1882. ] FISH COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT. T 
There is every prospect that there will be a sufficient. sup- 
ply for all who may need them next spring. The plan of dis- 
tribution has been as follows: 5,000 young trout are given to 
‘each applicant, deliverable at the hatching house in Poquon- 
ock, free of expense. 
If parties prefer to have them delivered in the towns where 
they reside, an expert will transport them in the State cans, 
under his own supervision, and the applicant will be expected 
to pay traveling and transportation expenses, and also $3,00 
per day for the time consumed in delivery. All applications 
for trout or land-locked salmon should be made to some one 
of the Commissioners between January 1st and March Ist. 
LAND-LOCKED SALMON. 
The whole number of land-locked salmon eggs received 
from Grand Lake Stream for the year, was 496,500. Of 
these 350,000 were sent to the hatching house of Mr. Henry 
J. Fenton, at Poquonock, and 146,500 to Mr. George 
Jelliffe, at Westport. Of the first lot, 1,204 eggs were found 
to be dead on unpacking, 2,176 died in process of incubation, 
and 4,620 young fish died after hatching, making a total of 
8,000, which left 342,000 for distribution. Of the second 
lot, 182 were found to be dead on unpacking, 2,104 died in 
process of incubation, and 4,623 young fish died after hatch- 
ing, making a total of 6,909, leaving 139,591, for distribution. 
Their destination was as follows: 
