﻿LXXXVI 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  obtained, 
  of 
  which 
  number 
  610 
  were 
  placed 
  alive 
  in 
  the 
  inclosure 
  of 
  a 
  

   part 
  of 
  Dead 
  Brook, 
  81 
  having 
  perished 
  ki 
  transit 
  from 
  the 
  excessive 
  

   heat 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  water. 
  At 
  the 
  spawning 
  - 
  season 
  501 
  were 
  recaptured, 
  

   being 
  about 
  82 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  those 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  inclosure, 
  and 
  72£ 
  per 
  

   cent 
  of 
  all 
  those 
  obtained. 
  

  

  The 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  this 
  year 
  was 
  small. 
  At 
  the 
  spawning 
  season, 
  

   when 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  weighed, 
  the 
  females 
  averaged 
  12f 
  pounds 
  

   before 
  spawning, 
  and 
  the 
  males 
  averaged 
  10 
  pounds 
  ; 
  the 
  average 
  length 
  

   was 
  about 
  31 
  inches, 
  and 
  the 
  females 
  yielded 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  8,667 
  eggs 
  

   apiece. 
  The 
  spawning, 
  which 
  was 
  accomplished 
  between 
  October 
  27 
  

   and 
  November 
  5, 
  furnished 
  nearly 
  2,500,000 
  eggs. 
  The 
  available 
  stock 
  

   of 
  eggs, 
  after 
  losses 
  were 
  deducted, 
  was 
  2,316,000, 
  of 
  which 
  number 
  

   1,000. 
  were 
  kept 
  for 
  experiment, 
  while 
  the 
  remainder 
  were 
  shipped 
  to 
  

   the 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  contributors 
  to 
  the 
  fund, 
  as 
  stated 
  below. 
  The 
  trans- 
  

   fers 
  were 
  made 
  with 
  exceedingly 
  small 
  loss. 
  

  

  The 
  share 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  was 
  sent 
  agreeably 
  to 
  orders 
  as 
  fol- 
  

   lows: 
  

  

  To 
  Cold 
  Spriug 
  Harbor, 
  New 
  York 
  500,000 
  

  

  To 
  Plymouth, 
  N. 
  H., 
  for 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  150,000 
  

  

  To 
  Plymouth, 
  N. 
  H., 
  for 
  Vermont 
  150,000 
  

  

  To 
  Maine 
  451,500 
  

  

  The 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  Station. 
  — 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  second 
  year 
  of 
  the 
  op- 
  

   erations 
  with 
  these 
  fish 
  at 
  this 
  station, 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  was 
  very 
  success- 
  

   ful. 
  During 
  January 
  eight 
  cases 
  containing 
  500,000 
  eggs 
  arrived 
  in 
  

   good 
  condition 
  from 
  the 
  station 
  at 
  Oiland, 
  Me. 
  Of 
  the 
  425,000 
  hatched 
  

   and 
  planted, 
  including 
  a 
  small 
  loss 
  in 
  transportation, 
  270,000 
  were 
  de- 
  

   posited 
  in 
  the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  100,000 
  in 
  the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  

   the 
  Delaware, 
  50,000 
  in 
  Oswego 
  River, 
  and 
  5,000 
  were 
  distributed 
  in 
  

   small 
  lots. 
  Favorable 
  accounts 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  of 
  the 
  plantings 
  in 
  

   Clendon 
  Brook, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  seems 
  that 
  this 
  stream 
  is 
  becoming 
  well 
  

   stocked. 
  Later 
  reports 
  indicate 
  that 
  salmon 
  are 
  again 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   Hudson, 
  probably 
  from 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  1882. 
  

  

  j. 
  The 
  Landlocked 
  or 
  Schoodic 
  Salmon 
  (Sal 
  mo 
  salar 
  var. 
  sebago). 
  

  

  The 
  Grand 
  Lake 
  Stream 
  Station. 
  — 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  station 
  continued 
  

   under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Atkins. 
  The 
  fishing 
  lasted 
  

   from 
  October 
  24 
  to 
  November 
  18, 
  resulting 
  in 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  811 
  fish, 
  

   about 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  females. 
  In 
  length 
  the 
  fish 
  averaged 
  

  

  