732 



REPORT OP COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [4] 



FROM ALPENA STATION. 



Sunwiary of ' whitefish fry distributed in the Great Lakes, spring of 1887. 



Lake Huron 30,000,000 



Lake Michigan 17,000,000 



Lake Erie 12,000,000 



Lake Ontario 3,000,000 



Clear Lake , 50,, 000 



Long Lake 20,000 



Total 62,070,000 



Summary by States. 



Michigan 50,070,000 



Ohio , 6,000,000 



Indiana 3,000,000 



New York 3,000,000 



BROOK TROUT. 



The spawning season of brook trout in the jSTortkville ponds began 

 October 14 and closed December 31, 1880. In all, 18(3,750 eggs were 

 takeu, from which 82,000 were shipped and 4,000 fry hatched and re- 

 tained at the station. 



The record of the number of eggs taken from females of different 

 ages, and the table of shipments of brook-trout eggs, are as follows: 



ONE YEAR OLD. 



