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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The temperatures during the year were ao follows : 



Month. 



July 



August . .. 

 September 

 October . . . 

 November 

 December. 

 January . . 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Air. 



95 



Min. 



o ]?_ 

 60 

 59 

 46 

 39 

 12 

 a 8 

 a 28 

 a 25 

 28 

 25 

 42 



Max. Min 



o y. 



76 

 78 

 68 

 66 

 48 

 38 

 34 

 33 

 36 



5 a 



63 



77 



op. 

 67 

 63 

 50 

 47 

 34 

 3:iJ 

 32£ 

 32fc 

 33 

 34 

 47 

 56 



a Below zero. 



Gloucester Station, Massachusetts (A. C. Adams, master schooner Grampus, 



in charge). 



This station was in care of a custodian from July 1, being practically 

 closed until the arrival of Mr. Adams on October 9, 189.3, at which time 

 the machinist and crew of the schooner Grampus were engaged in get- 

 ting the station in order for the season's operations. Capt. A. C. 

 Adams resigned his position as master of the Grampus in order to 

 become fish-eulturist and custodian of the Gloucester Station. 



On November 16, instructions were received from the Commissioner 

 to begin work, and on that date three men were sent to Kittery Point, 

 Maine, to arrange for a supply of cod eggs. On the 18th of November 

 200,000 cod eggs were taken in Ipswich Bay, and 453,000 were received 

 from Kittery Point on the 20th. These began to hatch December 1, 

 with a mean water temperature of 42°. By the end of November 

 3,557,000 eggs were on hand. 



The following table shows the number of cod eggs collected monthly 

 daring the season, and the number of fry hatched therefrom and 

 liberated : 



Month. 



November, 1893 

 December, 1893. 

 January, 1894 . . 

 February, 1894. 

 March, 1894.... 



April. 1894 



May, 1894 



Number of 

 eggs col- 

 lected. 



3. 557, 000 

 8. 200, 000 

 16, 421, 000 

 16, 126, 000 

 18, 513, 000 

 1, 302. 000 

 656, 000 



Number of 

 fry hatched 

 and liber- 

 ated. 



I 



1, 574, 000 

 3, 109. 000 

 5, 697, 000 

 5, 300, 000 

 8, 053, 000 



884, 000 



A snowstorm occurred on December 10, and by the 14th the tem- 

 perature fell from 42° to 35°, retardiug the hatching of all eggs taken 

 previously. The water density also was from 24° to 24.5°, not enough 

 to allow the eggs to float after a few days' development. 



