REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XLIX 



were made for obtaining the amount needed from the city waterworks 

 company; this change has not only reduced expenses, but the quality 

 of the water is better and the supply more reliable. 



During October 133,140 lake-trout eggs were purchased from the 

 fishermen operating on Charity Shoals at a rate of 15 cents per 1,000, 

 and the 114,481 fry resulting from them were planted in Watson Bay. 

 An assignment of 1,000,000 eggs of this species was also received from 

 North ville, and the fry hatched, amounting to 967,850, were deposited 

 in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. 



In December 5,000,000 eggs of the quinnat salmon were received from 

 Battle Creek, Cal. The fry hatched were carried through the winter 

 without material loss, and with the exception of one plant of 328,001) 

 in the Salmon Eiver, they were all distributed iu Lake Ontario and the 

 St. Lawrence River within a radius of 25 miles from the station. 



Consignments of 100,000 each of brook trout, steelhead trout, and 

 Atlantic salmon eggs were received during the year from other stations, 

 and were hatched and distributed as usual; 10,000 steelhead eggs 

 were repacked and shipped to Osnabruck, Germany, where they arrived 

 with the loss of only 420, after a journey of nearly 8,000 miles. 



Early in the spring the superintendent made an investigation of 

 various fishing-grounds on Lake Ontario to arrange for the collection of 

 pike-perch eggs, as there was a general desire on the part of the fisher- 

 men on the lake that the propagation of this species be undertaken. 

 The investigation showed that there are no localities in the vicinity 

 where eggs can be obtained in large quantities, though the spawning 

 fish formerly occurred in great abundance throughout this region. The 

 fishermen stated that where tons of fish had been captured two years 

 ago, there was now practically no fishing. The disappearance of fish 

 from their usual spawning-grounds was attributed by some persons to 

 the discharge of refuse from mills and factories into the tributaries of 

 Lake Ontario. In April 30,000,000 eggs of the pike perch were trans- 

 ferred from Put-in Bay, and the majority of the fry resulting from them 

 were planted without loss in the St. Lawrence River; one plant of 800,000 

 being made in the Oswegatchee River. It is reported that pike perch 

 are abundant in some of the inland lakes of the State, and a collecting 

 station, similar to the one operated by the New York Fish Commission 

 on Lake Oneida at Constantia, may be established in the future. 



The following shows the number of eggs handled and fry hatched at 

 the station during the fiscal year: 



