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REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



1891— November 30 150,000 



1892— Febraarv 4 50,000 



February 15 50,000 



February 18 50,000 



February 20 80,000 



February 24 20,000 



February 27 20,000 



February 29 80,000 



March 2'. 20,000 



March 4 72,000 



March 5 50,000 



March 6 24,000 



March 7 50,000 



1892— March 8 20,000 



March 9 25,000 



Marcli 10 25,000 



March 11 25,000 



March 12 25,000 



March 13 25,000 



March 15 50,000 



March 17 50,000 



March 18 25,000 



March 20 50,000 



Total __. 1,036,000 



After February 1st the screens of the nursery pond were removed for 

 an hour each day, to allow a portion to escape into the creek. After 

 March 10th the screens were removed entirely, which allowed the fry 

 to escape at their pleasure. May 1st there were still 200,000 fry on 

 hand at Sisson, the loss being from one to thi-ee per day. A careful 

 count is being kept of the loss. 



Salmon fry were distributed in creeks which are tributary to the Sac- 

 ramento River, as follows: 



1892— January 7— School House Creek 25,000 



January 7 — Sulloway Oreek  70,000 



January 3— "3" Creek 70,000 



January 13— Cold Creek 70,000 



Januarj^ 14— Sulloway Creek 70,000 



January 15 — Steyens Creek 70,000 



January 16 — Sulloway Creek 70,000 



January 17— Cold Creek 70,000 



January 18— "3" Creek 70,000 



January 20 — Wagon Valley Creek 70,000 



January 23 — Stevens Creek ^ 70,000 



January 25 — Sulloway Creek 70,000 



January 26— Cold Creek 70,000 



January 27 — School House Creek 70,000 



January 29 — Sulloway Greek 70,000 



January 30 — "3" Creek and School House Cz"eek 70,000 



February 1— Wagon Valley Creek 70,000 



February 2— Cold Creek . 70,000 



February 3— School House Creek i 70,000 



February 7— Boot Creek 50,000 



February 8— Little Castle Creek 50,000 



February 10— Slatonis 50,000 



February 13— Klamath River *. 60,000 



February 16— Klamath River 60,000 



February 19— Klamath River 60,000 



Total 2,651,000 



The above lot of fry were as fine a lot of fish as ever were turned out 

 of any hatchery in the world. I have hatched over 24,000,000 salmon, 

 and I think my judgment good in this matter. The eggs varied greatly 

 in size this year; the average diameter was .307 of an inch, a 4-incli 

 square containing 86. Many eggs of the second run were as small as 

 trout eggs, being but .22 of an inch in diameter. 



