20 REPOKT OF STATE HOAKD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



hours each day, and also at night, while salmon eggs are lieing hatched. 

 A woodshed was also added to the rear of the building and constructed 

 on the same lines and with the same finish as the cottage itself. 



In every respect the building is first class. It is cozy, comfortable, 

 attractive, and most substantial. Its presence adds greatly to the 

 appearance of our grounds, but its chief value lies in the fact that it is 

 occupied by the superintendent of the station, W. H. Shebley, whose 

 watchful eye keeps the grounds constantly under surveillance. For 

 many years there was not a soul on the grounds at night. They were 

 practically open to poachers and other trespassers. Serious losses 

 occurred in our ponds. Now this trouble is passed, in addition to which 

 we have a building that is a credit not only to the station, but to the 

 State. It was built, exclusive of the rock work and bathroom equip- 

 ment, under contract by J. E. Lamborn for the sum of $2,500; the total 

 cost to the State was less than $3,000. It would not have been possible 

 to build such an attractive and thoroughly substantial house for this 

 sum but for the fact that all of the larger establishments to which we 

 applied for material made substantial concessions. 



We hold in this office receipted vouchers showing in detail every 

 cent that was expended for labor, material, purchase of lands, and 

 other necessary incidentals for which this appropriation of $10,000 was 

 granted, and we respectfully submit that a more substantial or better 

 showing has never been made by any State institution, and we desire 

 to thank you, and every member of the Legislature, for assistance at a 

 time when it was much needed. 



Two years ago, at the time our last biennial report was prepared, we 

 had but 36,000 fish in our ponds, having just begun the rearing of a 

 new stock of breeders. Two years is but a short time in which to 

 accomplish much toward increasing a stock of brood fish, but we are 

 pleased to' submit the following figures. We have increased the stock 

 from 36,000 to 108,400 fish and fry, that are fast developing into stock 

 fish. The following is a list of the fish in the ponds: 



Adult Rainbow trout (Sal mo irideus) l,tM)() 



Thirty months' old Rainbow trout {Salmo irideus) -. 10,00() 



Eighteen montlis' old Rainbow trout (Sal mo irideus) 15,(XXi 



Six months' old Rainbow trout (SoIdio irideus) 10,000 



Eighteen months' old Steelhead trout {Salmo gairdneri) . 2,000 



Adult Eastern brook-trout {Salmo fontinaJis) 1,000 



Twenty months' old Eastern brook-trout {Salmo fontiualis) . 25,000 



. Six months' old Eastern brook-trout {Salmo fontinalis)- 20,000 



Adult Loch Leven trout {Salmo trnttn levnensit!) 400 



Adult sunfish {Lepomis cyaiiellus) 2,000 



Adult shiners 2,000 



Grayling fry ( Thi/mnlliix inonfanvs) 7,00(» 



Loch Leven fry {Salmo trulla levnends) 10,000 



Landlocked salmon fry {Salmo salar sebaffo) 3,000 



Total 108,400 



