REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 69 
The station furnished for distribution during the year 89,985 black 
bass, 12,770 crappie, 8,090 rock bass, and 7,595 bream. The dlis- 
tribution was made by the station employees, and extended from 
July 2 to October 3, 1900. It was again resumed the following May and 
eontinued to the close of the fiscal year, the total cost of this branch 
of the work amounting to $778.06. In Higieine this distribution 56,162 
miles were traveled, 31,555 of which were free and 4,607 paid. 
With few exceptions the railroads of the State not only furnished 
free transportation, but rendered every assistance possible to the 
employees engaged in the work. ‘To the officers of the International 
and Great Northern Railroad special thanks are due for courtesies. 
LEADVILLE STATION, COLORADO (KE. A. TULIAN, SUPERINTENDENT). 
From December 20 to June | the superintendent was absent from 
the station, his duties being performed by the foreman. 
At the cominencement of the fiscal year there were on hand 500,000 
fingerling brook trout, 270,000 of which were planted in July, 10,000 
in August, and 28,000 in October, the losses during this time being 
about 38 per cent. 
The usual »rrangements were made for the collection of brook-trout 
eggs in the fall from lakes belonging to private individuals, and the 
results of the work are embodied in the following statement: 
Source of supply. Spawning season. é pees Loss tay ie 
| Per cent. 
Station brood fish --...---- | Oct. 1O=Deer i meses ee 272, 700 AYO" | 52s keke | 142,100 
Uneva Lake. _............| Nov. 1-Nov.25 275, 900 48.5 | 14553000 |saeee eee os 
Smith’s Pond....-.........--| Oct.24-Nov. 17 | 156, 900 30 109: 000%) 2 ene 
Ridgway’s Pond .--.--.... NOV. IG2NiOV29) 2-252 --5- 2-5} 569, 800 9.8 5146800! | sai eee nese 
Wellington Lake --_...- -__- | Oct. 31-Nov. 24 - i -| 1,818, 400 48 | 675, 000 267, 900 
Young’s Pond --- ..---| Oct. 25-Nov. 11 610, 000 21.1 | 481, 500) tte eee 
Decker sion s24242-2: 4 WDeCellw tech Jes) ase 116, 600 70.6 | Rc (0,0, U0 ieee ee 
Musgrove’s Pond ..-.--.... Oct: 23-Novy: 30). 25 2 ese: 454, 500 44.6 251500) ||- oss see 
Dernyis Pond® 4. 25-322. 22 2\"Oct.28-Nov.28:--.22--22<.-)| 439, 000 40 | 274, 000 Sigh he Bl 
iBlacktWaket 262-522. 222. INIOWA oe Be A Sioa See 46, 000 81.5 85500) |) eee 
BNO belli oe eee te Seer ae aes 2 ee Ae eee soe eee|| 4,109, 800! eae 2 eee sn5|) 2, 489)600 410,000 
On May 20, when all the eae had been hatched, there were on hand 
1,995,000 brook-trout fry, 887,300 of which belonged to the Commis- 
sion and 1,107,700 to the aie who had furnished the eggs. Between 
this time and the end of the fiscal year 41,000 of those belonging to 
the Commission, or 4.5 per cent, were lost and 585,000 were planted, 
leaving on hand 260,800. 
Last year it was believed that the heavy loss of brook-trout eggs 
was largely due to their having been derived from 2-year-old fish, and 
the results this year seemed to confirm this theory, as the loss on 
each lot, except those taken from the brood-fish at the station and 
the Uneva Lake fish, was from 10 to 60 per cent less than last year. 
On the station eggs the loss was 2 per cent greater than the previous 
year, but this was attributed to the fact that the stock is getting very 
old. The loss on the Uneva Lake eggs, however, was 38 per cent 
