REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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In addition to the 1,()13,000 brook-trout eg-j4-.s collected at the field 

 stations, 200,000 were purchased from George F. Lane, Silver Lake, 

 Mass. These reached the station in excellent condition, onl}^ 1,370 

 having- died en route, and the resulting fry were strong and active, the 

 total losses on eggs and fry not exceeding 4 per cent. All but 15,000 

 of this stock, which are being held for brood fish, were distributed in 

 May and June with the fry derived from the collecting stations, the 

 total output aggregating 1,081,388. This work was all done by the 

 regular employees of the station, and was completed by June 20. 



The following shows the field stations operated in connection with 

 Green Lake Station, and the number of fish and eggs obtained at each: 



At the close of the year the stock of fish on hand consisted of 264,088 

 landlocked salmon fry and 129,514 brook-trout fry. 



A special appropriation for general repairs and improvements hav- 

 ing been provided, the western wing of the dam at Rocky Pond, 53 

 feet long, was removed and replaced by a new wing 189 feet long, and 

 surmounted with 4-foot flush boards. Two hundred and fifty feet of 

 the main supply flume was replaced and 5,000 feet of it repaired. 

 For the purpose of housing the steamer Se7iato7' and other boats during 

 the Avinter, a boat-house 57 feet long by 22 feet wide, with a roller rail- 

 way 384 feet long leading to it, was constructed near the station wharf. 

 The hull of the steamer SenaUrr was replanked, calked, and otherwise 

 repaired. Sixteen hatching-troughs were constructed for increasing- 

 propagation facilities in the hatcher}^; the bridges between the hatchery 

 and Rocky Pond were repaired, and much work .was done in grading 

 around the north and south reservoirs, hatchery buildings, and rearing- 

 ponds. The coal shed at the outlet of Green Lake, together with 7 

 or 8 tons of soft coal, was burned on October 17, it presumably having 

 been struck by lightning. 



Craig Brook Station, Maine (C. G. Atkins, Superintendent). 



The work at the Craig Brook Station and its two auxiliaries, Matta- 

 gamon and Grand Lake Stream, has been applied to the propagation 

 of the Atlantic salmon, landlocked salmon, quinnat salmon, steelhead 

 trout, brook trout, rainl)ow trout, Scotch sea trout, and grayling. 



The work at the Mattagamon auxiliary was wholly tentative, aiming- 

 at the capture of wild Atlantic salmon near their natural spawning- 



