REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Baird Station, California (Livingston Stone. Superintendent). 



The salmon rack across McOloud River having been built (in June) 

 earlier this season than has been customary in recent years, accounts 

 for the fact that there were more breeding salmon corralled at the sta- 

 tion than there were last year, and a million more eggs were taken from 

 the summer run of fish. 



The regular fishing and spawn-collecting seasrfn for the summer run 

 began August 22, when 104,0(10 eggs were taken. At the end of the 

 month 840,000 eggs were in the hatching house. The season ended 

 September 15, with a take of 2,0G0,200 eggs. 



Fishing for the fall run of salmou began October 21 and continued 

 till November 28, when a violent storm, lasting nine days, with a sudden 

 rise in the river, tore out the rack and prevented further fishing for the 

 season. During the fall run 6,019,150 eggs were obtained, making a 

 total of 8,088,350, which was exceeded only in 1S75 and 1S78. 



Five hundred thousand eggs were hatched at the station, and the 

 fry distributed along the McCloud River; the remainder (7,500,000) 

 were sent to the California State hatching station at Sisson, where 

 they were hatched, and the young fish deposited in the Sacramento 

 Eiver. 



On the 1st of September 50,000 eggs were sent to the World's Fair 

 at Chicago, and were hatched there. 



The highest temperatures of the air and water at 2 p. m. at the station 

 during the year were as follows: 



July 



August . . . 

 September 

 October... 

 Not ember 

 December. 



Air. 



o j\ 

 102 

 104 

 90 

 90 

 81 

 70 



Water. 



o p. 



January . 

 February 

 March .'.. 



April 



May 



June 



Air. Water. 



°F. 

 G9 

 71 

 82 

 90 

 92 

 a 90 



F. 

 49 

 50 

 53 

 53 

 56 

 a 59 



a Noon. 



Fort Gaston Station, California (Capt. William E 



S UPEU1NTENDENT) . 



Dougherty, U. S. A., 



The station is situated on the Trinity River in the Hoopa Indian 

 Reservation, the site being on the military reservation of Fort Gaston 

 by permission of the War Department, afterwards confirmed by the 

 Indian Bureau of the Interior Department. The Indian agent, Capt. 

 W. E. Dougherty, discharges the duties of superintendent of the 

 station. 



The water supply for the hatchery is drawn from a ditch constructed 



by the Government for the supply of the reservation. The ponds are 



supplied from a small stream about one fourth of a mile distant from 



the hatchery. The ponds contain steelhead salmon and eastern brook 



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