74 Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting. 
It has been customary to transport lobsters to the stations 
where they are to be stripped of their eggs, and then return 
them to the waters from which taken. In general this may be 
considered the best method of transporting eggs, but in order 
to test the efficacy of stripping the eggs from the lobsters and 
transporting them, Superintendent Hahn was directed to ex- 
periment with a packing case used in the transportation of trout 
eggs. The trays were first thoroughly soaked in salt water, and 
nearly 400,000 lobster eggs were then placed upon eight trays. 
Before placing the trays in the packing case, the bottom was 
covered with ice surrounded with two inches of salt water- 
soaked moss. Two empty trays were placed upside down on 
top of the ice and the trays of eggs were then added. Canvas 
was wrapped around the trays of eggs, and then the interven- 
ing space between the canvas and the sides of the case was filled 
with alternate layers of moss and crushed ice to the height of 
the top tray. The eggs were held by this method twenty-four 
hours and then taken out. They had a thoroughly dried ap- 
pearance but apparently did not suffer injury. This appears to 
be the first time that lobster eggs have been transported on 
trays, and the experiment demonstrates that they can be so 
transported, precautions being taken to keep them at a proper 
temperature without permitting ice or fresh water to come in 
contact wih them. 
