30 REPOllT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



beds for tlir colloctioii of spawn, as a substitute for the present system 

 of obtaiiiin*,'- s})aAvn from sahiion purchased from fishermen about the 

 mouth of tlie river and impounded durin<^ the summer in a stream 

 near Craig Brook. At the beginning of the j^ear a weir of novel form 

 was in operation and an inclosure read}' to capture all salmon seeking 

 to ascend the East liranch, but on account of the very low water the 

 salmon failed almost wholly to surmount the dams in its lower course, 

 and scarcely any reached the P^ast Branch. In consequence of their 

 failure the station was abandoned in August. 



At the beginning of the year the stock of Atlantic salmon consisted 

 of 288 iidults in the Dead Brook inclosure, 300,295 fry, and 411 fish 2 

 3'ears old. Of the 2-year-old fish 16 were distributed in August, and 

 the remainder were carried through the year with a loss of 19. The 

 ivy were reared to fingerlings, and as a result 282, -tOO were distributed 

 in October and 351 kept to the end of the j^ear. From the 238 adult 

 salmon 832,300 eggs were obtained, of which 315,000 were distributed 

 in the winter and 397,499 hatched in March and April. Of the fry 

 thus obtained 48,715 were liberated in June, and 32(>,18() remained on 

 hand at the close of the year in course of rearing. Preparations have 

 been made for enlarging the Atlantic salmon operations the coming 

 year l)y the collection in May and June of 614 adult salmon, of which 

 589 remained alive at the close of the year. 



The stock of landlocked salmon on hand at the opening of the 3'ear 

 consisted of 4 broods, of which 24,229 were fry and 1,796 were from 

 1 to 3 years old. The fry were all fed until November, when 

 20,758 of them were distributed. Of the balance 2,407 remained on 

 hand at the end of the year. At the Grand Lake Stream auxiliary 

 72,312 landlocked-salmon fry were on hand at the beginning of the 

 year. These were a pjirt of those reserved for the preservation of the 

 species in the waters where the eggs were collected, and 53,825 were 

 reared and liberated in Grand Lake Stream and vicinitv in October. 

 During October and November the run of wild salmon from Grand 

 Lake down into the stream for spawning pui'poses was unusually heavy, 

 and the weir intercepted 3,21(), of which 1,464 were males and 1,746 

 females. The eggs obtained from the latter amounted to 1,448,274, 

 the largest numt)er collected at this point since 1884. Of these, 225, (Mio 

 eggs were distributed, and there were hatched from those retained at 

 Grand Lake Stream 505,513 fry and at Craig Bro(;k 282,482. Of the 

 fry at Cirand Lake Stream 429,785 were liberated in the lake and stream 

 in June and the remainder, 68,949, were held for feeding. From Craig 

 Brook 100,000 of the fr}' were transferred to the Green Lake Station 

 in May, 90,000 were distributed in June, and on June 30 there were 

 67,546 on hand. 



Of the 2,137 tingcrliiig brook trout on hand at the ])eginning of tiie 

 year 1,243 w^re distributed as yearlings. From tlie few adult brook 

 trout on hand 8,500 eggs were collected, and the fry from these eggs, 

 amounting to 5,475. were distributed in local waters. 



