REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 15 
As a result of the year’s work 32,020,000 fry and 3,175,000 finger- 
ling blueback salmon were distributed in local waters, and 3,000,000 
eyed eggs of that species were donated to the Oregon Fish Commis- 
sion. All of the humpback salmon eggs after being eyed were trans- 
ferred to the Washington stations. 
The completion of the electric power house and the reconstruction 
of the bunk house, which was destroyed by fire in 1914, were the 
features of improvement at this station. 
Substantial gains were made in the output of all of the more impor- 
tant species handled at the stations in the Pacific States, and the work 
as a whole was attended with gratifying results. 
At the Washington stations the operations for the year were very 
successful, the output far exceeding that of any previous year. The 
total egg collections of all species numbered 73,145,800, which pro- 
duced 65,408,680 fry and fingerling fish, exceeding the total distribu- 
tions of the previous year by 16,500,000. Of the total egg collections, 
19,565,000, or nearly 27 per cent, were secured at the field station 
located on the Dusewallips River, a tributary of Hood Canal, 44 
miles from the Duckabush station, which was operated for the first 
time in 1912. The work of the station is addressed to the propaga- 
tion of the silver and dog salmons and the steelhead trout. 
While there was a slight falling off in the output of steelhead trout. 
the distribution of blueback salmon at the Baker Lake station, owing 
to the effectiveness of the new trap installed at the outlet of Baker - 
Lake, was in excess of 7,200,000. There was also a large gain made 
with the silver salmon, while the output of dog salmon from the 
Duckabush, Quilcene, and Brinnon stations, on Hood Canal, was 
30,705,500 or three times greater than in 1914. 
The work of reconstructing the hatchery building and barn at the 
Baker Lake station, which were destroyed by fire in May, 1914, was 
undertaken during the spring of 1915, and the buildings are now 
nearing completion. Practically all of the fish-cultural operations 
at this station during the year were conducted in an improvised 
hatchery hastily constructed by the station employees with the 
material available. 
At the Duckabush station the shore line of the river opposite the 
rearing pond system was protected by crib work and rack, to prevent 
the washing of the banks and inundation of the ponds during flood 
eriods. 
At the Birdsview station the old hatchery building was moved to 
a location across Grandy Creek, a two-room addition was made to the 
mess house, and a two-room cottage was constructed on the property 
recently acquired opposite the superintendent’s residence. Extensive 
repairs were made to the intake dam on Grandy Creek, from which 
the water supply is obtained. 
The results of the operations conducted at the field station located 
during the fall of 1914 in the Quiniault Indian Reservation were very 
gratifying, and from the experience thus far gained it is believed this 
will prove a very valuable field for the establishment of a permanent 
station, blueback, chinook, and silver salmons and steelhead trout 
being found in the Quiniault Lake and River in plentiful numbers. 
While the operations were conducted in an experimental way, with 
crude apparatus and limited facilities, the output of the station 
