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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  fish 
  surviving 
  at 
  the 
  pound 
  and 
  those 
  at 
  the 
  O'Brien 
  fishery, 
  

   the 
  last 
  lot 
  being 
  taken 
  on 
  tbe 
  1st 
  of 
  November. 
  After 
  that 
  date 
  

   arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  close 
  the 
  field 
  station, 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   packed 
  in 
  moss 
  and 
  ice 
  and 
  shipped 
  by 
  express 
  to 
  Clackamas. 
  

  

  As 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  eyed 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  shipment, 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  were 
  lost 
  in 
  transit, 
  and 
  but 
  19,000 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  from 
  them, 
  

   17,000 
  of 
  which 
  survived 
  and 
  were 
  liberated 
  in 
  Clear 
  Creek 
  on 
  February 
  

   14. 
  On 
  October 
  16 
  a 
  shipment 
  of 
  1,534,000 
  quinnat 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  was 
  

   received 
  from 
  Baird 
  Station. 
  The 
  fry 
  resulting 
  from 
  tliem 
  were 
  held 
  

   until 
  the 
  sac 
  was 
  absorbed, 
  when 
  plants 
  aggregating 
  1,236,072 
  were 
  

   made 
  in 
  Clackamas 
  Eiver 
  and 
  Clear 
  Creek. 
  The 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  fry 
  

   hatched 
  from 
  the 
  consignment, 
  amounting 
  to 
  79,746, 
  were 
  retained 
  in 
  

   the 
  troughs 
  and 
  fed 
  until 
  May 
  21. 
  These 
  fish 
  when 
  liberated 
  averaged 
  

   2§ 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  the 
  loss 
  amounted 
  to 
  only 
  2,147. 
  The 
  adipose 
  

   fins 
  of 
  5,000 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  cut 
  off 
  before 
  planting, 
  with 
  the 
  view 
  to 
  

   identifying 
  them 
  later 
  on 
  if 
  x)racticable. 
  On 
  December 
  18 
  another 
  

   shipment 
  of 
  1,000,000 
  eggi^ 
  arrived 
  from 
  Battle 
  Creek, 
  Cal., 
  and 
  a 
  third 
  

   consignment 
  of 
  1,140,000, 
  transferred 
  from 
  Baird 
  Station, 
  was 
  received 
  

   January 
  22, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  3,074,000 
  transferred 
  to 
  Clackamas 
  from 
  

   California 
  stations. 
  The 
  loss 
  on 
  these 
  shipments 
  was 
  very 
  small, 
  and 
  

   the 
  fry 
  resulting 
  from 
  them 
  were 
  also 
  liberated 
  in 
  Clackamas 
  River 
  

   and 
  Clear 
  Creek 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  sac 
  was 
  absorbed, 
  with 
  the 
  excei)tion 
  

   of 
  481,035, 
  which 
  were 
  retained 
  in 
  the 
  hatchery 
  until 
  May 
  21. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fry 
  liberated 
  at 
  the 
  various 
  

   points, 
  and 
  dates 
  of 
  deposit 
  : 
  

  

  Waters 
  stocked. 
  

  

  Clackamas 
  River, 
  at 
  Clackamas, 
  Oreg. 
  

  

  Do 
  

  

  Do 
  

  

  Clear 
  Creek, 
  at 
  Clackamas, 
  Oreg 
  

  

  Clackamas 
  Iliver, 
  at 
  Clackamas 
  

  

  Clear 
  Creek, 
  Clackamas 
  

  

  Clackamas 
  River 
  and 
  Clear 
  Creek, 
  Clackamas. 
  

  

  Clear 
  Creek, 
  Clackamas 
  

  

  Clackamas 
  River 
  and 
  Clear 
  Creek, 
  Clackamas. 
  

  

  Do.. 
  

  

  Clear 
  Creek, 
  Clackamas 
  

  

  Do 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Date 
  of 
  

  

  deposit. 
  

  

  1895. 
  

   Dec. 
  19 
  

   Dec. 
  20 
  

   Dec. 
  26 
  

   Dec. 
  28 
  

   Dec. 
  31 
  

  

  1896. 
  

   Feb. 
  14 
  

   Mar. 
  9 
  

   Mar. 
  24 
  

   Mar. 
  27 
  

   Mar. 
  28 
  

   May 
  21 
  

   May 
  22 
  

  

  Number 
  

   deposited. 
  

  

  239, 
  240 
  

   239, 
  240 
  

   239, 
  240 
  

   358, 
  860 
  

   159, 
  492 
  

  

  17, 
  000 
  

   600, 
  000 
  

   379, 
  078 
  

   400, 
  000 
  

   200, 
  000 
  

   278, 
  575 
  

   278, 
  575 
  

  

  3, 
  389, 
  300 
  

  

  Repairs 
  and 
  improvements. 
  — 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  a 
  new 
  barn, 
  34 
  by 
  30, 
  

   was 
  constructed 
  by 
  station 
  employees, 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  suction 
  i)ipe 
  Avas 
  laid 
  

   to 
  Clear 
  Creek. 
  A 
  flume 
  was 
  constructed 
  to 
  convey 
  water 
  by 
  gravity 
  

   from 
  a 
  small 
  brook, 
  80 
  rods 
  distant, 
  to 
  the 
  hatchery, 
  thus 
  making 
  it 
  

   unnecessary 
  to 
  operate 
  the 
  pump 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months. 
  The 
  

   hatchery 
  was 
  supplied 
  with 
  water 
  from 
  Clear 
  Creek 
  until 
  December 
  6, 
  

   when 
  the 
  gravity 
  supply 
  was 
  utilized 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  The 
  

   gravity 
  supply 
  is 
  available 
  only 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  and 
  spring 
  months, 
  

   as 
  the 
  brook 
  dries 
  up 
  in 
  summer. 
  

  

  