Schoodic salmon on hand 2, 850 



Number of eggs of lake trout shipped 52, 000 



Number of fry of lake trout on hand 1, 400 



Number of carp shipped 1, 500 



Approximate cost of the work, including the construction 

 of seven iieM' trout-ponds with their raceways, twelve new 



nursery tanks, and the cost of fish food for the year $5, 000 



Temperature of Lake Erie from March 20 to June 1, 1882, taken daily at 12 m., near North 

 Bass Island, by Chas. Rasford, 



