REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OP EISH AND FISHERIES. LVit 



Those allotted to the U. S. Fish Commission were assigned as follows: 



To the Deutsche Fischerei-Verein, Germany 40, 000 



To the National Fish Culture Association, England 30, 000 



To Scotland, Tay Fishery Board and Howietoun hatchery 20, 000 



To Fish-Cultural Exhibit, New Orleans Exposition 5, 000 



To Central Station, Washington 10,000 



To State commissioners and individual applications 503, 000 



COS, 000 



In general, these eggs reached their destinations in good condition 

 and were successfully hatched and planted. Full details regarding the 

 fish caught, their size, and the shipments of eggs may be found in tables 

 api)ended to the report of Mr. Atkins. 



The Cold Spring Earhor Station. — In 1883 and 1884 there were received 

 at this station 141,500 eggs of this fish from the Grand Lake Stream 

 Station; and about 125,000 fry were distributed in various streams and 

 ponds of New York. 



Central Station.— March. 24, 1885, 10,000 eggs were sent from the 

 Grand Lake Stream Station, and received in excellent condition. These 

 yielded 7,000 fry, which were disposed of as follows : Eetained for t he 

 aquaria at Central Station, Washington, D. C, 2,000; planted in the 

 Sheuandoah River at Waynesborough, Va., 5,000. 



I. The Brown or European Trout (Salmofario). 



The Cold Spring Harbor Station. — Early in 1883 a lot of eggs of this 

 species \vas sent to Mr. Mather as a personal present by Herr von Behr, 

 president of the Deutsche Fischerei-Verein. Most of those kept at this 

 station died, but those sent to the Xorthville Station and to the station 

 of the New York Fish Commission at Caledonia were reported as doing 

 well. In 1884 Herr von Behr sent an additional gift, this time to the 

 U. S. Fish Commission, in care of Mr. Mather, and a lot of 10,000 was 

 received from England. These did better than those of 1883, and many 

 were distributed to various New York waters. 



On the 21st of February Mr. Mather forwarded to Washington 2,000 

 of the large kind of Salmofario and 9,000 of the small variety. These 

 were transferred to the Wytheville Station to be hatched. 



It was found by experience that this fish has a strong tendency to 

 leap out of the water when disturbed or when placed in new waters ; 

 and many died by jumping out on banks even 2 feet high, and remaining 

 there to perish. This European brook trout has larger scales than our 

 brook trout, aud probably can be successfully acclimatized in the streams 

 along our Atlantic coast. 



The Wytheville Station. — Eleven thousand eggs of this species (2,000 

 of the large variety, and 9,000 of the small variety) were sent to this 

 station from the Cold Spring Harbor Station, by way of Washington, 

 in February, 1884. These were hatched with fair sitccess, but all died 

 before beginning to eat. 



