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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Distribution and deposits of eggs and fry were made from the station, 

 as follows : 



Whitefish eggs to Central Station, Washington, D. 0., 4,000,000; to 

 Clayton, N. Y., State Fish Commission, 0,000,000. 



Pike-perch eggs to Central Station, Washington, D. C, 3,700,000; to 

 Constantia, N. Y., Fish Commission, 5,000,000; to Sandusky hatchery, 

 10,000,000. 



Plants of fry were made in Lake Erie as follows : Whitefish, 21,710,000; 

 herring, 30,005,000; pike perch, 132,000,000; lake trout, 121,000; yellow 

 perch, 70,000. 



Pike-perch fry delivered to United States Fish Commission (car No. 

 4), 24,300,000; to Ohio Fish Commission, 18,900,000; to John Fitzgerald 

 (Winnow Point Club) at Put-in-Bay Station, for Mud Creek Bay, Ohio, 

 2,500,000. 



NORTHVILLE STATION, MICHIGAN (F. N. CTARK, SUPERINTENDENT). 



During the first half of the year there were completed two large 

 ponds fed by pipe and race from the reservoir at the station, and twelve 

 small rearing ponds were reconstructed. Drainpipes were introduced 

 to all the remaining ponds, making it possible to draw each pond 

 separately into the sewer. 



The following table shows the number of each kind of fish on hand 

 at the station July 29, 1893: 



There were not as many eggs collected this year from the parent 

 fish at this station as in prior years, owing to the small number of 

 breeders, a large portion of the stock fish having been shipped to the 

 aquaria at the World's Fair. 



Broolc trout— From 548 old fish (277 females and 271 males) 163,820 

 eggs were obtained, and from 3,10G yearlings (1,901 females and 1,205 

 males) 250,125 eggs, an average of 132 eggs to each fish. There were 

 retained for hatching 228,945, and 185,000 eggs were shipped as fol- 

 lows: Troutdale Fish Farm, Mammoth Spring, Ark., 5,000; John G-. 

 Bailey, Bogers, Ark., 5,000; secretary of Hampshire Trout Club, North- 

 ampton, Mass., 10,000; Vermont Fish Commission, 20,000; Nebraska 

 Fish Commission, 20,000; Minnesota Fish Commission, 20,000; A. P. 

 Muzzey, New Bichmond, Wis., 5,000; consul of Switzerland, at Havre, 

 France, 20,000; Wytheville, Va., Station, 20,000; Dnluth, Minn., Sta- 

 tion, 20,000; Neosho, Mo., Station, 20,000; Central Station, Washington, 

 D. C, 20,000. 



