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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  the 
  phitfonu 
  to 
  liigli 
  water, 
  and 
  the 
  rack 
  was 
  built 
  across 
  the 
  river 
  5 
  

   feet 
  liigh, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  permit 
  the 
  water 
  at 
  its 
  highest 
  stages 
  to 
  pass 
  over 
  

   the 
  top. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  December 
  and 
  January 
  73,000 
  quiunat-salmon 
  

   eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  49 
  females 
  captured. 
  These 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   hatched 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  and 
  the 
  65,700 
  fry 
  resulting 
  from 
  them 
  were 
  

   liberated 
  in 
  adjacent 
  streams. 
  Only 
  about 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  steelhead 
  

   trout 
  below 
  the 
  rack 
  were 
  used, 
  as 
  the 
  means 
  for 
  im])0unding 
  them 
  

   were 
  inadequate, 
  but 
  705,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  257 
  females 
  

   stripped. 
  The 
  bulk 
  of 
  these 
  eggs 
  were 
  shipped, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  

   accompanying 
  table, 
  but 
  from 
  those 
  retained 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  107,808 
  fry 
  

   were 
  deposited 
  in 
  waters 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  Shq}ments 
  of 
  stceUi 
  cad-trout 
  eggs. 
  

  

  Consignee. 
  

  

  New 
  Torl\ 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  Caledonia, 
  N. 
  T 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  F. 
  U. 
  Station, 
  Nortliville, 
  Midi 
  

  

  IT. 
  S. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Station, 
  Duluth, 
  Minn 
  

  

  LF. 
  S. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Station, 
  Cape 
  Vincent, 
  N. 
  Y 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Station, 
  East 
  Orland, 
  Mo 
  

  

  Japanese 
  Minister 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  Commerce, 
  Niigata 
  Ken, 
  Japan 
  

   New 
  York 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor, 
  N. 
  Y 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  75, 
  000 
  

   100, 
  000 
  

   150, 
  000 
  

  

  50, 
  000 
  

   160, 
  000 
  

  

  75, 
  000 
  

  

  25, 
  000 
  

  

  0:j5, 
  000 
  

  

  From 
  brood 
  lish 
  at 
  Fort 
  Gaston 
  17,000 
  Yon 
  Behr 
  and 
  87,000 
  rainbow- 
  

   trout 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken; 
  10,000 
  Von 
  Behr 
  eggs 
  were 
  consigned 
  to 
  the 
  

   California 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  and 
  30,000 
  of 
  the 
  rainbows 
  to 
  the 
  Country 
  

   Club, 
  Marin 
  County, 
  Cal. 
  The 
  balance 
  were 
  hatched 
  at 
  the 
  station. 
  At 
  

   the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  the 
  stock 
  on 
  hand 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  lu 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  increased 
  run 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  Redwood 
  Creek 
  and 
  Mad 
  

   River, 
  due 
  to 
  plants 
  made 
  in 
  previous 
  years, 
  it 
  is 
  recommended 
  by 
  the 
  

   superintendent 
  that 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  substations 
  be 
  operated 
  to 
  their 
  fullest 
  

   capacity 
  during 
  the 
  next 
  fiscal 
  year. 
  The 
  hatchery 
  at 
  Redwood 
  is 
  

   located 
  in 
  a 
  building 
  18 
  by 
  42 
  feet, 
  and 
  is 
  equipped 
  with 
  14 
  troughs, 
  

   fitted 
  with 
  trays 
  and 
  salmon 
  baskets. 
  The 
  water 
  supply 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  

   Minor 
  Creek, 
  650 
  feet 
  distant, 
  and 
  is 
  conducted 
  to 
  the 
  hatchery 
  through 
  

   an 
  open 
  ditch 
  and 
  flume. 
  The 
  Fort 
  Gaston 
  hatchery 
  is 
  30 
  by 
  38 
  feet, 
  

   and 
  is 
  eciuipped 
  with 
  30 
  troughs 
  12 
  feet 
  long, 
  12 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  5 
  inches 
  

   deep, 
  fitted 
  with 
  trays 
  10 
  by 
  22 
  inches. 
  The 
  water 
  for 
  the 
  hatchery 
  is 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  two 
  sources. 
  Supply 
  Creek 
  and 
  Hospital 
  Creek. 
  

  

  