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venience of consignees the lasfc of them were held until March 13. The 

 eggs were, as usual, packed in wet moss, inclosed in dry leaves or chaff, 

 and forwarded by express. 



The eggs rejected for lack of impregnation numbered 50,550 ; those 

 rejected for whiteness, from time to time through the season, numbered 

 28,459 ; I suppose that 20 per cent of the latter may have been impreg- 

 nated ; and this gives us 50,242 as the whole number of eggs that failed 

 of impregnation, being 2.2 per cent of those taken from the fish — surely 

 a very satisfactory result. 



The eggs remaining at time of shipment, measured out in tin cans, 

 amounted to 2,614,000; if to these we add those rejected, we obtain 

 2,693,009 as the original number taken from the fish. 



Divided pro rata among the parties supporting the establishment, 

 the eggs were assigned as follows : 



To the United States 1, 006, 500 



To Maine 1, 147, 000 



To Massachusetts 286, 000 



To Connecticut - 172, 000 



Total shipped 2, 611, 500 



The transfer of all those eggs was accomplished with a loss of but 

 1,739, of which the greater number were probably unimpregnated eggs 

 that escaped the scrutiny given to the spawn before shij)ment. The 

 hatching was also attended with excellent success at nearly all points, 

 and as the net result of the year's work there were planted in the waters 

 of the country 2,397,132 salmon fry, as shown in detail in Table III. 



Table I. — Schedule of breeding salmon bought at the Bucksport-Orland establishment, 1881. 



