﻿XIX 
  

  

  During 
  tlie 
  month 
  of 
  October, 
  1878, 
  the 
  Hatching 
  House 
  

   gave 
  proof 
  of 
  its 
  capacity 
  to 
  accommodate 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  eggs 
  at 
  one 
  time, 
  for 
  on 
  the 
  5th 
  of 
  that 
  month 
  525,000 
  

   of 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  Salmon 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Hatching 
  Station, 
  on 
  the 
  McCloud 
  River, 
  and 
  

   a 
  few 
  days 
  subsequent, 
  the 
  14th, 
  another 
  lot 
  of 
  525,000 
  were 
  

   received 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  source 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  hatching 
  

   apparatus. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  lot 
  of 
  eggs 
  commenced 
  hatching 
  on 
  October 
  16th, 
  

   but, 
  asthis 
  was 
  somewhat 
  premature, 
  caused, 
  most 
  probably, 
  

   by 
  the 
  long 
  transportation 
  across 
  the 
  continent, 
  and 
  possibly 
  

   some 
  overheating, 
  the 
  hsh 
  were 
  not 
  very 
  healthy. 
  On 
  the 
  

   21st 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  month 
  all 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  lot 
  were 
  

   hatched. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  26th 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  month, 
  while 
  some 
  repairs 
  were 
  

   being 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  distributing 
  pipes 
  of 
  the 
  Water 
  Works 
  of 
  

   the 
  city 
  of 
  Baltimore, 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  stopped 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  

   in 
  the 
  Hatching 
  House, 
  and 
  this 
  caused 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  60,000 
  fish. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  lot- 
  (those 
  received 
  on 
  the 
  14th 
  of 
  October) 
  

   were 
  all 
  hatched 
  by 
  the 
  2d 
  of 
  November. 
  The 
  distribution 
  

   from 
  the 
  first 
  lot 
  commenced 
  on 
  the 
  6th 
  of 
  that 
  month, 
  and 
  

   209,000 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Maryland, 
  between 
  the 
  

   6th 
  and 
  13th 
  of 
  the 
  month. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  27th 
  the 
  distribution 
  from 
  the 
  second 
  lot 
  was 
  com- 
  

   menced, 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  27th 
  of 
  December 
  332,500 
  were 
  suc- 
  

   cessfully 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  streams 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  