XVI liEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



3. Saint Jerome, Md.— -This station, which is in charge of W. de 0. 

 Eavenelj is maintained especially for practical tests in oyster culture. 



B. — Propagatiox of Salmonid^. 



4. Grand Lale Stream, Me.—ThQ propagation of the landlocked or 

 Schoodic salmon is carried on here under the direction of Mr. Charles 

 G-. Atkins. 



6. BucJcsport, Me. — The work of this station, also in charge of Mr. At- 

 kins, is primarily connected with the multiplication of Penobscot sal- 

 mon. 



6. Northville, Mich. — At this establishment is carried on the propaga- 

 tion of whitefish, the eggs of which are collected by Mr. F. W. Clark 

 and his assistants, and either forwarded to distant points or entirely 

 hatched out and the minnows transmitted to suitable localities. The 

 station is also used for breeding the Eastern brook trout and the Cali- 

 fornia trout. 



7. Alpena, Mich. — This is an auxiliary station for the whitefish serv- 

 ice, and is also under the direction of Mr. Clark. 



8. Baird, Shasta County, Cal. — This station, on the McCloud Eiver, 

 is devoted exclusively to the cultivation of the California salmon, for 

 which it is eminently adapted. The work was suspended during the 

 present year. 



9. Trout ponds near Baird, Shasta County, Cal. — This station, situated 

 about 5 miles from the salmon station, is devoted to keeping up a large 

 stock of California trout to supply eggs for eastern waters. 



10. Wytheville, Va. — This station is rented from the Virginia fish 

 commission in order to obviate the expense otherwise attendant upon 

 the transporting of the young Salmonidse, such as California trout, 

 brook trout, landlocked salmon, &g., from ]Srorthville, Mich., and other 

 stations, to distant points, especially the southern Alleghanies. 



11. Cold Spring Harbor, I^. T. — For the purpose of hatching eggs of 

 the salmon and of the whitefish for introduction into the rivers and 

 lakes of Northern Pennsylvania, jSTew York, and other adjacent States, 

 arrangements were made through Mr. E. G. Blackford, one of the fish 

 commissioners of New York, to occupy, in part, the station of the New 

 York fish commission at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island. This place 

 is in convenient proximity to New York, and consequently enjoys ex- 

 cellent facilities for transportation and distribution. It is in charge of 

 Mr. Fred Mather, who carries on, simultaneously, work for the State of 

 New York and for the United States. 



C— Propagation op Shad. 



12. Battery Station, Havre de Grace, Md. — The work connected with 

 the propagation of shad in their breeding grounds in the Susquehanna 

 Eiver, previously carried on by barges anchored in Spesutie Narrows, 

 has been transferred to an island known as Battery Island, which is a 



