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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Rainbow 
  trout.— 
  From 
  the 
  fish 
  hatched 
  in 
  1895, 
  10,000 
  were 
  distrib- 
  

   uted 
  ill 
  the 
  fall, 
  and 
  575 
  of 
  the 
  500 
  retained 
  for 
  rearing 
  purposes 
  

   remained 
  on 
  hand 
  at 
  tbe 
  chise 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  In 
  December 
  an 
  invoice 
  of 
  

   25,000 
  eggs 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  Wytheville 
  Station. 
  The 
  fry 
  produced 
  

   from 
  them 
  suffered 
  heavy 
  losses 
  during 
  the 
  sac 
  stage, 
  and 
  only 
  12,778 
  

   survived 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  tlie 
  year. 
  

  

  Quinnat 
  salmon.— 
  A 
  case 
  containing 
  10,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   arrived 
  from 
  Baird, 
  Cal., 
  on 
  December 
  20, 
  1895, 
  in 
  fine 
  condition. 
  Of 
  

   the 
  8,248 
  healthy 
  fry 
  hatched 
  from 
  them, 
  7,796 
  remained 
  in 
  stock 
  at 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  Lalce 
  trout.— 
  From 
  50,000 
  eggs 
  received 
  from 
  Northville, 
  42,906 
  fry 
  

   were 
  hatched, 
  but 
  by 
  June 
  30 
  the 
  number 
  had 
  been 
  reduced 
  to 
  38,965. 
  

  

  Swiss 
  lake 
  trout.— 
  Another 
  consignment 
  of 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  

   shipped 
  from 
  Switzerland 
  in 
  February, 
  and 
  arrived 
  in 
  excellent 
  condi- 
  

   tion. 
  From 
  the 
  56,000 
  received, 
  51,294 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched, 
  46,796 
  of 
  

   them 
  surviving 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  in 
  stock 
  27 
  

   yearlings, 
  left 
  from 
  the 
  80,000 
  eggs 
  shipped 
  to 
  the 
  station 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  Von 
  Behr 
  trout.— 
  A 
  shipment 
  of 
  25,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  sent 
  from 
  

   Belgium 
  arrived 
  in 
  January 
  in 
  such 
  poor 
  condition 
  that 
  only 
  9,000 
  were 
  

   estimated 
  to 
  be 
  alive, 
  and 
  only 
  487 
  of 
  the 
  6,652 
  fry 
  hatched 
  from 
  them 
  

   were 
  alive 
  on 
  June 
  30. 
  

  

  Steelhead 
  trout.— 
  Three 
  invoices 
  of 
  eggs, 
  amounting 
  in 
  all 
  to 
  210,000, 
  

   were 
  received 
  from 
  Fort 
  Gaston 
  station 
  during 
  April 
  and 
  May. 
  Owing 
  

   to 
  high 
  temperature 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  shipment 
  and 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  time 
  they 
  

   were 
  en 
  route, 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  consignments 
  were 
  in 
  very 
  poor 
  

   condition 
  when 
  received. 
  The 
  three 
  lots 
  produced 
  115,537 
  fry, 
  but 
  there 
  

   was 
  a 
  heavy 
  loss 
  during 
  the 
  sac 
  stage, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  net 
  result 
  was 
  but 
  

   50.104 
  distributed 
  and 
  12,511 
  remaining 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  on 
  June 
  30. 
  

  

  The 
  stock 
  on 
  hand 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  accom- 
  

   panying 
  table: 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Calendar 
  year 
  in 
  which 
  fish 
  were 
  hatched. 
  

  

  1896. 
  

  

  1893. 
  

  

  1892 
  or 
  

   before. 
  

  

  Atlantic 
  salmon 
  

  

  Atlantic 
  salmon, 
  domesticated 
  . 
  

  

  Landlocked 
  salmon 
  

  

  Quinnat 
  salmon 
  

  

  Brook 
  trout 
  

  

  Rainbow 
  trout 
  

  

  Scotch 
  sea 
  trout 
  

  

  Lake 
  trout 
  

  

  Swiss 
  lake 
  irout 
  

  

  Von 
  Behr 
  trout 
  

  

  Steelhead 
  trout 
  

  

  244, 
  405 
  

  

  11,033 
  

   7,796 
  

   2,668 
  

  

  12, 
  778 
  

  

  38, 
  965 
  

   46, 
  796 
  

  

  487 
  

   12,511 
  

  

  575 
  

   1,337 
  

  

  27 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  377, 
  439 
  

  

  1,939 
  

  

  451 
  

  

  254 
  

   52 
  

  

  451 
  

  

  306 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  21,010 
  pounds 
  of 
  butchers' 
  offal, 
  blood, 
  beef, 
  and 
  

   horse 
  carcasses 
  were 
  used 
  as 
  food, 
  the 
  original 
  cost 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  

   $282,79. 
  The 
  additional 
  expenses 
  of 
  freight 
  and 
  drayage 
  makes 
  the 
  

   total 
  cost 
  of 
  fish 
  food 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  $513.88. 
  

  

  