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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  As 
  there 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  little 
  prospect 
  of 
  securing 
  a 
  supply 
  of 
  lake 
  

   tront 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  station, 
  early 
  in 
  November 
  arrangements 
  

   were 
  made 
  to 
  attend 
  the 
  tug 
  fishermen 
  at 
  Dunkirk, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  

   nearly 
  1,000,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  secured, 
  at 
  an 
  expense 
  of 
  $141. 
  In 
  addition 
  

   to 
  these 
  145,000 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Cliarity 
  Shoals, 
  and 
  on 
  

   November 
  24 
  a 
  consignment 
  of 
  1,000,000 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  Northville 
  

   Station, 
  giving 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  L*,085,000. 
  The 
  hatching 
  period 
  extended 
  

   from 
  Ayml 
  19 
  to 
  May 
  8, 
  and 
  tjie 
  1,290,000 
  fry 
  hatched 
  were 
  distributed 
  

   in 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  operations 
  with 
  lake 
  trout 
  and 
  whitefish 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  consignments 
  of 
  eggs 
  from 
  other 
  stations 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  

   distributed. 
  A 
  shipment 
  of 
  2,095,000 
  quinnat-salmon 
  eggs 
  arrived 
  

   from 
  Baird, 
  Cal,, 
  ou 
  December 
  15 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition, 
  and 
  although 
  

   much 
  crowded 
  in 
  the 
  troughs, 
  94 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  

   were 
  planted 
  in 
  tributaries 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  and 
  

   Delaware 
  rivers. 
  One 
  thousand 
  of 
  these 
  fry 
  were 
  retained 
  at 
  the 
  

   station, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  they 
  had 
  attained 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  over 
  

   3 
  inches, 
  From 
  the 
  50,000 
  Atlantic 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  received 
  from 
  Craig 
  

   Brook 
  48,000 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched, 
  the 
  i)eriod 
  of 
  incubation 
  extending 
  

   from 
  March 
  19 
  to 
  April 
  8. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  fry 
  were 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  Salmon 
  

   Kiver 
  ou 
  May 
  17. 
  Two 
  consignments 
  of 
  steelhead 
  eggs, 
  aggregating 
  

   50,000, 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  Fort 
  Gaston 
  on 
  Aj^ril 
  24. 
  As 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  

   very 
  bad 
  condition 
  on 
  arrival, 
  only 
  10,600 
  fry 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  them 
  

   for 
  distribution. 
  A 
  shipment 
  of 
  27,700 
  rainbow-trout 
  eggs 
  from 
  Wythe- 
  

   ville 
  yielded 
  11,600 
  fry, 
  which 
  were 
  distributed 
  soon 
  after 
  hatching 
  to 
  

   applicants 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  gives 
  the 
  average, 
  maximum, 
  and 
  mean 
  tempera- 
  

   tures 
  of 
  air 
  and 
  water 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year, 
  by 
  months: 
  

  

  Gloucestkr 
  Station, 
  Massachusetts 
  (C. 
  G. 
  Corliss 
  in 
  charge). 
  

  

  Upon 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  E. 
  F. 
  Locke 
  as 
  superintendent 
  at 
  Woods 
  

   Hole 
  in 
  October, 
  C. 
  G. 
  Corliss, 
  fish-culturist, 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  

   Gloucester 
  Station. 
  Repairs 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  hatching-boxes, 
  build- 
  

   ings, 
  and 
  machinery, 
  and 
  by 
  November 
  13 
  the 
  station 
  was 
  ready 
  for 
  

   operations. 
  

  

  Cod. 
  — 
  The 
  crew 
  of 
  the 
  Grmnpus, 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Captain 
  Hahn, 
  

   was 
  stationed 
  at 
  Kittery 
  Point, 
  Me., 
  as 
  heretofore, 
  and 
  commenced 
  

   making 
  egg 
  collections 
  for 
  the 
  station 
  on 
  November 
  19. 
  The 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   transferred 
  to 
  Gloucester, 
  packed 
  in 
  closed 
  jars, 
  and 
  surrounded 
  with 
  

  

  