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REPORT OP THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



Fig. 31). The building will contain offices, storerooms and a labora- 

 tory on the lower floor and living quarters for the help in the upper 

 story of the structure. It will be equipped with up-to-date plumbing. 

 All the troughs will have a separate water supply. The aerating system 

 will be on the latest and most modern lines. The waste pipes, catch 

 basins and drains will all be of cement. The arrangement of the whole 

 system when completed is expected to be the latast and most improved in 

 fishcultural work. 



The supply of eggs will be procured from the Rae Lakes — a system 

 of lakes lying in the heart of the Sierras at an elevation of 10,500 feet 

 above sea level (see Figs. 48 and 49). These lakes were stocked by 



Lower Rae Lakes. Photograph by J. C. Von Blon, August 17, 1916. 



a party of enterprising citizens from Owens River Valley, under the 

 leadership of Geo. W. Naylor of Independence, former sheriff of Inyo 

 Coimty and now a member of the board of supervisors. The fish 

 were taken from Charlotte Lake and transplanted to the waters of 

 Rae Lakes sixteen years ago. The original stock came from Kings 

 River and were transplanted into Charlotte Lake. A recommendation 

 will be made to the next legislature to set aside the Rae Lakes as a fish 

 preserve for the purpose of protecting the brood fish for their eggs. 

 This is necessary to supply the large new hatchery with an ample 

 supply of eggs. 



Distribution from the hatchery now being constructed on Oak Creek 

 can be made to all points in southern California as far north as Merced 

 and from there to the Yosemite Valley, easier and better than from any 



