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obtained, and 170,000 were shipped away ; 40,000 being sent to the 

 Deutsche Fischerei-Verein, in Germany, where they arrived in good 

 orders 25,000 to the National Fish Culture Association, of England, 

 reaching there in excellent order ; and the rest being distributed among 

 nine States. Of the 20,000 fry obtained, 4,000 were kept at the station 

 for breeding jiurposes, and the remainder were planted in various 

 streams in Michigan. 



The Cold Spring Harbor Station.— lu 1883, 150,000 eggs of the brook 

 trout were received from the Northville Station, which yielded 122,000 

 young fish for distribution. 



In 1884, 6,000 eggs were handled, yielding 5.000 fry, which were 

 planted at points on Long Island. 



(J. The Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaijcunh). 



The Northville Station.— There was a greater supply of the eggs of 

 this fish Thau usual, the larger proportion being obtained from runs of 

 fish on the coast reefs of Lake Huron near Alpena. Formerly the fish- 

 ermen objected to the eggs being taken if the young fish wxre to be 

 returjied to the Great Lakes, under the apprehension that they would 

 prey upon the young of the whitefish ; but now the increased prices ob- 

 tained for these fish have iufiuenced the fishermen to favor artificial 

 propagation. There were received at Northville 465,000 eggs, all of 

 which came in good condition. Of this number, 345,000 were shipped 

 away ; 30,000 being sent to the National Fish Culture Association, of 

 England, which they reached in excellent condition ; and 5,000 to the 

 New Orleans Exposition, the rest being distributed among fish commis- 

 sioners of various States ; while 65,000 fry were hatched and planted 

 in neighboring parts of Michigan and Indiana. 



Central Station.— Si^ty thousand lake trout eggs were received from 

 the Northville Station on December 25, 1884, arriving in prime condi- 

 tion. They yielded for distribution 52,000 fry, which were planted in 

 the Potomac Eiver, at Sir John's Eun, and in the Monocacy, at Fred- 

 erick City Junction. 



The WytheviUe Sta.tioii.—Forty thousand ova of the lake trout were 

 received from Northville on January 30, 1885. These yielded 29,000 fry 

 for distribution. A few hundred were retained for rearing in ponds, and 

 the rest planted in Eeed Creek, a tributary of New River, in Wythe 

 County, Virginia, on April 16, after being fed for several weeks in the 

 hatching troughs. 



/(. The Saibling {Salmo sahelinus). 



Reference has been made in previous reports to the receipt of several 

 lots of the saibling, their delivery in 1881, and their transfer for subse- 

 quent treatment to the fish commissioners of New Hampshire, at Ply- 

 mouth. As already stated, they seem to take well to their new sur- 

 roundings, and the first eggs were obtained on December 3, 1883. The 

 >'cw Hampshire commissioners continue their work with this fish, and, 



