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  KEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  before 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  tlie 
  Commission 
  and 
  furnished 
  one-fifth 
  of 
  tlie 
  

   season's 
  take, 
  for 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  paid 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  §20 
  per 
  1,000,000. 
  

   The 
  following- 
  table 
  shows 
  in 
  detail 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  taken 
  and 
  

   fry 
  hatched 
  and 
  distributed 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  : 
  

  

  iSinxnutri/ 
  of 
  nhad 
  ci/f/ii 
  taken, 
  fry 
  hatched, 
  and 
  fry 
  and 
  engs 
  distributed 
  during 
  the 
  scitson 
  

   of 
  1896 
  at 
  Battery 
  Station, 
  Maryland. 
  

  

  Apr. 
  

  

  May 
  

  

  23... 
  

   24... 
  

   25... 
  

   26... 
  

   27... 
  

   28... 
  

   29... 
  

   liO... 
  

  

  1... 
  

  

  2... 
  

   3... 
  

   4... 
  

   5... 
  

   G... 
  

   7... 
  

  

  9. 
  

   10. 
  

   11. 
  

   12. 
  

   13. 
  

   14. 
  

   15. 
  

   16. 
  

   17. 
  

   18. 
  

   19. 
  

   20. 
  

   21. 
  

   22. 
  

   23. 
  

   24. 
  

   25. 
  

   26. 
  

   27. 
  

   28. 
  

   29. 
  

   HO. 
  

   31. 
  

   June 
  1. 
  

  

  2. 
  

  

  3. 
  

  

  4. 
  

  

  5. 
  

  

  Date. 
  

  

  Totals. 
  

  

  Eggs 
  taken. 
  

  

  60, 
  000 
  

   755, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  055, 
  000 
  

   300, 
  000 
  

   210, 
  000 
  

   505, 
  000 
  

   428, 
  000 
  

   570, 
  000 
  

   440, 
  000 
  

  

  2, 
  195, 
  000 
  

   4, 
  390, 
  000 
  

   2, 
  140, 
  000 
  

  

  2, 
  483, 
  000 
  

  

  3, 
  350, 
  000 
  

   3, 
  290, 
  000 
  

   1, 
  800, 
  000 
  

   1, 
  130, 
  000 
  

  

  444, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  130, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  945, 
  000 
  

  

  2, 
  298, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  060, 
  000 
  

  

  970, 
  000 
  

  

  2, 
  138, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  224, 
  000 
  

  

  835, 
  000 
  

  

  690, 
  000 
  

  

  805, 
  000 
  

  

  452, 
  000 
  

  

  170, 
  000 
  

  

  820, 
  000 
  

  

  670, 
  000 
  

  

  403, 
  000 
  

  

  55, 
  000 
  

  

  300, 
  000 
  

  

  567, 
  000 
  

  

  690, 
  000 
  

  

  523, 
  000 
  

  

  675, 
  000 
  

  

  630, 
  000 
  

  

  580, 
  000 
  

  

  115,000 
  

  

  20, 
  000 
  

  

  230, 
  000 
  

   135, 
  000 
  

   25, 
  000 
  

   45, 
  000 
  

   148, 
  000 
  

  

  45, 
  893, 
  000 
  

  

  Eggs 
  lost 
  

  

  during 
  

   liatching. 
  

  

  40, 
  000 
  

   392, 
  000 
  

   400, 
  000 
  

  

  22, 
  000 
  

  

  115, 
  000 
  

  

  106, 
  000 
  

   103, 
  000 
  

  

  98, 
  000 
  

   37, 
  000 
  

   327, 
  000 
  

   652, 
  000 
  

   315, 
  000 
  

   472, 
  000 
  

   568, 
  000 
  

   044, 
  000 
  

   160,000 
  

   125, 
  OOO 
  

   129, 
  000 
  

   134, 
  000 
  

   219, 
  000 
  

  

  223, 
  noo 
  

  

  107, 
  000 
  

   248, 
  000 
  

   470, 
  000 
  

   301,000 
  

   317, 
  000 
  

   138, 
  000 
  

   177. 
  000 
  

   122, 
  000 
  

  

  30, 
  000 
  

   300, 
  000 
  

   253, 
  000 
  

  

  92, 
  000 
  

   7,000 
  

  

  23, 
  000 
  

   89, 
  000 
  

  

  133, 
  000 
  

   112, 
  000 
  

   80, 
  000 
  

  

  116, 
  000 
  

   80, 
  000 
  

   15, 
  000 
  

  

  2,000 
  

  

  Egg.s 
  

   shipped. 
  

  

  65, 
  000 
  

  

  10, 
  000 
  

  

  5, 
  000 
  

  

  5, 
  000 
  

  

  33, 
  000 
  

  

  6H5, 
  (00 
  

   315,000 
  

   165, 
  000 
  

  

  Fry 
  liatohed. 
  

  

  20, 
  000 
  

  

  363, 
  000 
  

  

  655, 
  000 
  

  

  278, 
  000 
  

  

  95, 
  000 
  

  

  399, 
  000 
  

  

  325, 
  000 
  

  

  472, 
  000 
  

  

  403, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  868, 
  000 
  

  

  3, 
  738, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  825, 
  000 
  

   2,011,000 
  

  

  2, 
  782, 
  000 
  

   2. 
  646, 
  000 
  

   1,640,000 
  

  

  320, 
  000 
  

  

  831, 
  000 
  

   1,726,000 
  

   2, 
  075, 
  000 
  

   953, 
  000 
  

   722, 
  000 
  

   1, 
  668, 
  000 
  

   923, 
  000 
  

   518,000 
  

   552, 
  000 
  

   628, 
  000 
  

   330, 
  000 
  

   140, 
  000 
  

   520, 
  000 
  

   417, 
  000 
  

   311,000 
  

   48, 
  000 
  

   277, 
  000 
  

   478, 
  000 
  

   557, 
  000 
  

   411,000 
  

   595, 
  000 
  

   514, 
  000 
  

   500, 
  000 
  

   100, 
  000 
  

   18, 
  000 
  

  

  165,000 
  

   125, 
  000 
  

   20, 
  000 
  

   40, 
  000 
  

   115,000 
  

  

  Fry 
  distrib- 
  

   uted. 
  

  

  1,165,000 
  

  

  36, 
  117, 
  000 
  

  

  20, 
  000 
  

  

  200, 
  000 
  

   818, 
  000 
  

  

  823, 
  000 
  

  

  900, 
  000 
  

  

  450, 
  000 
  

  

  450, 
  000 
  

  

  3, 
  000, 
  000 
  

  

  2, 
  500, 
  (100 
  

   900, 
  000 
  

  

  3, 
  000, 
  (100 
  

   4, 
  150, 
  000 
  

  

  450, 
  000 
  

   2, 
  750, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  827, 
  000 
  

   1,000,000 
  

  

  2, 
  900, 
  000 
  

   1, 
  068, 
  000 
  

  

  450, 
  000 
  

   991,000 
  

  

  730, 
  000 
  

   450, 
  000 
  

   450, 
  000 
  

  

  450, 
  000 
  

   500, 
  000 
  

   540, 
  000 
  

  

  750, 
  000 
  

   688, 
  000 
  

   700, 
  000 
  

   1, 
  014, 
  000 
  

   118, 
  000 
  

  

  290, 
  000 
  

   175, 
  000 
  

  

  30, 
  117, 
  000 
  

  

  The 
  indications 
  at 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  seemed 
  favorable 
  for 
  a 
  

   large 
  collection, 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  taken 
  up 
  to 
  May 
  8 
  were 
  exceptionally 
  

   good, 
  very 
  small 
  losses 
  occurring. 
  This 
  was 
  probably 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  low 
  

   and 
  uniform 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  which 
  ranged 
  from 
  58 
  to 
  (13 
  

   degrees 
  from 
  April 
  22 
  to 
  May 
  9, 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  sediment, 
  the 
  

   water 
  being 
  discolored 
  only 
  once 
  or 
  twice, 
  and 
  then 
  but 
  slightly. 
  The 
  

   catch 
  fell 
  oif 
  greatly 
  about 
  May 
  11, 
  however, 
  and, 
  though 
  the 
  station 
  

   was 
  kept 
  in 
  operation 
  until 
  June 
  1, 
  only 
  twice 
  did 
  t)ie 
  night's 
  collections 
  

  

  