REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 13 



placets where trout liave been planted. It will be noticed that some of 

 the points are at long distances from railroad, but the distribution in all 

 cases has been successful, and the planting has been attended with 

 extremely small loss. 



Mr. W. H. Shebley was appointed a deputy to assist the Superintend- 

 ents of the Bear Valley and Sisson Hatcheries in the distribution of 

 fish. Since that date he has practically had the entire management of 

 that branch of the work. 



Apropos of this subject, the Commission desire to express their grate- 

 fulness for the many favors which have been granted to it by all of the 

 various railroad companies in the State, in furnishing transportation to 

 our assistants, and the giving to them of the use of the baggage cars 

 for the transportation of the fish and apparatus. 



Without this aid the work of the Commission would have been very 

 much handicapped, and we take great gratification in pointing to this 

 assistance as one of the many courtesies we have received from every 

 class of citizens of our State with which we have come in contact. 

 There seems to be a broader and more liberal appreciation of the work 

 of the Commission in all directions, and from every locality. 



Whenever our deputies have proceeded with young fish to deposit 

 them in remote streams, they have been invariably met by enthusiastic 

 citizens only too willing to lend their time and labor to the successful 

 transplanting of the young fry. 



The Commission is under many obligations to Dr. David Starr .Jordan, 

 President of the Leland Stanford, Jr., University, and we take this op- 

 portunity to express our gratitude to him for the interest that he has 

 taken in the work of the Commission, and in supplying us with scien- 

 tific information, some of which has been embodied in bulletins hereto 

 attached. He has at all times cheerfully responded to all requests that 

 the Commission and its assistants have made. 



We beg to call your attention to Dr. Jordan's description of the Golden 

 trout and of a new species of salmon, as well as the drawings of both, 

 which have been furnished to us by him, and with his permission we 

 now publish for the first time. We also desire to express our thanks 

 to Col. Marshall McDonald, United States Commissioner of Fisheries, 

 for many courtesies we have received at his hands in supplying us with 

 salmon spawn, and in sending to us bulletins and publications pertain- 

 ing to his department. 



A SEPARATE HATCHERY FOR YOSEMITE VALLEY AND SURROUNDING TERRITORY. 



We earnestly recommend the construction of a hatchery in Yosemite 

 Valley, to be placed under the control and expense of the Yosemite 

 Commissioners. There is a large demand for trout fry from that section 

 of the State, but it is impracticable for the State Commission, on account 

 of the long distances of transportation, to stock those waters. If, how- 

 ever, a hatchery is built by the Yosemite Commissioners, we can always 

 furnish the spawn. The expense of such a hatchery would be only a 

 few hundred dollars. 



