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and Fish Clul>, and were hatched ou1 by Mr. A. V. La Motte, at his 

 hatchery in Glen Ellon; and which, ho writes me, were distributed in 

 Sonoma and Robinson Creeks, in Sonoma County and Mendocino 



County, respectively. This club, by permission of your honorahle 

 Board, trapped Sonoma Creek last winter for spawning trout, and Mr. 

 La Motte reports that fifteen thousand native trout were restored to that 

 stream. 



One hundred and fifty thousand eggs were shipped to Mr. Alex. 

 Badlam and hatched out in his trout hatchery at Arcadia, near Mount 

 St. Helena. These were — part of them — for his ponds, and the rest, Mr. 

 Badlam writes me, were distributed in streams, as follows: In Sulphur 

 Creek, near the Geysers, in Sonoma County; in Lokonoma Creek, Ander- 

 son's Creek, Grizzly Creek, and Bradford's Creek, in Lake County; in 

 Bear Creek, near Arcadia, and Troutdale Creek, Napa County. Mr. 

 Badlam trapped Bear Creek last winter for spawning trout (with per- 

 mission of your honorable Board), and reports that he restored to that 

 stream fifteen thousand native trout as the result. 



Fifty thousand eggs were shipped to Mr. Knowles, who has a hatchery 

 near Alma; these were hatched out all right, but by some mishap they 

 did not do well. I shipped a second fifty thousand to him, with which 

 he had good success. These were distributed: about twenty thousand in 

 Bear Creek and Deer Creek, branches of the San Lorenzo Creek, in Santa 

 Cruz County; the balance was divided between his own ponds and a 

 branch of the Los Gatos Creek. 



Fifty thousand eggs were shipped to the hatchery at the Hotel Del 

 Monte; this lot did not do well through want of experience and the high 

 temperature of the water, owing to its being so low in the reservoir from 

 the main pipe having washed out last winter. I shipped a second fifty 

 thousand eggs there; they hatched out, and, with more experience on 

 the part of the attendants, did well. These have been distributed in 

 their reservoir and in the Carmelo River. 



The hatching out of these eggs sent to private hatcheries, their 

 expressage from Shovel Creek, and the distribution of the young trout, 

 has been done free of expense to the Commission. This saved to the 

 Commission the cost of distribution of the young fish from the Sisson 

 Hatchery, which would have been a large item, and was also the means 

 of stocking many streams which would otherwise have been impossible 

 this year. 



I visited the Del Monte Hatchery several times, Mr. Knowles' 

 hatchery twice, and Mr. Alex. Badlam's hatchery once, to give instruc- 

 tions. 



Hon. A. R. Williams, Ramen Wilson, and a number of other gentle- 

 men have made arrangements to build a trout hatchery at Webber Lake 

 for the purpose of maintaining the supply of trout in that and Inde- 

 pendence Lakes and in the streams in their vicinity. 



The thanks of the Commission and of the people of the State are due 

 these gentlemen for their unselfish interest and laudable efforts in 

 behalf of the fishery interests of the State. 



I am satisfied that the efforts of these gentlemen will meet with every 

 success, and that they will at all times receive the encouragement and 

 support of the Commission. 



Fifty thousand of these Rainbow trout eggs were shipped to the State 

 Hatchery, at Tahoe, on application of Commodore Todman; these were 



