SALMON HATCHING ON M'CLOUD EIVEE, CALIFORNIA, 1878. 753 



Madison, Wis., Becemher 20, 1878. 



Dear Sir: Your receipt for freight on California salmon eggs re- 

 ceived tins day. 

 The eggs icere very fine; hatched out beautifully. 

 Yery truly yours, 



WILLIAM WELCH, 



President Wisconsin Fish Commission. 

 L. Stone. 



Mount Carroll, Carroll County, Illinois, 



October IG, 1878. 

 Pear Sir: The two crates of California salmon eggs, of which you 

 notified me from California, reached me on the 14th instant. They are 

 in fine condition, only about 3 per cent, being found faulty. 

 Yery truly yours, 



SAJVIUEL PEESTON. 

 Livingston Stone, Esq. 



Gloucester, Mass., October 18, 1878. 

 My Dear Sir : My man writes me of the safe arrival of the salmon 

 eggs in good condition. Out of the lot of 250,000 he picked out 0,000 

 bad eggs, 2-^^ per cent. 



Yours, very respectfully, 



FEANK N. CLARK. 

 Livingston Stone. 



Saint Paul, Minn., October 28, 1878. 

 Dear Sir : The California salmon eggs from McCloud River came to 

 us in the evening of the 14th, and I am glad to say they open np in bet- 

 ter order than any we have ever received before. The iDacking and car- 

 riage were a complete success, and up to this time the loss has not been 

 over 5 per cent. 



Yery respectfully, 



R. O. SWEEPS'. 

 Hon. S. F. Baird, 



United States Fish Commissioner, Smithsonian Institute, 



Washington, D. C. 



Pembroke, Me., October 8, 1878. 

 Dear Sir : I received the case of salmon eggs that you shipped to 

 me. The eggs were in good condition, there being only 823 dead eggs, 

 which is a small j)ercentage. 

 Yours, respectfully, 



LORENZO S. BAILEY. 

 Livingston Stone. 

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