﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  LXXXVI1 
  

  

  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  1884, 
  but 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  slignt 
  decrease 
  in 
  

   weight 
  (from 
  about 
  4.1 
  to 
  3.6 
  pounds), 
  and 
  a 
  considerable 
  falling 
  off 
  in 
  

   the 
  average 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  to 
  the 
  spawning 
  female 
  (from 
  2,350 
  to 
  1,720). 
  

   The 
  station 
  is 
  operated 
  jointly 
  by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  and 
  the 
  

   State 
  commissions 
  of 
  Maine, 
  Massachusetts, 
  and 
  New 
  Hampshire, 
  and 
  

   the 
  eggs 
  obtained 
  are 
  allotted 
  according 
  to 
  contributions 
  to 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   penses 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  by 
  the 
  commissions. 
  The 
  expense 
  during 
  the 
  

   present 
  year 
  ($1,678.01) 
  was 
  distributed 
  as 
  follows: 
  United 
  States, 
  

   $578.01 
  ; 
  Maine, 
  $500 
  ; 
  New 
  Hampshire, 
  $300 
  ; 
  Massachusetts, 
  $300. 
  

  

  Total 
  production 
  of 
  eggs 
  for 
  the 
  season 
  994, 
  355 
  

  

  Losses 
  during 
  incubation 
  127, 
  655 
  

  

  Available 
  for 
  distribution 
  866, 
  700 
  

  

  Hatched 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  Grand 
  Lake 
  stream 
  (less 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  

   891) 
  225,700 
  

  

  Available 
  for 
  pro 
  rata 
  distribution 
  641,000 
  

  

  Which 
  were 
  alloted 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  222,000 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Maine 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  189,000 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Massachusetts 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  115,000 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  115, 
  000 
  

  

  641,000 
  

  

  Those 
  allotted 
  to 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Pish 
  Commission 
  were 
  assigned 
  as 
  fol- 
  

   lows: 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Deutsche 
  Fischerei- 
  Vereiu, 
  Germany 
  20, 
  000 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  National 
  Fish 
  Culture 
  Association, 
  England 
  20, 
  000 
  

  

  To 
  State 
  commissioners 
  and 
  individual 
  applications 
  182, 
  000 
  

  

  222, 
  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 
  

   appended 
  to 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Atkins. 
  

  

  The 
  Northville 
  Station. 
  — 
  On 
  March 
  19 
  a 
  case 
  containing 
  29,000 
  eggs 
  

   was 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  Grand 
  Lake 
  Stream 
  Station 
  in 
  excellent 
  condi- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  on 
  April 
  14 
  hatching 
  was 
  completed 
  with 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  only 
  about 
  

   600. 
  A 
  few 
  weeks 
  later 
  22,000 
  fry 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  streams 
  in 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  central 
  portion 
  of 
  Michigan. 
  

  

  Tlie 
  Gold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  Station. 
  — 
  In 
  March 
  60,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  received 
  

   from 
  the 
  Grand 
  Lake 
  Stream 
  Station 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition. 
  It 
  was 
  in- 
  

   tended 
  to 
  plant 
  the 
  fry 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  lakes, 
  but 
  through 
  

   some 
  misunderstanding 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  kept 
  too 
  long, 
  and 
  were 
  finally 
  

   deposited 
  during 
  May 
  in 
  lakes 
  on 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  k. 
  The 
  Brown 
  or.European 
  Trout 
  (Salmo 
  fario). 
  

  

  The 
  Northville 
  Station. 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  German 
  trout 
  reared 
  at 
  this 
  sta- 
  

   tion 
  spawned 
  in 
  December, 
  1885, 
  and 
  8,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  obtained. 
  Two 
  

  

  