38 REPORT OF BOARD OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS. 



The work at this station, while not so extensive as at some of the 

 other stations, is a credit to the Commission ; Mr. La Motte deserves 

 unstinted praise for the businesslike and creditable manner in which he 

 has conducted the work and made his reports. The residents of this 

 section are also entitled to the gratitude of the Commission for their 

 generous cooperation and support. 



The egg-collecting station on Eel River, Mendocino County, was not 

 opened this season. The Marin County Trout Farm demanded 600,000 

 eggs for permitting the Commission to operate at the Snow Mountain 

 Power Company dam, on which they hold a lease. The Commission 

 considered the demand unjust and that granting it would be favoring 

 private interests, so enough eggs were shipped to Ukiah from Brookdale 

 to supply the streams in that section. 



The following briefly sums up the output of this station : 



Steelhead eggs shipped to Ukiah from Brookdale Hatchery 470,000 



Loss of eggs and fry [ 36,542 



Left for distribution 433,458 



WAWONA HATCHERY. 



The work at the Wawona Hatchery, superintended by Mr. F. C. 

 Boyce, has been entirely satisfactory, and like that at all the other 

 hatcheries, the season has been a busy one. 



The eggs shipped to this station from the Sisson and Tahoe hatcheries 

 hatched in good condition, and the fry were vigorous and healthy. 

 Through the courtesy of Major W. H. Forsyth, superintendent of the 

 Yosemite National Park, the fish were given a wide distribution through 

 the Yosemite National Park and adjacent country during the month of 

 July. The greater portion were distributed by pack animals in the 

 lakes and streams of the Yosemite region. 



The following report sums up the season's work at the Wawona 



Hatchery : 



Rainbow eggs shipped from Sisson to Wawona 225,000 



Loss in hatching and rearing 8,994 



Left for distribution 216,006 



Black-spotted trout eggs shipped from Tahoe to Wawona 122,000 



T<oss in hatching and rearing 7,534 



Left for distribution 114,466 



330,472 

 Rainbow trout fry distributed 216.006 



Black-spotted trout fry distributed___ 114,466 



Total distributed 330,472 



