772 EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The river was still rising, and on the night of the 30th it washed away 

 the rack, allowing all the fish that were below to go up the river. After 

 that the river stayed high for two or three days, and when it got low 

 enongh for us to fish again all the fish were gone. 



The number of eggs taken was 2,081,000. 



The number of females spawned was 478. 



There were more than twice as many males caught as there were fe- 

 males. 



November 7 the dam which supplies the hatching-house with water 

 broke, and we were obliged to take the eggs and young fish out of the 

 house. The company has two flat-boats here, and we fastened them to- 

 gether and made a place between them for the eggs and fish. On the 

 same day we turned into the river 300,000 young fish. 



December 9 the river began rising again, and the current was so 

 strong that it killed a good many of the fish, and we saw something 

 must be done or we would lose them all. By this time we had had a 

 good deal of rain, and all the small streams were full of water and we 

 were able to turn the water from one of them, which has plenty of water 

 in the winter, but is nearly dry in the summer, into the hatching-house, 

 and once more the fish were put back into the house ; at this time the 

 eggs were nearly all hatched. 



December 24 Captain Ainsworth took 3,000 young salmon, which were 

 placed in a land-locked lake in Washington Territory. 



December 26 000,000 young fish were turned into the river and Cleer 

 Creek, a stream which runs into the Clackamas below the hatchery. 



December 27 150,000 young fish were turned into the river at different 

 points. 



January 2, 1879, the last of the young fish were out, 150,000, which 

 were also put in the Clackamas at different points up and down the 

 river. 



The total number of fish turned out is estimated at 1,203,000. 



The large number of eggs and fish lost is attributed to having to 

 move them from the hatching-house to the river and back, and also to 

 the high-water while they were in the river, which killed a great many, 



At the time the rack went out there were a great many fish below it 

 and had it remained two or three weeks longer, we should iirobably have 

 taken another million of eggs. 



Respectfully forwarded. 



W. F. HUBBAED, 



Assistant SiiperintcncJent. 



J. G. MEGLER, 

 Secretary 0. & TF. F. P. Go. 



