1006 EEPOKT OP COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Daily record of trout eggs taken at the McCloud River trout-ireeding station of the United' 

 States Fish Commission during the season of 1883. 



Bate. 



January 3. . 

 January 4.. 

 January 5.. 

 January 19. 

 January 22. 

 February 5 

 February 15 

 February 20 

 Feliruary 21 

 February 22 

 February 24 

 March 7 — 



Number 

 of females 

 spawned.* 



Number 

 of eggs 

 taken. 



Date. 



March 9.-. 

 March 16 - - . 

 March 17 . . . 

 March] 8... 

 March 27--. 

 March 28... 

 March 29 . . . 

 March 31 . - . 



April 2 



April 5 



Total 



Number 

 of females 

 spawned. 



333 



Number 

 of eggs 

 taken. 



14, 000 



15, 000 



e,50(> 



27, 000 



16, 000 



17, 000 

 17,000 

 10, 000 

 12, 000 

 14, OOO 



388, 000 



■ Average per fish, 1,165.+. 



Table of distniution of trout eggs from the McCloud River (^California) station of the 

 United States Fish Commission during the season of 1883. 



Date. 



Consignees. 



Destinations. 



Number 

 ot eggs 

 shipped. 



January 25 - . 

 January 26 . . 

 February 12. 

 February 15 . 

 February 26. 

 February 26. 

 February 26. 

 February 26. 

 February 26. 



March 4 



March 4 



March 4 



March 7 



March 7 



March 7 



March 7 



March 9 



March 13 



March 27.... 



April 5 



AprillS 



April 14 



S.F.Baird 



do 



do 



do 



B.F.Shaw 



William Griffith... 

 G. W. Delawder ... 



E. A. Brackett 



C. J.Huske 



Dr. J. S.Logan 



George Jelliflfe 



C.S. White 



Dr. E. B. Kennedy . 



D.T.Howell 



CoL M. McDonald. . 

 George W. Riddle. 

 E. G.Blackford.... 



S.F.Baird 



......do 



do 



E. G.Blackford... . 

 S.r.Baird 



Washington, D.C 



do 



do 



do 



Anamosa, Iowa 



Louisville, Ky 



Druid Hill Hatchery, Baltimore 



Winchester, Mass 



Columbia, S. G 



Saint Joseph, Mo 



Westport, Conn 



Komney, W. Ya 



Omaha, Nebr 



Toledo, Ohio 



Smithsonian Institution, D. C 



Plymouth, N. H 



Fulton Market, New York 



Washington, D. C 



do 



do 



Pnlton Market, New York 



Washington, D. C 



Deposited in McCloud 



Deposited in trout-ponds 



Lost 



Total. 



50,000 



21, 000 



12, 000 



24, 000 



5,000 



5,000 



6,000 



5,000 



5,000 



5,000 



5,000 



5,000 



5,000 



5, OOO 



5,000 



5,000 



30, 000 



14, 000 



24, 000 



45, 000 



15, 000 



37, 000 



20, 000 



12,000 



24,000 



388, OOO 



