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" The hatcheries at Bucksport and Grand Lake Stream are 

 both under the superintendence of Mr. Charles G. Atkins. 

 The former of these is provided with ponds in which salmon, 

 purchased from the fishermen of the Penobscot River, in May, 

 are confined till November, at which time the eggs are taken and 

 the fish liberated. At Grand Lake Stream, where the land- 

 locked salmon is hatched, the eggs are obtained from the native 

 fish which, when attempting to ascend to their natural spawning 

 grounds, are turned aside into enclosures of netting, where they 

 are retained until all of the eggs have been secured. There were 

 secured at these two stations, during the past season, 3,675.000 

 eggs of these species for distribution to different parts of the 

 United States. 



"The hatchery on the McCloud River in California was 

 established in 1872, under the superintendence of Mr. Livingston 

 Stone, who has secured large quantities of eggs of the California 

 salmon annually. The eggs have been taken from the wild 

 salmon, which have been prevented from ascending to their 

 natural spawning grounds by a dam which he has caused to be 

 thrown across the river just above the hatchery. Eggs of the 

 rainbow-trout also have been secured in considerable numbers. 



" Owing to the lateness of the appropriation, little was done at 

 the hatchery last year, only 4,000,000 salmon and 337,500 trout- 

 eggs being secured. Most of these were hatched and planted in 

 the waters of the Sacramento River. Mr. Stone gives the follow- 

 ing comprehensive statement of the work accomplished since the 

 establishment of the hatchery. 



" In the eleven years since the salmon-breeding station has 

 been, in operation, 67,000,000 eggs have been taken, most of 

 which have been distributed in the various States of the Union. 

 Several million, however, have been sent to foreign countries, 

 including Germany, France, Great Britain, Denmark, Russia, 

 Belgium, Holland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the 

 Sandwich Islands. 



"About 15,000,000 have been hatched at the station, and the 

 young fish placed in the McCloud and other tributaries of the 

 Sacramento River. So great have been the benefits of this 



