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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMxMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  and 
  continued 
  until 
  isTovember 
  16. 
  The 
  fish 
  taken 
  were 
  held 
  in 
  traps 
  

   in 
  Great 
  Brook, 
  Floods 
  Pond, 
  and 
  Patton 
  Pond 
  until 
  their 
  eggs 
  had 
  

   matured. 
  The 
  brook 
  trout 
  commenced 
  spawning 
  October 
  17, 
  the 
  

   salmon 
  on 
  October 
  VJ, 
  and 
  the 
  golden 
  trout 
  November 
  3. 
  The 
  last 
  eggs 
  

   secured 
  from 
  the 
  salmon 
  were 
  on 
  November 
  17 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  golden 
  

   trout 
  on 
  November 
  28. 
  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  brook 
  

   trout, 
  landlocked 
  salmon, 
  and 
  golden 
  trout 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  traps 
  

   and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  obtained 
  from 
  them: 
  

  

  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  custom, 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  

   adult 
  fish 
  were 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  waters 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  taken. 
  A 
  

   number 
  of 
  ripe 
  female 
  salmon 
  collected 
  at 
  Floods 
  Pond 
  yielded 
  12,000 
  

   eggs, 
  but 
  as 
  no 
  males 
  were 
  captured 
  an 
  effort 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  fertilize 
  

   them 
  with 
  milt 
  forwarded 
  from 
  the 
  Oreen 
  Lake 
  hatchery 
  in 
  an 
  air-tight 
  

   jar, 
  which 
  was 
  held 
  for 
  thirty-six 
  hours 
  after 
  its 
  receipt. 
  Fertiliza- 
  

   tion 
  was 
  apparently 
  accomplished 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  forwarded 
  to 
  the 
  

   hatchery, 
  but 
  after 
  remaining 
  in 
  the 
  troughs 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  they 
  all 
  

   turned 
  white 
  and 
  were 
  thrown 
  away. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fall 
  the 
  following 
  shipments 
  of 
  eggs 
  were 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  

   station: 
  Of 
  the 
  landlocked 
  salmon, 
  82,000; 
  quinnat 
  salmon, 
  30,000; 
  

   brook 
  trout, 
  40,000; 
  golden 
  trout, 
  10,000. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  consignments 
  were 
  received: 
  From 
  Battle 
  Creek, 
  Cal., 
  

   1,000,000 
  quinnat-salmon 
  eggH; 
  from 
  Fort 
  Gaston, 
  Cal., 
  r)0,000 
  steelhead- 
  

   trout 
  eggs, 
  and 
  from 
  Craig 
  Brook, 
  Me., 
  50,000 
  Atlantic 
  salmon 
  eggs. 
  

  

  The 
  quihuat-salmon 
  eggs 
  arrived 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition 
  on 
  December 
  

   17, 
  and 
  commenced 
  hatching 
  February 
  22. 
  They 
  finished 
  by 
  April 
  30, 
  

   the 
  total 
  loss, 
  including 
  the 
  number 
  found 
  dead 
  on 
  arrival, 
  amounting 
  

   to 
  75,500. 
  The 
  fry 
  resulting 
  from 
  them 
  were 
  held 
  until 
  the 
  absori)tion 
  

   of 
  the 
  sac 
  and 
  then 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  Union 
  Elver. 
  The 
  

   steelhead 
  eggs 
  arrived 
  in 
  very 
  bad 
  condition, 
  and 
  had 
  finished 
  hatching 
  

   by 
  May 
  18. 
  Only 
  9,335 
  young 
  fish 
  remained 
  on 
  hand 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  

   the 
  year 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  this 
  shipment. 
  The 
  Atlantic-salmon 
  eggs 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  hatching 
  on 
  March 
  20, 
  and 
  after 
  a 
  distribution 
  of 
  33,000 
  of 
  the 
  

   fry 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  June 
  there 
  still 
  remained 
  10,220 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  

   of 
  the 
  year. 
  These 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  reservoir 
  to 
  be 
  reared 
  for 
  brood 
  

   stock. 
  By 
  April 
  25 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  landlocked-salmon, 
  brook-trout, 
  aud 
  

   golden-trout 
  eggs 
  had 
  hatched, 
  the 
  losses 
  during 
  incubation 
  being 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  small. 
  A 
  sudden 
  rise 
  in 
  temperature 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  

   June 
  necessitated 
  a 
  partial 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  stock, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  

  

  