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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  method 
  of 
  collection 
  was 
  as 
  follows: 
  The 
  fishermen 
  agreeing 
  to 
  

   furnish 
  live 
  salmon 
  were 
  supplied 
  in 
  advance 
  with 
  large, 
  fine-meshed 
  

   dip 
  nets, 
  lined 
  with 
  fiannel 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  chafing 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  ; 
  a 
  car 
  was 
  

   stationed 
  in 
  every 
  neighborhood, 
  and 
  each 
  fisherman 
  whose 
  weirs 
  were 
  

   so 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  moorings 
  of 
  the 
  car 
  as 
  to 
  forbid 
  their 
  being 
  brought 
  

   alongside 
  for 
  the 
  direct 
  receipt 
  of 
  captured 
  fish 
  was 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  

   large 
  box 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  transport 
  them 
  short 
  distances. 
  As 
  low 
  water 
  

   ap]>roached 
  and 
  before 
  it 
  became 
  low 
  enough 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  fish 
  stranded 
  

   on 
  the 
  lloor 
  of 
  the 
  box, 
  the 
  salmon 
  were 
  carefully 
  dii)ped 
  out 
  and 
  placed 
  

   in 
  the 
  cars. 
  Once 
  a 
  day 
  the 
  collecting 
  steamer 
  made 
  a 
  tour 
  of 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   trict, 
  taking 
  in 
  tow 
  the 
  cars 
  containing 
  salmon 
  and 
  leaving 
  empty 
  ones 
  

   in 
  their 
  places. 
  The 
  cars 
  were 
  then 
  towed 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Orland, 
  arriving 
  

   there 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  before 
  high 
  water. 
  A 
  dam 
  and 
  lock 
  at 
  this 
  point 
  

   making 
  it 
  impossible 
  for 
  the 
  steamer 
  to 
  ascend 
  farther, 
  the 
  cars 
  were 
  

   here 
  taken 
  in 
  tow 
  by 
  oarsmen 
  and 
  carried 
  on 
  nearly 
  2 
  miles 
  farther 
  to 
  

   Dead 
  Brook, 
  where 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  released 
  in 
  an 
  inclosure 
  of 
  about 
  a 
  

   third 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  a 
  sluggish 
  stream, 
  averaging 
  li 
  or 
  4 
  yards 
  

   in 
  width 
  and 
  having 
  an 
  extreme 
  depth 
  of 
  about 
  G 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  lot 
  was 
  received 
  June 
  1, 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  proceeded 
  Without 
  

   incident 
  from 
  that 
  time 
  until 
  the 
  10th. 
  On 
  that 
  date 
  45 
  salmon 
  were 
  

   brought 
  in, 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  excessive 
  heat 
  15 
  of 
  them 
  died 
  in 
  the 
  cars 
  

   before 
  reaching 
  the 
  inclosure. 
  The 
  following 
  days 
  were 
  also 
  very 
  hot, 
  

   making 
  the 
  losses 
  so 
  heavy 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  necessary 
  to 
  suspend 
  

   operations 
  on 
  the 
  14th. 
  Work 
  was 
  resumed 
  on 
  the 
  17th 
  and, 
  with 
  the 
  

   aid 
  of 
  ice, 
  was 
  continued 
  without 
  interruption 
  until 
  the 
  2()th, 
  when 
  

   operations 
  ceased. 
  Of 
  390 
  salmon 
  i)urchased, 
  109 
  were 
  lost 
  en 
  route. 
  

   During 
  the 
  season 
  persistent 
  efforts 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  temperature 
  

   down 
  in 
  the 
  cars 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  ice, 
  and 
  positively 
  favorable 
  results 
  were 
  

   at 
  last 
  attained 
  by 
  Jirranging 
  their 
  interiors 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  water, 
  admitted 
  

   in 
  a 
  greatly 
  reduced 
  volume, 
  should 
  pass 
  through 
  a 
  cooling 
  compart- 
  

   ment 
  before 
  reaching 
  the 
  fish. 
  In 
  the 
  application 
  of 
  this 
  method 
  it 
  was 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  separate 
  boat 
  containing 
  a 
  considerable 
  quantity 
  

   of 
  ice 
  to 
  accompany 
  the 
  fleet. 
  

  

  Notwithstanding 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  every 
  effort 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  

   salmon 
  from 
  injury 
  in 
  handling, 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  died 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  from 
  

   the 
  effects 
  of 
  bruises 
  and 
  chafing. 
  Thirty 
  per 
  cent 
  may 
  be 
  given 
  as 
  the 
  

   ordinary 
  ratio 
  of 
  loss 
  out 
  of 
  those 
  liberated 
  in 
  the 
  inclosure, 
  but 
  the 
  loss 
  

   this 
  year 
  was 
  6 
  per 
  cent 
  greater, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  salmon 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   inclosure 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  being 
  179, 
  of 
  which 
  08 
  were 
  males 
  and 
  111 
  females. 
  

  

  Egg 
  collections 
  commenced 
  October 
  26 
  and 
  closed 
  November 
  7. 
  The 
  

   total 
  yield 
  was 
  estimated 
  at 
  992,000, 
  but 
  a 
  later 
  computation 
  based 
  on 
  

   careful 
  measurement 
  showed 
  a 
  take 
  of 
  1,027,353. 
  Of 
  these, 
  100,653 
  

   were 
  lost. 
  The 
  United 
  States 
  received 
  as 
  its 
  portion 
  602,700 
  and 
  the 
  

   State 
  of 
  Maine 
  318,000. 
  Of 
  those 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  station, 
  329,000 
  

   were 
  distributed 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  accompanying 
  table, 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  

   were 
  reserved 
  for 
  hatching 
  and 
  rearing. 
  Of 
  the 
  274,158 
  fry 
  produced 
  

   from 
  them, 
  244,405 
  survived 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  