22 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



unfertilized eggs, there remained 745,300 eggs, 435,000 of which were 

 given to the United States Fish Commission and 310,300 to the Maine 

 Commission. From the United States Fish Commission's share 170,000 

 eggs of the Atlantic salmon were shipped to the following parties in 

 accordance with instructions : 



Date. 



Jan. 30 



30 



Mar. 7 



7 



Consignee. 



Fred Mather, Cold Spring Harbor, N. T. 



J. P. Creveling, Allentown, Pa 



D. C. McLine, Plymouth, K. H 



R. E. Follett, Lime Kock, Conn 



Total 



Number. 



60. 000 

 60, 000 

 25, 000 

 25, 000 



170, 000 



There were reserved for hatching at the station 265,000. Tbe num- 

 ber of fish actually hatched from these eggs was 204,612, and of these 

 there were on hand June 30, 1894, 214,000. Of the 33 fish hatched in 

 1888 only 11 were left at the end of the year; and 31 of those hatched 

 in 1890 were liberated in November, 1893. 



The year began with two lots of domesticated salmon ; 156 fish hatched 

 in 1892, and 1,700 in 1893. The former were kept through the year in 

 two troughs, and grew slowly, and fell oft' in numbers to 131 ; the latter 

 were also kept in troughs, and 1,348 of them were left at the end of the 

 year. Domesticated salmon eggs were obtained in October, 1S93, from 

 the Atlantic salmon that had been in confinement since 1888, to the 

 number of 4,800 eggs; but the parent fish being of inferior quality, the 

 1,677 fish hatched from the eggs declined to 600 on June 30, 1894. 



Indications of the presence of an epidemic were observed on April 

 23, and it continued to ravage the Atlantic salmon for several weeks, 

 causing a loss of about 15,000. No other species was attacked, though 

 the fry of some other kinds suffered seriously from a disease of a differ- 

 ent character. 



Of the 26 landlocked salmon hatched in 1888 and 1889 only 17 

 remained on June 30, 1894. The 29 hatched in 1890 were reduced to 20 

 in November, 1893, when they were liberated. The 6,764 hatched in 1893 

 received in September an addition of 1,500 fish of the same age from 

 Green Lake; making a total of 8,264. Of these, 7,050 were transferred 

 to other parties during the summer, and the remainder were liberated 

 in the fall. 



From the oldest lot of landlocked salmon there was taken in the fall 

 a lot of spawn estimated at 8,500, from which were hatched 6,330 very 

 weak fish, of which the last one died June 1, 1894. 



The 9,013 brook trout on hand June 30, 1893, were fed until fall, when 

 2,825 were transferred to Green Lake Station and 4,476 liberated in 

 Craig Pond. The 14 hatched in 1892 were kept until November 27, 

 and then put in Craig Pond. Of the 2S hatched in 1889, a count on 

 November 27 showed but 14 remaining, and these were placed in Craig 

 Pond. 



