REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XXVII 



ernment at Bremen and transported to Amsterdam, where they were 

 hatched out by the Zoological Garden. 



The new venture i)roved to be a perfect success, a very small percent- 

 age of the eggs failing to be hatched out. Of the eggs of the German 

 consignment 45,000 were sent directly to Mr. Haack at Hiiningen, for 

 introduction into the Ehine. One hundred and fifteen thousand were 

 sent to Mr. Schuster, at Freiburg, for the Danube and the Ehine ; and 

 30,000 to Hameln, for the river Weser. Various smaller lots were dis- 

 tributed to other places 5 and all were successfully hatched out and 

 placed in their destined waters. 



The 100,000 sent to France were also hatched out with comparatively 

 small loss and introduced into various rivers of the republic. Those for 

 the Netherlands were equally successful. The number actually received 

 in Amsterdam was estimated at 85,000, and of these over 00,000 pro- 

 duced healthy fish, and were planted in various streams. 



In the general table of distribution of California salmon will be found 

 the indications of the various streams in which the fish were placed 

 respectively. 



Later in the season a consignment of the land-locked salmon was sent 

 to the Societe d'Acclimatation in Paris. These, however, owing to some 

 unexplained casualty, arrived in poor condition, and comj^aratively few 

 were saved. 



Full details in regard to the work at the McCloud Eiver station will 

 be found in Mr. Stone's article, given in the Appendix. 



Claclxamas Station. — In the report of 1877 reference is made to the 

 fears of the salmon-canners on the Columbia Eiver as to a threatened 

 diminution of the fish, and to the arrangement made through Mr. Stone 

 for the establishment of a station for artificial propagation. This, after 

 considerable delay, was established in the Clackamas Eiver, but owing 

 to the lateness of the season when the work was completed only a small 

 number of eggs were obtained. These were supplemented by a trans- 

 mission from the McCloud Eiver, and a successful result accomplished. 



The work was continued in 1878 ; but the funds available for the pur- 

 pose being very limited, I agreed to assign a portion, not to exceed 

 $5,000 of the appropriation, to the work, believing that in so doing I 

 was properly carrying out the intention of Congress. 



The first eggs were taken on the 5th of September ; and up to the 30th 

 2,081,000 had been taken from 478 females. Some casualties were expe- 

 rienced in the course of the season by the heavy rains, which caused the 

 dam to break ; but a reasonable percentage of eggs was satisfactorily 

 hatched out and introduced into the river. The principal part of the 

 hatching and depositing in the river was done between the 24th of De- 

 cember, 1878, and the 2d of January, 1879, the number of young turned 

 in being estimated at 1,203,000. The percentage of loss would have 

 been much less but for the necessity at one time of moving the eggs 

 from the hatching house to the river and back on account of a flood. 



