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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Bairi) 
  Statiox, 
  Califorxia 
  (Livingston 
  Stone, 
  Superintendent). 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  begiimiiig 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  a 
  rack 
  was 
  constructed 
  across 
  McCloud 
  

   Eiver 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  ascent 
  of 
  salmon. 
  Several 
  additional 
  piers 
  were 
  

   rendered 
  necessary 
  by 
  the 
  constant 
  widening 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  After 
  the 
  

   completion 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  the 
  old 
  wornont 
  flatboats 
  supporting 
  the 
  cur- 
  

   rent 
  wheel 
  were 
  removed, 
  and 
  two 
  substantial 
  piers 
  were 
  erected 
  in 
  

   Ijlace 
  of 
  them. 
  Seining 
  operations 
  for 
  the 
  summer 
  run 
  of 
  salmon 
  were 
  

   commenced 
  August 
  2G, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  eggs 
  were 
  collected 
  the 
  following 
  

   day. 
  The 
  season 
  lasted 
  a 
  month, 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  attained 
  were 
  unusu- 
  

   ally 
  large, 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  eggs 
  amounting 
  to 
  7,747,000. 
  Operations 
  were 
  

   resumed 
  on 
  October 
  30, 
  when 
  the 
  fall 
  run 
  of 
  salmon 
  appeared, 
  but 
  

   owing 
  to 
  low 
  Avater 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  very 
  few 
  fish 
  were 
  captured, 
  and 
  only 
  

   1,915,400 
  eggs 
  were 
  secured, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  9,Gr)3,000 
  for 
  tlie 
  season. 
  

  

  As 
  in 
  past 
  years 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  season's 
  collection 
  was 
  transferred 
  

   to 
  the 
  California 
  State 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  to 
  be 
  hatched 
  at 
  the 
  Sisson 
  

   Hatchery 
  and 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  public 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  Of 
  the 
  stock 
  

   remaining 
  2,074,000 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  Clackamas 
  Station 
  5 
  10,000 
  were 
  

   sent 
  to 
  Craig 
  Brook 
  Station, 
  and 
  40,000 
  to 
  Atlanta 
  for 
  hatching 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  exhibit. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these 
  shipments 
  

   the 
  following 
  assignments 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  applicants 
  in 
  foreign 
  countries: 
  

  

  Conaignee. 
  

  

  S. 
  Jaff6, 
  Sandfort, 
  Osnabnick, 
  Germany. 
  

   Gen. 
  R«uben 
  Alonzo, 
  Leon, 
  Nicaragua.. 
  

   R. 
  L. 
  Moore, 
  Belleek, 
  Ireland 
  

  

  Number 
  

   assigned. 
  

  

  25, 
  000 
  

   20, 
  000 
  

   50, 
  000 
  

  

  The 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  eggs, 
  amounting 
  to 
  708,200, 
  were 
  retained 
  at 
  the 
  

   station, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  050,000 
  fry 
  resulting 
  from 
  them 
  400,000 
  were 
  deposited 
  

   in 
  McCloud 
  Eiver 
  in 
  February 
  and 
  March. 
  The 
  remaining 
  250,000 
  were 
  

   kept 
  in 
  troughs 
  at 
  the 
  hatchery, 
  being 
  fed 
  on 
  chopped 
  liver, 
  venison, 
  

   and 
  such 
  other 
  fresh 
  meat 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  secured. 
  When 
  they 
  were 
  liber- 
  

   ated 
  in 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  River, 
  on 
  May 
  12, 
  they 
  were 
  strong, 
  healthy 
  fish, 
  

   ranging 
  in 
  length 
  from 
  li 
  to 
  2i 
  inches. 
  These 
  fish 
  were 
  kept 
  during 
  the 
  

   winter 
  without 
  expense, 
  except 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  food, 
  as 
  the 
  water 
  used 
  

   was 
  supplied 
  by 
  gravity 
  through 
  the 
  aqueduct 
  from 
  Wiley 
  Creek, 
  which 
  

   was 
  completed 
  during 
  the 
  summer. 
  The 
  hatching 
  apparatus 
  used 
  was 
  

   the 
  Williamson 
  trough 
  and 
  the 
  Stone 
  salmon 
  basket, 
  a 
  full 
  description 
  

   of 
  which 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  for 
  1895. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  superintendent 
  visited 
  Battle 
  Creek 
  and 
  made 
  

   a 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  advisability 
  of 
  either 
  acquiring 
  the 
  salmon-hatching 
  

   station 
  recently 
  established 
  there 
  by 
  the 
  California 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  

   or 
  opening 
  an 
  auxiliary 
  station 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  Baird, 
  since 
  the 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  existing 
  on 
  the 
  creek 
  indicated 
  that 
  immense 
  numbers 
  of 
  eggs 
  

   could 
  be 
  collected 
  annually, 
  the 
  California 
  Commission 
  having 
  taken 
  

   over 
  10,000,000 
  during 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  month. 
  

  

  