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| Fort GASTON STATION, CALIFORNIA (LIVINGSTON STONE AND W. E. DOUGHERTY, 
CapTaIn U.S. A., IN CHARGE). 
This establishment was the first experiment in occupying a Govern- 
ment reservation on the west coast. Privileges granted by the Interior 
Department were continued, and the outlook for further good results is 
favorable. The water supply is unlimited and of finest quality. The 
building occupied combines hatchery and quarters for employees. Five 
ponds are employed in holding brood fish and as nurseries. 
On the abandonment of the reservation for military purposes, July 
1, 1892, supervision passed from Capt. Frank H. Edmunds, U.S. A., to 
Livingston Stone, superintendent of the Baird establishment, McCloud 
River, Mr. Stone remaining in charge until January, 1893. The Secre- 
tary of War was requested in December to permit Capt. William E. 
Dougherty, U. S. A., to resume supervision, and the request being 
granted, operations for the remaining half year were under his 
direction. 
Fish brought over from the preceding fiscal year consisted of the fol- 
lowing: Rainbow trout (brood fish), 300; rainbow trout (fry), 18,450; 
Von Behr trout (fry), 24,856; brook trout (fry), 9,854. 
In July 15,000 rainbow-trout fry were liberated in local streams. On 
April 30, there were remaining on hand of Von Behr trout 12,000, and 
of brook trout 7,000. These were liberated in May, with the excep- 
tion of 500 of the former and 400 of the latter, retained for brood stock. 
Those liberated were placed in the Supply, Mill, and Tishtang creeks, 
the number of Von Behr being 10,950, and the brook trout 6,193. 
Quinnat salmon.—In August plans were inaugurated for the capture 
of adult salmon from the tributaries of Trinity River and from Red- 
wood Creek, a dam and trap being constructed near the mouth of Mill 
Creek, a tributary of Trinity River, about 4 miles from the station. 
Traps were also constructed at Redwood and in Supply Creek, the lat- 
ter being near the station. The limited amount of fishing on Redwood 
Creek, as a result of the absence of canneries on that stream, rendered 
it the most profitable source. Another trap in the vicinity, constructed 
by Indians, also furnished adult fish. 
Salmon in this region ascend the streams for laying eggs twice a 
year, the first run occurring early in winter and the second late in 
spring. Eggs taken in the fall run amounted, by December 31, to 
180,000, producing 117,000 fry for liberation in local waters February 
23. Captures of adult frsh were made to a limited extent in January 
and February, small numbers of eggs being taken. 
In March and April 375,000 eggs were transferred from the auxiliary 
hatchery at Redwood to the station. Other consignments followed, 
which, together with those from traps on tributaries of Trinity River, 
furnished 540,000 fry for liberation in local streams in May and June. 
Lieut. Commander J. J. Brice, U. S. N., in a report-regarding the 
establishment of additional stations at Government reservations on 
