APPENDIX III. 289 



October 26, 1868, 21,000 eggs from 4 salmon.* 

 " 29, " 10,600 " " 2 " 



The following table is a portion of Seth Green's report 

 to the New York Commissioner of Fisheries of the shad 

 spawning on the Hudson in 1870, showing the number of 

 spawn in shad. 



Extracts from Report of Shad Fisheries in the Hudson 

 in the State of New York, iS/o.f 



May 26, caught 20 shad at night, 2 ripe fish, 70,000 spawn. 



" 27, caught 12 shad, I ripe fish, took 40,000 spawn. 



" 30, fished at night, got 23 shad, 9 ripe fish, 260,000 spawn. 



" 31, caught 74 shad, 8 ripe fish, took 210,000 spawn. 

 June i, caught 35 shad, 4 ripe fish, took 100,000 spawn. 



" 2, caught 108 shad, 6 ripe fish, took 150,000 spawn. 



" 3, caught 90 shad, 12 ripe fish, took 250,000 spawn. 



" 4, caught 133 shad, 7 ripe fish, took 165,000 spawn. 



" II, caught 86 shad, 7 ripe fish, took 165,000 spawn. 



" 12, caught 70 shad, 1 1 ripe fish, took 240,000 spawn. 



" 13, caught 39 shad, 6 ripe fish, took 120.000 spawn. 



" 14, caught 32 shad, 2 ripe fish, took 55,000 spawn. 



The following is the record of the trout spawning during 

 the month of October, 1870, of one pond at the Cold Spring 

 Trout Ponds. The trout averaged about half a pound in 

 weight. 



Number of eggs. Number of fish. 



October 12 1,000 2 



"15 600 i 



1 8 2,400 3 



" 19 2,400 4 



* It should be observed that the salmon in the river finished 

 spawning by the 24th of October, and that the eggs taken after 

 that time were from the fish captured in the artificial ponds. 



t New York Citizen, October 15, 1870. 



