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  report, 
  that 
  is, 
  from 
  January 
  1st 
  to 
  June 
  4tb, 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   31,000, 
  as 
  will 
  appear 
  from 
  the 
  tables 
  hereafter 
  given. 
  These, 
  

   with 
  the 
  distribution 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  fJiU 
  of 
  1876, 
  amounting: 
  

   to 
  78i,640 
  (see 
  pages 
  22 
  and 
  23 
  of 
  report 
  of 
  '77,) 
  make 
  an 
  

   aggregate 
  of 
  8 
  15^640 
  from 
  the 
  eggs 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  

   ■70. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  10th 
  day 
  of 
  October 
  last, 
  I 
  received, 
  through 
  

   the 
  kindness 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Commissioner, 
  a 
  crate 
  of 
  

   Salmon 
  eggs, 
  containing 
  about 
  200^000 
  ; 
  on 
  unpacking, 
  

   only 
  6,689 
  dead 
  eggs 
  were 
  found, 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  loss 
  during 
  

   the 
  transfer 
  across 
  the 
  continent. 
  The 
  distribution 
  made 
  

   of 
  the 
  young 
  fish 
  hatched 
  from 
  this 
  lot 
  will 
  appear 
  

   in 
  subsequent 
  table. 
  There 
  are 
  still 
  at 
  the 
  Hatching 
  

   House, 
  about 
  10,000 
  young 
  fish, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  kept 
  for 
  

   iuture 
  distribution 
  and 
  experiment. 
  

  

  The 
  loss 
  of 
  young 
  fish 
  from 
  this 
  lot 
  of 
  eggs 
  was 
  unusually 
  

   largo. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  unusually 
  warm 
  when 
  the 
  ogg-i 
  

   were 
  laid 
  down, 
  and 
  the 
  water 
  being 
  unusually 
  warm, 
  the 
  

   fish 
  were 
  perhaps 
  prematurely 
  hatched. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  hatching 
  apparatus 
  about 
  180,000 
  

   eggs 
  of 
  this 
  fish, 
  also 
  a 
  contribution 
  from 
  Professor 
  Baird, 
  

   and 
  when 
  hatching 
  and 
  ready 
  for 
  distribution, 
  will 
  be 
  dis 
  

   posed 
  of 
  as 
  usual. 
  These 
  are 
  eggs 
  which 
  were 
  received 
  in 
  two 
  

   lots 
  by 
  express 
  from 
  California 
  — 
  one 
  of 
  100,000 
  on 
  December 
  

   5th, 
  only 
  1,430 
  having 
  died 
  en 
  route 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  lot 
  of 
  80,000 
  

   reached 
  the 
  Hatching 
  House 
  on 
  the 
  13th. 
  They 
  were 
  taken, 
  as 
  

   I 
  understand, 
  from 
  younger 
  fish, 
  which 
  spawn 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  

   season, 
  and 
  after 
  tlie 
  regular 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   Commission 
  on 
  the 
  McCloud 
  river 
  had 
  ceased 
  ; 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   arrived 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  and 
  are 
  considerably 
  larger 
  tliau 
  

   any 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  Salmon 
  yet 
  received. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   2d 
  lot 
  of 
  80,000, 
  only 
  2,595 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  dead 
  when 
  

   they 
  were 
  unpacked. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  California 
  Salmon 
  planted 
  during 
  the 
  

   two 
  years 
  ('76 
  and 
  "77,) 
  911,040, 
  recorded 
  in 
  last 
  report, 
  and 
  

  

  