REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XXXV 



in the streams in which they were planted, in May, 1885. From infor- 

 mation furnished by Mr. A. K. Cheney of Glens Falls, N". Y., and from 

 Other sources, it appears that more than 24 salmon were taken in the 

 Hudson during 188G. 



t. The Landlocked Salmon (Salmo salar, var. scbago). 



The Grand Lake Stream Station. — The spawning season lasted from 

 October 29 to November 18. 752 fish were taken, the females yielding 

 942,500 eggs, or an average of 1,935 each. 011,500 eggs were distrib- 

 uted and 214,000 were reserved for Grand Lake Stream. The distribu- 

 tion, according to the contributions for the expenses of the year, was 

 as follows : 



Contributor. 



The U. S. Fish Commission 



The Massachusetts iish commission ... 

 The New Hampshire fish commission 



Total 



Honey con 

 tributud. 



$800. 00 

 300. 00 

 300. 00 



1, 400. 00 



Eggs dis- 

 tributed. 



377,500 

 l ::•_'. 000 

 132, 000 



041,500 



The eggs allotted to the U. S. Fish Commission were distributed in 

 March, 1887, to various State commissions, to England, France, and 

 Germany, and to the Wytheville and Cold Spring Harbor Stations. 

 The 214,000 reserved for Grand Lake Stream were hatched and planted 

 with a very small loss. 



On March 8, 1886, 19,000 eggs were sent from the Grand Lake Stream 

 Station to the Pennsylvania commission at Corry, Pa. Near the end 

 of June about 12,000 fry developed from these eggs were planted in 

 streams flowing into the lake of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting 

 Club, in Cambria County, Pa. 



The Wytheville Station. — 50,000 eggs were received on March 13, 1887, 

 from Grand Lake Stream; 12,997 yearlings were liberated in tributa- 

 ries of the Shenandoah River, in the hope that this would establish a 

 run in the Potomac River. 



The Worthville Station. — 29,000 eggs were received from Grand Lake 

 Stream on March 19, 188G, and on April 14 they hatched, with a loss of 

 only 575. On April 27, 10,000 fry were planted in a lake of Clare 

 County, and 12,000 in Rapid River, in Kalkaska and Antrim Counties, 

 both places of deposit being in the northern central portion of Mich- 

 igan. 



The Cold Spring Harbor Station. — 34.000 eggs were received from 

 Grand Lake Stream on March 18, 1880. After a small loss in shipping 

 and hatching, 31,020 fry w r ere placed in two lakes of the Adirondack 

 region. On April 1, 1887, 25,000 eggs received from the Grand Lake 

 Stream Station were repacked and shipped to Leon d'llalloy, vice-pres- 

 ident of the fish commission of the Lower Seine, France. 



