L EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



ou the steamer ; 500,000 to Switzerland, where their safe arrival was 

 reported by Col. Emil Frey, Swiss minister to the United States ; 

 250,000 to the National Fish Cultnre Association of England, which 

 reached their destination in excellent condition ; 1,000,000 to Australia, 

 which, after reaching Sydney in good condition, were nearly all lost 

 in transferring- them to Melbourne; 1,750,000 to the New Orleans 

 Exposition ; and the remainder were distributed among seven States 

 and Territories, and to the U. S. Fish Comnnssion at Washington. 



The distribution of the young tish was not so successful relatively as 

 before, as the fish had been too crowded at the hatchery, owing to the 

 lateness of the hatching season, and were consequently weak. On ex- 

 Ijeriment, also, it was found that large and open cans are safer for large 

 shipments of fry than smaller and closed cans. From Northville fifty 

 million fish were planted, largely in J^ake IMichigan and adjacent waters. 



Somewhat extensive oi)erations were carried on at this station in lake 

 trou^, brook trout, rainbow trout, grayling, and Loch Leven trout, 

 which are spoken of under their proper heads. 



The Alpena Station. — Much that has been said about s^iccess, &c., at 

 the Northville station applies also to this station. 



No eggs were distributed from Alpena, but o8,000,000 fish were 

 successfully hatched and planted, chiefly in Lake Huron. 



The eggs from these two stations came from the fisheries of Lakes 

 Erie and Huron and the north shore of Lake Michigan, 103.000,000 com- 

 ing from Lake Erie alone. In all, 155,000,000 were received ; ;U,000,000 

 were shipped away, and 88,000,000 hatched and planted. 



The Gold Spring Earhor Station.— In 1883,1,000,000 eggs were re- 

 ceived from the North ville station and hatched with a loss of only 4 i)er 

 cent, and 000,000 fry were planted in ponds near Riverhead and ('old 

 Si)ring Harbor. 



In 1884, there were received also 1,000,000 eggs, of which number 

 400,000 fry were planted in Great Pond, near Riverhead, 375,000 in 

 Lake Ronkonkoma, near the center of Long Island, and 75,000 in a mill- 

 pond at Cold Spring Harbor. 



Central Station. — In December, 1884, or about the first of January, 

 1885, two shipments of 1,000,000 eggs each were received from the 

 North ville station in excellent condition. 



These produced 1,775,000 fry, which were disposed of as follows : 



Seut to the Fish-Cultural Exliibit, New Orleans Exposition 200, 000 



Planted iu Potomac River at Sir John's Run 1, 250, 000 



Planted in Potomac River at Great Cacapon :V2r), 000 



Total l,77r,,000 



d. The Moranke (Corcf/oniis albula). 



This fish is held in very high esteem in Germany, in consequence of 

 which Herr von Behr wrote on the 25th of December that he would send 

 5(yK)0 eggs to New York for th(? United States Fisli Commission. He 



