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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  [8] 
  

  

  THE 
  BROWN, 
  EUROPEAN, 
  OR 
  GERMAN 
  TROUT. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  German 
  trout 
  reared 
  at 
  the 
  North 
  ville 
  Station 
  spawned 
  

   in 
  December, 
  and 
  about 
  8,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  very 
  good 
  quality 
  were 
  obtained. 
  

   Two 
  cases 
  of 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  were 
  forwarded 
  to 
  North 
  ville 
  by 
  

   Fred 
  Mather. 
  The 
  first 
  lot, 
  consisting 
  of 
  10,000, 
  came 
  in 
  good 
  condi- 
  

   tion 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  lot, 
  13,000 
  in 
  number, 
  arrived 
  in 
  very 
  poor 
  condition, 
  

   being 
  too 
  far 
  advanced 
  when 
  shipped. 
  The 
  total 
  results 
  from 
  the 
  above 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  20,000 
  fry, 
  which 
  were 
  retained 
  at 
  the 
  station. 
  

  

  Temperature 
  of 
  river 
  water 
  used 
  at 
  Northville 
  Station 
  for 
  incubating 
  ichitefish 
  eggs, 
  from 
  

   November 
  25, 
  1885, 
  to 
  April 
  15,1886. 
  

  

  