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Of these, 2,270 were undersized (weighing less than two pounds) 

 and were immediately returned to the river, thus making 38,972 

 tlu' number retained. They were held in crates and pounds, the 

 former being nnide aljout twelve IVet long, four feet wide, and 

 five feet deep, of slats in order to allow free circulation of water, 

 ^nd the latter were of irregular size and shape, and l)uilt l)y driv- 

 ing l)oards into the l)ottom with a space Ijetwccn each one for 

 free passage of water. The best day's fishing was on November 

 18th, when 2,568 fish were caught, and the best day's egg-taking 

 was on Xovember 29th, when 52,920,000 eggs were obtained. Of 

 the fish held, 22,245 were males, and 16,727 females, and of the 

 latter, 12,529 were stripped, the remainder being spent, plugged, 

 or hard when operations ceased. The egg taking period extend- 

 ed from Xoveml)er 10th to December 11th, inclusive, (hiring 

 which time 366,040,000 eggs were forwarded to the Detroit 

 Hatchery, thus making the average number per fish 29.215. 



The number of eggs shipped to various points was 231,800,- 

 000, leaving 164,240,000 in the hatchery. As the total hatch 

 was 135,000,000, it would appear that the percentage was a trifle 

 above 82, but in reality it is about 85, whi'U allowance is made 

 for the fact that a part of the eggs shipped were eyed The sea- 

 son was rather earlier than usual, as the fish were hatched be- 

 tween March 23rd and April 16t]i. The distribution continued 

 from March 30th to April 17tli. and was made by means of a tug 

 and the regular transportation cars. The latter took 27,000,000 

 fry in five loads, three of 5,000,000 each and two of 6,000,000 

 (>aclv, the former to Charlevoix and the latter to ^Mackinac City. 

 The balance were deposited in the Detroit Eiver and Dak(> St. 

 Clair. 



Again let me emphatically state that there has just been com- 

 pleted the greatest known year's work in the artificial propaga- 

 tion of the whitefish. 



DISCUSSIOX OF MH. CLAHK's I'.\1'1:1!. 



Before reading his paper Mr. Clark said: 1 wish to state in 

 connection with this short pa]X'r, that our good Secretary wrote 

 me, I think, early in January, asking me to prei>are a i)a])er — T 

 think he said something about whiteiish or something in relation 

 to whitefish — and I wrote him that I did not believe 1 would 



