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  REPOET 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [4} 
  

  

  PROPAGATION 
  AND 
  DISTRIBUTION. 
  

  

  No 
  fish 
  or 
  eggs 
  were 
  distributed 
  from 
  this 
  station 
  in 
  1S82, 
  Twenty- 
  

   five 
  thousand 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  trout, 
  forwarded 
  from 
  the 
  collecting 
  

   station 
  at 
  Baird, 
  Cal., 
  were 
  hatched 
  out 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  and 
  yielded 
  12,000 
  

   fry, 
  which 
  were 
  retained 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  to 
  be 
  reared 
  for 
  breeders. 
  Twenty- 
  

   five 
  thousand 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  Penobscot 
  salmon 
  were 
  hatched, 
  yielding 
  22,000 
  

   fry, 
  which 
  were 
  retained 
  in 
  the 
  hatching-troughs 
  and 
  fed 
  until 
  they 
  were 
  

   fifteen 
  months 
  old, 
  and 
  then 
  turned 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  New 
  River, 
  

   with 
  the 
  view 
  of 
  making 
  a 
  conclusive 
  test 
  of 
  the 
  adaptation 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   of 
  migratory 
  fish 
  to 
  the 
  rivers 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Basin. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  expected 
  

   that 
  they 
  will 
  ever 
  reappear 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  planted, 
  

   since 
  the 
  falls 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Kanawha 
  River 
  present 
  an 
  insuperable 
  barrier 
  

   to 
  their 
  return; 
  but 
  should 
  they 
  live 
  to 
  mature, 
  we 
  would 
  expect 
  them 
  

   to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio 
  which 
  are 
  unobstructed 
  

   by 
  falls 
  or 
  dams. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  eggs 
  hatched 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  in 
  1S83 
  were 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  trout. 
  Eighty-two 
  thousand 
  ova, 
  forwarded 
  from 
  the 
  McCloud 
  

   River 
  station, 
  were 
  hatched 
  out, 
  yielding 
  44,000 
  fry, 
  of 
  which 
  number 
  

   0,000 
  were 
  retained 
  to 
  rear 
  for 
  breeders, 
  and. 
  the 
  remainder 
  distributed 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  To 
  streams 
  in 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  commissioner 
  8, 
  000 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Roanoke 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  in 
  Virginia 
  4, 
  000 
  

  

  To 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Holstou, 
  in 
  Smyth 
  County, 
  Virginia 
  5,000 
  

  

  To 
  headwaters 
  of 
  James 
  River, 
  in 
  Virginia 
  2, 
  000 
  

  

  To 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Shenandoah, 
  in 
  the 
  Valley 
  of 
  Virginia 
  C, 
  000 
  

  

  To 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Potomac, 
  in 
  Maryland 
  and 
  West 
  Virginia 
  13, 
  000 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  yearlings 
  500 
  were 
  furnished 
  to 
  stock 
  the 
  ponds 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  

   Side 
  Sportmen's 
  Club, 
  on 
  Long 
  Island, 
  and 
  50 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  Roan- 
  

   oke 
  River, 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Big 
  Spring, 
  Va. 
  Those 
  furnished 
  the 
  South 
  

   Side 
  Club 
  are 
  now 
  breeding, 
  and 
  the 
  great 
  financial 
  success 
  that 
  has 
  

   attended 
  the 
  fish-cultural 
  enterprise 
  of 
  this 
  club 
  is 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  ex- 
  

   ample 
  of 
  what 
  may 
  be 
  accomplished 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  by 
  individual 
  or 
  

   associated 
  effort 
  when 
  intelligently 
  directed. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  hatched 
  in 
  1884 
  were 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Bucksport 
  station, 
  Maine, 
  100,000 
  salmon 
  ova. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Northville 
  station, 
  Michigan, 
  75,000 
  brook 
  trout 
  ova. 
  

  

  In 
  both 
  cases 
  the 
  mortality 
  after 
  hatching 
  was, 
  for 
  some 
  unexplained 
  

   reason, 
  very 
  large. 
  

  

  