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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  [2] 
  

  

  below 
  the 
  Orlaud 
  dam. 
  This 
  has 
  been 
  practiced 
  for 
  several 
  years. 
  The 
  

   total 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  obtained 
  was 
  estimated 
  at 
  2,422,000 
  ; 
  but 
  from 
  the 
  

   data 
  obtained 
  by 
  the 
  count 
  of 
  rejected 
  eggs 
  and 
  the 
  measurement 
  of 
  

   the 
  net 
  stock 
  the 
  original 
  number 
  is 
  computed 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  2,454,058. 
  

   These 
  were 
  placed 
  without 
  noteworthy 
  incident 
  in 
  the 
  hatchery 
  at 
  

   Craig's 
  Brook. 
  • 
  

  

  The 
  losses 
  from 
  lack 
  of 
  impregnation 
  were 
  greater 
  than 
  usual 
  at 
  this 
  

   station, 
  though 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  very 
  large. 
  They 
  aggregated 
  113,371, 
  or 
  

   4.G 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  number. 
  There 
  were 
  24,087 
  rejected 
  for 
  

   imperfections 
  of 
  another 
  character. 
  The 
  total 
  loss 
  was 
  thus 
  138,058, 
  

   which 
  reduced 
  the 
  available 
  stock 
  of 
  eggs 
  to 
  2,310,000, 
  of 
  which 
  1,000 
  

   were 
  reserved 
  for 
  experimentation, 
  and 
  2,315,000 
  shipped 
  to 
  the 
  order 
  

   of 
  the 
  contributors 
  to 
  the 
  fund. 
  

  

  A 
  pro 
  rata 
  division 
  gave 
  to 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Commission, 
  1,254,000; 
  to 
  the 
  

   Maine 
  commission, 
  003,500; 
  to 
  the 
  Massachusetts 
  commission, 
  397,500. 
  

   The 
  actual 
  division 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  to 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Commission, 
  1,251,500 
  ; 
  

   to 
  the 
  Maine 
  commission, 
  003,500; 
  to 
  the 
  Massachusetts 
  commission, 
  

   400,000. 
  

  

  The 
  transfer 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  was 
  accomplished 
  between 
  January 
  4 
  and 
  

   March 
  5, 
  with 
  exceedingly 
  small 
  loss, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  detail 
  in 
  the 
  tabular 
  

   statement 
  below 
  : 
  

  

  Table 
  L- 
  

  

  Transfer 
  of 
  Penobscot 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  from 
  Orland, 
  Me., 
  during 
  January, 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  and 
  March, 
  188G. 
  

  

  * 
  150,000 
  egfis 
  were 
  donated 
  to 
  Vermont, 
  and 
  150,000 
  to 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  ; 
  all 
  sent 
  to 
  Plymouth 
  to 
  

   hatch. 
  

   t 
  Very 
  few. 
  

  

  