﻿XXII 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  salmon 
  and 
  8.9 
  per 
  cent 
  on 
  tbe 
  steelheads. 
  The 
  loss 
  in 
  the 
  troughs 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  9.1 
  per 
  cent, 
  143,374 
  salmon 
  being 
  taken 
  out 
  at 
  the 
  exi)ira- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  seven 
  months. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  loss 
  on 
  the 
  trough 
  fish 
  

   during 
  the 
  three 
  months 
  that 
  the 
  others 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  ponds 
  did 
  not 
  

   exceed 
  3 
  -per 
  cent, 
  but 
  in 
  point 
  of 
  growth 
  the 
  pond 
  fish 
  were 
  far 
  supe- 
  

   rior, 
  the 
  pond 
  salmon 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  averaging 
  101.1 
  grains 
  against 
  a 
  mean 
  

   of 
  45.8 
  for 
  the 
  trough 
  fish. 
  These 
  figures 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  actually 
  

   weighing 
  the 
  fish. 
  

  

  A 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  rearing 
  fry 
  to 
  the 
  yearling 
  stage 
  from 
  egga 
  

   collected 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1895 
  is 
  presented 
  below 
  in 
  tabular 
  form 
  : 
  

  

  Atlantic 
  salmon. 
  — 
  During 
  the 
  previous 
  June 
  077 
  brood 
  salmon 
  were 
  

   collected 
  and 
  released 
  in 
  tlie,inclosure 
  at 
  Dead 
  Brook; 
  and, 
  with 
  the 
  

   view 
  of 
  increasing 
  this 
  stock, 
  a 
  trap 
  was 
  constructed 
  early 
  in 
  August 
  

   near 
  the 
  Bangor 
  Dam 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  stop 
  any 
  salmon 
  that 
  might 
  ascend 
  

   the 
  river 
  to 
  spawn 
  in 
  the 
  fall. 
  This 
  dam, 
  located 
  below 
  the 
  natural 
  

   head 
  of 
  tide 
  water, 
  is 
  subject 
  to 
  partial 
  submergence 
  during 
  periods 
  

   of 
  high 
  water. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  good 
  fish 
  way, 
  but 
  it 
  forms 
  a 
  

   serious 
  obstacle, 
  nevertheless, 
  to 
  the 
  ascent 
  of 
  fish, 
  and 
  considerable 
  

   numbers 
  were 
  collected 
  there 
  during 
  the 
  season. 
  They 
  were 
  especially 
  

   noticed 
  under 
  the 
  wheelhouse 
  of 
  the 
  waterworks 
  at 
  the 
  west 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  dam, 
  where 
  the 
  trap 
  was 
  located. 
  This 
  trap 
  was 
  constructed 
  of 
  steel 
  

   and 
  wood, 
  as 
  offering 
  the 
  least 
  resistance 
  to 
  the 
  constant 
  heavy 
  current, 
  

   being 
  formed 
  like 
  a 
  pound 
  in 
  an 
  ordinary 
  weir, 
  with 
  a 
  V- 
  shaped 
  entrance 
  

   and 
  a 
  wing 
  running 
  obliquely 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  river. 
  It 
  was 
  secured 
  by 
  

   bolts 
  and 
  numerous 
  guys 
  in 
  the 
  ledge 
  formiug 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  

   was 
  provided 
  with 
  halyards 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  drawn 
  up 
  for 
  inspec- 
  

   tion 
  or 
  hauled 
  down 
  for 
  work. 
  The 
  trap 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  well 
  adapted 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose, 
  as 
  the 
  salmon 
  passed 
  in 
  readily 
  and 
  were 
  removed 
  without 
  

   difficulty 
  or 
  serious 
  injury. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  construction 
  was 
  quite 
  ardu- 
  

   ous 
  and 
  consumed 
  more 
  time 
  than 
  was 
  anticipated, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  ready 
  

   for 
  operation 
  until 
  August 
  12, 
  when 
  the 
  water 
  temperature 
  registered 
  

   79°. 
  It 
  had 
  also 
  become 
  very 
  muddy 
  from 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  a 
  contractor 
  

   who 
  was 
  putting 
  in 
  a 
  cofferdam 
  iDreliminary 
  to 
  some 
  improvements 
  to 
  

   the 
  waterworks. 
  Under 
  Ihese 
  adverse 
  circumstances 
  very 
  few 
  salmon 
  

   were 
  taken 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  conditions 
  improved 
  later 
  on, 
  and 
  8 
  were 
  secured 
  

  

  