1380 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Summary of Distribution of Fish and Eggs during the Fiscal Year 1908. 



While the Bureau does not lay undue stress on mere numbers and con- 

 siders the vitality of the fish and the conditions under which they are planted 

 as of paramount importance, the foregoing figures are certainly very suggestive; 

 and as a further statement of the magnitude of the fish-cultural work it may 

 be of interest to record that the aggregate output of the hatcheries from 1872 

 to 1908 was about 22,365,200,000, of which about 10,341,700,000 represents the 

 work of the past five years. 



The first consideration in the distribution of fishes is to make ample return 

 to the waters from which eggs or fish have been collected. The remainder of 

 the product is consigned to suitable public or private waters. All applications 



