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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



From the cod eggs collected at Kittery and Plymouth 106,455,000 fry 

 were hatched and ])lanted on the natural spawning-grounds between 

 Kittery and Boston Bay. The following shows the daily collection of 

 cod eggs, the loss during incubation, and the fry hatched and planted :* 



Date of taking egga. 



1898. 



Nov. 21 



2i 



2J 



29 



Dec. 1 



2 



6 



7 



8 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



10.. 



21 



22 



24 



25 



26 



80 - 



1899, 



Jan. 3 



4 



8 



9 



12 



13 



16 



17 



19 



20 



23 



26 



29 



30 : 



31 



Feb. 2 



5 



6 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



28 



Mar. 1 



2 



6 



9... 



11 



13 



15 



18 



21 



22 



28 



Apr. 3 



i 



6 



Total for season . . . 



No. of eggs 

 received. " 



290, 000 

 827, 000 

 583, 000 

 711, 000 

 369, 000 

 474, 000 

 664, 000 

 829, 000 

 112,000 

 949, 000 

 163, 000 

 379, 000 

 554, 000 

 980, 000 

 916, 000 

 992, 000 

 989, 000 

 455, 000 

 220, 000 

 373, 000 

 137, 000 

 589, 000 

 535, 000 

 231,000 

 521, 000 



031, 000 

 021,000 



847, 000 

 231,000 

 247, 000 

 326, 000 

 582, UOO 



852, 000 

 509, 000 

 190, 000 

 308, 000 

 535, 000 

 545, 000 

 131, 000 



848, 000 



255, 000 

 171, 000 

 652, 000 

 094, 000 

 763, 000 

 397, 000 

 735, 000 

 803, 000 

 297, UOO 

 906, 000 

 260, 000 

 783, 000 

 902. 000 



853. 000 

 502, 000 

 586, 000 

 232, 000 • 



256, 000 

 852, 000 

 692, 000 

 472, 000 

 422, 000 

 113, 000 

 303, 000 

 948, 000 

 948, 000 



166, 302, 000 



Lobs during 

 incubation. 



355, 000 

 102, 000 



233, 000 

 212,000 



94, 000 



116, 000 



167, 000 



142, 000 



332, 000 



807, 000 



1, 866, 000 



139, 000 



332, 000 



1,213,000 



849, 000 



1, 508, 000 



1, 193, 000 



1, 224, 000 



1, 177, 000 



169, 000 



300, 000 



384, 000 



234, 000 

 28, 000 

 59, 000 



2, 740, 000 



1, 267, 000 

 737, 000 

 426, 000 



1, 261, 000 

 435, 000 



2, 485, 000 

 346, 000 

 791, 000 

 15, 000 

 16, 000 

 711, 000 

 251,000 



1, 350, 000 

 661,000 

 521, 000 



2, 153, 000 

 745, 000 



1,113,000 



1, 223, 000 

 641, 000 

 178, 000 



1,526,000 

 608. 000 

 919, 000 



2, 446, 000 



1, 364, 000 



1, 264, 000 

 294, 000 

 692, 000 



2, 284, 000 

 165, 000 

 346. 000 

 163, 000 

 372, 000 



2, 118, 000 

 1, 149, 000 

 549, 000 

 109, 000 

 104, 000 

 415, 000 



No. of fry 



hatched and 



planted. 



50, 188, 000 



499, 000 

 275, 000 

 358, 000 

 497, 000 

 687, 000 

 780, 000 



2, 142, 000 

 4, 297, 000 



240, 000 



222, 000 



3, 767, 000 



3, 067, 000 



4, 484, 000 



1, 796, 000 



2, 231, 000 

 1, 043, 000 

 1,204,000 



837, 000 



1, 205, 000 



1,301,000 



203, 000 



462, 000 



No. of eggs 

 planted. 



5, 291, 

 3, 754, 

 1, 110, 



805, 

 1, 980, 



891, 

 5, 097, 



506, 

 1,718, 



175, 



292, 

 1, 824, 



294, 



781, 

 1, 187, 



3,981, 

 3, 540, 

 756, 

 557, 

 4,277, 

 ] , 689, 

 1, 047, 

 6,814, 

 3,419, 



3, 638, 

 559, 



3,810, 



4, 302, 

 1,067, 



910, 



689, 



1,320, 



3, 3.'-)4, 



273, 



564, 



1, 194, 



844, 



533, 



000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 



000 ; 



000 i 

 000 ! 

 000 I 

 000 ' 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 



106,445,000 j 9,669,000 



