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  150,500, 
  as 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  from 
  table, 
  is 
  1,061,540; 
  if 
  

   to 
  these 
  are 
  added 
  170,000 
  for 
  the 
  produce 
  of 
  eggs 
  now 
  in 
  

   the 
  Hatching 
  House, 
  as 
  these 
  will 
  be 
  distributed 
  during 
  the 
  

   Winter, 
  we 
  have 
  an 
  aggregate 
  of 
  1,131.540 
  California 
  Salmon 
  

   planted 
  from 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  18Y6 
  and 
  1877, 
  and 
  since 
  the 
  

   commencement 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  by 
  the 
  Maryland 
  Commission, 
  

   an 
  aggregate 
  of 
  1,644,304 
  hatched 
  and 
  planted. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year, 
  the 
  avant 
  courier 
  of 
  those 
  first 
  deposited 
  

   should 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  bay 
  and 
  tributary 
  rivers 
  ; 
  but 
  we 
  cannot 
  

   look 
  for 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  any 
  large 
  number, 
  even 
  if 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  of 
  their 
  introduction 
  is 
  thoroughly 
  successful, 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  next 
  year, 
  or 
  possibly 
  the 
  year 
  after. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  made 
  the 
  effort 
  to 
  stock 
  the 
  Maryland 
  waters 
  

   with 
  this 
  variety 
  of 
  Salmon 
  on 
  the 
  very 
  large 
  scale 
  shown, 
  

   as 
  we 
  are 
  inclined 
  to 
  believe 
  tliat 
  their 
  introduction 
  will 
  

   prove 
  successful, 
  notwithstanding 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  Salmon 
  

   family 
  has 
  been 
  considered 
  an 
  inhabitant 
  of 
  extreme 
  cold 
  

   waters 
  only. 
  We 
  selected 
  the 
  California 
  variety, 
  not 
  only 
  

   as 
  of 
  more 
  rapid 
  growth 
  than 
  the 
  Eastern, 
  (salmo 
  solar, 
  )hvit 
  

   also 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  they 
  frequented 
  much 
  warmer 
  waters 
  

   than 
  their 
  Atlantic 
  cousins 
  were 
  ever 
  known 
  to 
  inhabit. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  information 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  California 
  Com- 
  

   missioners 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  importance, 
  and 
  answers 
  the 
  oft 
  

   repeated 
  question 
  : 
  Will 
  the 
  Salmon 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  live 
  in 
  our 
  

   warm 
  watci 
  s 
  ? 
  

  

  "The 
  statistics 
  hereafter 
  given 
  of 
  the 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  

   water 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  and 
  San 
  Joaquin 
  Sal- 
  

   mon 
  pass 
  to 
  reach 
  their 
  spawning 
  grounds, 
  show 
  that 
  they 
  

   swim 
  for 
  hundreds 
  of 
  miles 
  through 
  the 
  second 
  hottest 
  val- 
  

   ley 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  during 
  the 
  hottest 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   year, 
  where 
  the 
  mean 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  air 
  is 
  92° 
  Faren- 
  

   heit, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  75°. 
  These 
  statistics 
  have 
  been 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  the 
  record 
  kept 
  by 
  the 
  Central 
  Pacific 
  Rail- 
  

   road 
  Company, 
  and 
  are 
  for 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  August 
  and 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  of 
  the 
  years 
  1875, 
  1876 
  and 
  1877. 
  They 
  are 
  of 
  im- 
  

   portance 
  as 
  showing 
  that 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  Salmon 
  will 
  enter 
  

  

  