REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 25 



[Under date of July 22, 1892.] 



Went to San Mateo. The Chinamen were tried and convicted. Her- 

 ald the fact that one jury has not shirked its duty. 



[Under date of July 31, 1892.] 



The month has been a good one for us. The number of convictions 

 were larger than usual. I believe there can be no just fault found with 

 the work that we have done, when one knows the extent of shore line 

 and territory we have to patrol. The most effective thing that we can 

 do, is to see that the sale of illegally killed fish or game is prevented, 

 for by destroying the market we destroy the business. 



[Under date of August 17, 1892.] 



The improvement in the condition of the Truckee River is most 

 marked, and when the factories cease dumping their shavings into the 

 river, the Commission may feel satisfied over the situation here. Every 

 one agrees that the fishing in the Truckee River was never so good. There 

 are no dams in the Truckee River without good and efficient fishways, 

 and no sawdust is dumped into the river. 



REPORT OF W. H. SIIEBLEY. 



[Under date of January 6, 1892.] 



We began receiving the Eastern Brook trout spawn from Carson on 

 January 6th, and received shipments on the 15th and 23d, and on Febru- 

 ary 1st. The total amount of spawn received in the four shipments 

 was 362,000. The total loss of transporting was 18,882, or an average 

 loss per cent of .0521 + . 



All, or nearly all, of these eggs that became addled in transportation 

 were unfertilized. * * * 



As the spawn neared the period of hatching, quite a number of the 

 eggs hatched out and died. The embryo would burst from the shell, or 

 membrane, and die soon after. These were all organically weak, the 

 result unquestionably of carrying the green spawn so far over the rough 

 road. After the eggs were hatched there was an unusual number of mal- 

 formed embryos in the troughs, the effect of the jolting the ova received 

 on the way from the lake to Carson. Those embryos that came from 

 the eggs in a healthy condition developed into fine healthy fish. 



[Under date of April 4, 1892.] 



We started for the San Gabriel River on the 29th and arrived on the 

 evening of the 1st, after a continuous journey of over sixty hours. The 

 fish arrived in good condition, considering the length of the trip and the 

 smallness of the fish. We lost about two hundred and fifty, or about 1 

 per cent. They died from exhaustion. The length of time they were 

 without food, and the continual motion of the water from the use of the 

 aerators wears them out on such a long trip. The Eastern Brook trout 

 should do well in the San Gabriel Canon. 



