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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  were 
  forwarded 
  to 
  Duluth 
  by 
  steamer 
  and 
  arrived 
  in 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  condition, 
  considering 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  frequently 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   hold 
  them 
  on 
  trays 
  in 
  the 
  transportation 
  boxes 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  12 
  days 
  before 
  

   shipping, 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  instance 
  they 
  were 
  held 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  30 
  days, 
  though 
  

   it 
  is 
  not 
  usually 
  considered 
  safe 
  to 
  hold 
  them 
  longer 
  than 
  20 
  days. 
  The 
  

   fish 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  eggs 
  were 
  collected 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  small 
  gill 
  

   nets 
  set 
  in 
  shallow 
  water 
  on 
  reefs 
  near 
  the 
  shore. 
  

  

  As 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  fertilized 
  they 
  were 
  placed 
  on 
  canton-flannel 
  

   trays 
  18 
  inches 
  square, 
  about 
  three 
  layers 
  deep, 
  and 
  then 
  packed 
  in 
  

   cases 
  holding 
  20 
  trays 
  each. 
  Early 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  when 
  the 
  weather 
  

   was 
  warm, 
  the 
  bottoms 
  of 
  the 
  cases 
  were 
  covered 
  with 
  wet 
  moss 
  and 
  

   crushed 
  ice, 
  and 
  a 
  tray 
  filled 
  with 
  wet 
  moss 
  was 
  placed 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  that. 
  

   The 
  trays 
  containing 
  eggs 
  were 
  then 
  packed 
  one 
  above 
  the 
  other, 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  top 
  was 
  placed 
  another 
  tray 
  filled 
  with 
  wet 
  moss 
  and 
  crushed 
  

   ice. 
  As 
  the 
  weather 
  became 
  colder 
  the 
  ice 
  was 
  omitted. 
  The 
  eggs 
  

   were 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  cases 
  every 
  24 
  hours, 
  thoroughly 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  

   cold 
  water 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  sprinkling 
  pot 
  or 
  whisk 
  broom, 
  and 
  after 
  being 
  

   well 
  drained 
  were 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  cases. 
  A 
  consignment 
  of 
  50,000 
  was 
  

   shipped 
  to 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  F. 
  Mills 
  for 
  the 
  Nevada 
  Fish 
  Commission. 
  From 
  the 
  

   balance, 
  1,400,000 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  distributed 
  during 
  May 
  and 
  

   June, 
  130,000 
  being 
  furnished 
  to 
  applicants 
  in 
  the 
  States 
  of 
  Minnesota 
  

   and 
  North 
  Dakota. 
  The 
  remainder 
  were 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   the 
  fishing-grounds 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  obtained. 
  The 
  total 
  loss 
  

   of 
  eggs 
  and 
  fry 
  amounted 
  to 
  867,000. 
  

  

  WJiiteJish. 
  — 
  The 
  fishing 
  operations 
  at 
  Basswood 
  Lake, 
  Minn., 
  and 
  

   Whitefish 
  Lake, 
  Ontario, 
  were 
  seriously 
  interfered 
  with 
  by 
  severe 
  

   storms 
  and 
  cold 
  weather 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season; 
  hence 
  the 
  collections 
  at 
  

   those 
  two 
  points 
  amounted 
  to 
  only 
  7,000,000. 
  As 
  this 
  number 
  was 
  

   inadequate 
  for 
  stocking 
  public 
  waters, 
  a 
  consignment 
  of 
  10,000,000 
  was 
  

   transferred 
  to 
  Duluth 
  from 
  Put-in 
  Bay 
  Station. 
  The 
  eggs 
  commenced 
  

   hatching 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  April 
  and 
  fry 
  resulting 
  from 
  them 
  were 
  

   liberated 
  in 
  Lake 
  Superior 
  between 
  April 
  20 
  and 
  May 
  8 
  at 
  the 
  following 
  

   points: 
  Iron 
  River, 
  Wis., 
  Isle 
  Royale, 
  Mich., 
  Bayfield 
  and 
  Raspberry, 
  

   Wis. 
  The 
  loss 
  of 
  eggs 
  and 
  fry 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  planting 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   7,000,000. 
  

  

  Htcelhead 
  troiif. 
  — 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  test 
  the 
  adaptability 
  of 
  steelhead 
  trout 
  

   to 
  tlie 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes, 
  a 
  consignment 
  of 
  150,000 
  eggs 
  was 
  

   forwarded 
  from 
  the 
  Fort 
  Gaston, 
  Cal., 
  station 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  

   Ai)ril, 
  and 
  the 
  135,000 
  fry 
  resulting 
  from 
  them 
  were 
  planted, 
  between 
  

   June 
  4 
  and 
  15, 
  at 
  the 
  following 
  points 
  : 
  Washington 
  River, 
  Isle 
  Royale, 
  

   Mich., 
  30,000; 
  French 
  River, 
  Minn., 
  20,000; 
  Brule 
  River, 
  Wis., 
  20,000; 
  

   Split 
  Rock 
  River, 
  Minn., 
  20,000; 
  Poplar 
  River, 
  Minn., 
  20,000; 
  Baptism 
  

   River, 
  Minn., 
  10,000; 
  Sacker 
  River, 
  Minn., 
  15,000. 
  

  

  Consignments 
  of 
  brook 
  and 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  were 
  also 
  received 
  from 
  

   Neosho 
  and 
  Northville 
  stations, 
  from 
  which 
  10,000 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  and 
  

   3,200 
  brook 
  trout 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  distributed 
  to 
  applicants 
  in 
  Min- 
  

   nesota 
  and 
  North 
  Dakota 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  May. 
  

  

  