XXII.-ACCOUNT OF EGGS REPACKED AND SHIPPED TO FOREIGN 

 COUNTRIES UNDER DIRECTION OF THE UNITED STATES FISH 

 COMMISSION DURING THE SEASON OF m:^-U. 



By Fred Mathkr. 



aERMANY. 



On January 10, 1884, I received at Cold Spring Harbor, i^. Y., sev- 

 eral packages from Mr. F. N. Clark, superintendent of the Northville 

 hatchery, containing 1,000,000 whitefish eggs, 25,000 brook trout eggs, 

 and 25,000 lake trout eggs, all in good condition. I removed the eggs 

 from the sawdust packing, picked out a few dead ones, and repacked 

 them in ice. On the 12th they were shipped to Herr von Behr, presi- 

 dent of the Deutsche Fischerei-Verein, Berlin, in care of F. Busse, 

 Geestemunde, by the North German Lloyd steamer Neckar. A letter 

 from Herr von Behr subsequently stated that these eggs arrived in 

 excellent condition. 



On March 20 I received a box containing 12,000 eggs of the rainbow 

 trout from Mr. Clark for shipment to Germany. These were too far 

 advanced for shipment, many having already hatched on the way and 

 died. I had in the hatchery a lot of the same species belonging to the 

 New York fish commission. These had been received on March 21 

 from the Caledonia station, and were not quite so far advanced, although 

 rather old for shipment abroad. I placed Mr. Clark's eggs in the 

 trough, and in their stead packed and shipped the New York eggs on 

 the North German Lloyd steamer which sailed on March 29. These eggs 

 did not arrive in good order. At first Herr von Behr wrote that he did 

 not think that a single egg would give a healthy fry, but afterwards 

 said that they had done better than was at first anticipated. 



SCOTLAND. 



On March. 6 I received a package of 5,000 eggs of the landlocked 

 or schoodic salmon from Mr. Charles G. Atkins, Grand Lake Stream, 

 Maine, and repacked and shipped them to Sir James Gibson Maitland, 

 Bart., Stirling. On the 8th of April I received a letter dated Stirling, 

 March 21, 1884, containing the following report : " I am glad to inform 

 you that the landlocked salmon ova arrived here in first-rate condition ; 

 only about twelve white eggs, ten of which were unimpregnated." 

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