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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



has been mutually beneficial to the participants and advantageous to 

 the public. Eggs taken and fertilized at the Bureau's stations are 

 transferred to the state fish commissions, by which they are hatched 

 and planted. The Bureau's expenses and difficulties in distribution 

 are thereby reduced and simplified, and the superior local knowledge 

 usually at the service of the state authorities is of value in indicating 

 the most suitable localities in which to plant the fry. On Lake Erie 

 the Ohio and Pennsylvania fishery authorities cooperated with the 

 Bureau in the collection of eggs of the whitefish, lake cisco, and pike 

 perch. 



As shown in the following table, the fish eggs allotted to the state 

 commissions during 1910 aggregated over 443,000,000 and were sent 

 into IT States : 



Allotment of Fish Eggs to State Fish Commissions, Fiscal Year ended 



June 30, 1910.° 



Also there were allotted to Michigan 3,500 lake trout, to Oregon 45 blackspotted 

 trout, and to Wisconsin 3,8S0 lake trout, or a total of 7,425 flngerlings, yearlings, and 

 adults. 



In response to requests coming through diplomatic channels the 

 Bureau furnished eggs to the governments of foreign countries as 

 follows : 



