REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 117 
month of April it was necessary to shovel out a mile of the road to 
Leadville several times in order to obtain supplies. In the latter month 
outdoor operations were resumed to a slight extent, and in May the 
ponds were cleaned and those injured by heaving of ice were repaired. 
At this season black-spotted and rainbow brood trout were transferred 
to spawning-ponds. The full stock of eggs and fish on hand at end of 
fiscal year, June 30, 1893, follows: 
Yearling 
Kind. Eggs. Fry. and two Boos 
years old. ? 
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BERD KS GT OW, sn icias cas cinie oe lauiclemiciot omen ajsiciaie’s Sebetainel Sain ateie aft eee rset 74, 032 6, 338 1,414 
> RDO US SERS eee oe deen dee depos SoCo scecoeroemoersese ero sana lses= Secoos 15400) | on 4s cee 
SEBEL SOV UE OU bison sass oes inlaw claimenta nis sienainig mien come a in| = cee, Sane 22, 368 1, 970 27 
PRORa oe eerias <2 Ase ses ca oh eas oppaclcomenbionte ore oneal): 63, 254 96, 300 10, 818 2, 446 
BaiRD STATION, CALIFORNIA (LIVINGSTON STONE, SUPERINTENDENT). 
The production of this station, consisting almost exclusively of 
quinnat salmon eggs, is largely transferred to the commissioners of 
the State of California. At their hatchery at Sisson the eggs are 
hatched and fry liberated under direction of those authorities. 
Mr. G. B. Williams resigned the superintendency and turned over 
the property of the station July 29. He was succeeded by Mr. Liv- 
ingston Stone, who had charge of these operations at their installation, 
he reporting August 10. 
The first salmon yielding eggs was caught August 135, the fish, how- 
ever, at that time being too scarce to warrant regular hauling of seine. 
On August 24, regular work being started, 44,000 eggs were taken. 
The California State law, permitting proprietors of canneries to operate 
seines until September 1, enabled those operators to catch nearly all 
the summer run of fish in the lower part of the Sacramento River, 
and the take of eggs from the summer run amounted to but 834,000. 
Egg operations lasted only nineteen days, during which time 220 
spawning fish were handled. All eggs taken, with the exception of 
about 500,000, were forwarded to the State hatchery at Sisson. 
Egg collections from the fall run of fish commenced October 20, the 
number obtained being 2,273,000. At this time funds having been 
exhausted, operations would have ceased but that the California com- 
missioners came to the rescue and paid expenses during a period of 
about one week, there being obtained through their efforts 423,000 
additional eggs." The whole number of salmon spawned during the 
fall run amounted to 620, the eggs produced being 2,696,000, and the 
aggregate for the year being 3,530,000. Work was abruptly stopped 
November 26 by a violent snow-storm. The eggs taken from the last 
run were forwarded to Sisson. 
