XXVIIT Rt^PORT OF COMMIRSIONKR OF FISH AND FISHEUIKS. 



eggs of the siiiiie species received Marcli 14 IVoiii Mr. vou deui Borne, 

 half Avere sent to Central Station, AVasliington, and tlie remainder were 

 retained at this station as the property of the New York Fish Commis- 

 sion. The loss in the latter Avas very great, and but 1,530 were saved. 

 The niunber of fry resulting from the 150,000 eggs of the Atlantic salmon 

 Avas 142,000, wliicli were planted at the expense of the New Yorlv Fish 

 Commission in the waters of the State, as follows: 



Date. 



Apr. 19. 1892 



May 4. 1S92 , 



9,1892 



9, 1H92 



9, 1892 



Locality. Ko. 



Xissequosne Ki vcr, Long Island i 10, 000 



(Jloudon i'.i ook, G lens Falls -. 50, OOO 



r.alin of Gilead Brook, Kortli Creek 30,000 



Kayinoud lir-ook, North Crefk 30, onil 



Cair Brook, North Creek 22, 000 



All of these waters, with tLie excei)tion of the tirst mentioned, are 

 tributaries of the Upper Hudson Eiver. 



On November 6, 1891, there were delivered to Mr. J. F. Ellis, in 

 charge of the Commission's car No. 3, 3,500 quinnat salmon from 2| to 

 G inches long and nine months old, which were planted in the Batten- 

 kill, a tributary of the Hudson Eiver. On the first of tiie following 

 month 2,400 of the same species, averaging from 3 to 7^ inches long, 

 were planted by Mr. Mather in the Nissequogue Eiver at Smithtown. 



The consignment of eggs of thewhite^sh {Coregonvs icorimanni), lake 

 trout {Trutta lacustris), and brook trout {Sahno salrclinus) receiA^ed 

 February 16, 1892, from Mv. Max von dem Borne, Berneucheu, Ger- 

 many, was entirely spoiled on receipt. These eggs were to have been 

 shipped on a steamer sailing scA-eral days earlier than that on Avhich 

 they arrived, but were left on the Avharf at Geestemunde. 



The foreign shipments from the station, with the exception of a few 

 adults of several varieties of our more common tishes delivered to Dr. 

 Charles von dem Borne for Mr. Max von dem Borne, consisted of a con- 

 signment on January 5, 1802, of 10,000 eggs each of the brook trout, 

 Von Behr trout, and Loch Leven trout to Dr. J. G. Bluhm (Eio Negro), 

 Sabauilla, Colombia, for his government. These eggs Avere furnished by 

 the North ville, Mich., Station. 



Delaavare Riveu Siiad-Pkopagatixg Station (Lieut. Robeut Flatt, U. S. N., 



IN chakge). 



Owing to the unfavorable results which had been obtained at the 

 shore station at Gloucester City, N. J., in previous years, it Avas decided 

 to close it and reassign the work of propagating the shad of the Dela- 

 ware Eiver to the othcers and crew of the steamer Fish Ilawlc. The 

 vessel was moA^ed off Gloucester City and the first eggs obtained 

 May 9 and the last June 1. During this time eggs to the number of 

 30,521,000 Avere taken from Gil fish. The number of fry produced was 

 15,833,000; eggs ])artially deA'eloi)ed to the number of 2,497,000 were 

 placed in Timber Creek, and 3,480,000 AAcre transferred to the cars of 



