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  and 
  from 
  November 
  1st, 
  1870, 
  to 
  August 
  Ist, 
  1877, 
  six 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  four 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-three 
  thousand 
  five 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  sixty-three 
  pounds. 
  

  

  This 
  shows 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  iniliion 
  of 
  jxnuids 
  in 
  

   the 
  legal 
  catch 
  over 
  any 
  year 
  since 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  

   Commission, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  ascribed 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  our 
  waters 
  

   are 
  now 
  beginning 
  to 
  feel 
  the 
  );eneticial 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  mil- 
  

   lions 
  of 
  Salmon 
  hatched 
  artilicially 
  and 
  turned 
  into 
  the 
  

   headwaters. 
  We 
  have 
  no 
  means 
  of 
  ascertaining 
  the 
  weight 
  

   of 
  fish 
  taken 
  out 
  of 
  season, 
  but 
  estimate 
  that 
  between 
  

   August 
  1st 
  and 
  November 
  1st 
  of 
  tliis 
  year, 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  

   two 
  million 
  pounds 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  defiance 
  of 
  law." 
  

  

  Thus, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  tlie 
  Salmon 
  fi.sheries 
  of 
  California 
  

   are 
  of 
  hardly 
  less 
  importance 
  than 
  our 
  Sliad 
  and 
  Herring 
  

   fisheries. 
  

  

  The 
  distribution 
  of 
  Brook 
  Tiout, 
  in 
  pursuance 
  of 
  the 
  

   programme 
  given 
  in 
  report 
  of 
  January, 
  1877, 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  tabular 
  form. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these, 
  about 
  10,000 
  Lake 
  

   Herring 
  and 
  about 
  15,000 
  White 
  Fish 
  hatched 
  from 
  eggs 
  

   gathered 
  by 
  Wm. 
  H 
  Hines 
  from 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  for 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   mission, 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  big 
  pool 
  on 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  and 
  

   Ohio 
  Canal. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  secured 
  350,000 
  Brook 
  Trout 
  eggs, 
  a 
  large 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  hatched 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  ready 
  for 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  January, 
  and 
  notice 
  to 
  this 
  

   effect 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  generally 
  published 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   State. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  gratifying 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  state 
  tiiat 
  the 
  total 
  cost 
  of 
  

   these 
  fish 
  will 
  be 
  about 
  ,$2.55 
  per 
  thousand. 
  With 
  liie 
  

   want 
  of 
  facilities 
  for 
  t\vi 
  storage 
  of 
  breeding 
  fish, 
  and 
  the 
  

   undeveloped 
  resourses 
  of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  this 
  compares 
  

   very 
  favorably 
  with 
  the 
  estimated 
  cost 
  ( 
  15 
  s. 
  per 
  thou- 
  

   sand,) 
  of 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  Trout 
  at 
  the 
  celebrated 
  establish- 
  

   ment 
  at 
  Huningen, 
  under 
  the 
  c;^reful 
  and 
  economic 
  manage- 
  

   Ujent 
  pf 
  Mj-. 
  Haack- 
  

  

  