100 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
known, however, at the end of the year whether the black bass had 
produced numerously or not, the young at that time being still in the 
spawning-beds. The rock bass and goldfish spawned in May, many of 
both species hatching during that month. The numbers of fish of all 
kinds on hand, counted or estimated, at the end of fiscal year, June 30, 
1893, are represented in the table which follows: 
Year hatched. 
Kind. | l ] 
| 9 | 1890 or 
1893. 1892. 1891. | Aamdgct, 
Rainbows trowts 0 -.ccsesnosmcise sonnei secioeceasnarenieriasa ns 112, 000 A000" maser see 2, 000 
Blacksapotteditrout.cs-cc soe ceeee eee ete cem see cee neem meee | aa eee ee 300 200) |s28 Jags 
ISELIN Se soon do aqsocchconaosouSSe sospadetossd sancnecanace|ibasdne S600 50 OF Sareea 
IRIEL DE shoe CeCCOe OL coe ao OR Oe SAG En aac Quenoerabcrpesoormcda: 2000082 sce eealt eee | 200 
(CR Ta Neahea@otec Mob es or aS SS aon Aa poCue te aC ee cn enac saaeou nels SOOO Uleiseriaetete| eae 50 
Goold fishy see ati sahtiewiser cincle ehisiars Ses cities cle tee See eee ee 8000s) oosegs seal ie eeecmets 100 
PutT-IN BAY STATION, OHIO (J. J. STRANAHAN, SUPERINTENDENT). 
Production was greatly curtailed by hard weather, there occurring 
in the eleven days after October 28 three gales of unusual severity, 
many of the fishermen’s nets being injured so badly that they were 
pulled out for the season. There were also severe gales in the spring 
months, interfering with the collection of pike-verch eggs. All eggs 
taken, however, proved to be of fair quality. 
Whitefish—The collection of whitefish eggs was not commenced, 
owing to storms, until November 11, the season terminating November 
23, with an aggregate of 50,080,000, derived from sources below: 
North Bass island) Wakevbirier. assesses ees eee 22, 690, 000 
Middilevbassilsland\wbailkcerbiniee ae aes ee 5, 600, 000 
South» Bassiisland; lakeshinie:2.22 5-5. shi seis qo gee 14, 310, 000 
Kellleyalsland maketh tie sea <2 2 ose eee oe ae ee eee 5, 590, 000 
Catawhbaisland Wake ries tance ee see ase ose eee 1, 400, 000 
Toledo, Thake Hrie- i.e ss: = a,4)s seco se te eee 280, 000 
(Wine conded he see ooo toe epee one eee eee eee 210, 000 
As inany as two-fifths were from gill nets, and all were obtained 
through spawn-takers attached to the station, and paid for at the rate 
of 40 cents per liquid quart. Only eggs of good quality, were pur- 
chased, determinations being made by, microscope immediately after 
segmentation. 
On February 13 a shipment of 5,000,000 eggs was made to the New 
York Fish Commission, addressed to the hatchery at Clayton, M. B. 
Hill, superintendent. These, by error, were shipped by freight, and 
were on the road twenty days, and on arrival were found to be frozen. 
They were successfully thawed out, however, and Mr. Hill, in a letter 
dated April 10, gave the gratifying information that all were hatched 
and liberated with a loss of but 10 per cent. On February 27 a ship- 
ment of 5,000,600 eggs was sent to Duluth Station. Eggs retained 
produced 22,570,000 fry, which were liberated on reefs off the islands 
in the vicinity of Put-in Bay Station. In development it was discovered 
that those eggs which occupied the upper tier were of poorest quality. 
The reason for this was not definitely ascertained, but was supposed 
