XXXII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Plymouth, 30,000; Nebraska commission, South Bend, 30,000 ; Pennsyl- 
vania commission, Cony, 30,000. The balance were hatched at Nortli- 
ville, yielding 89 per cent of fry. The Loch Leven trout is thriving at 
this station. The stock of breeders will soon be increased, as 6,000 
healthy yearlings are now on hand. 
Rainbow trout . — The distribution .of one-year-old rainbow trout from 
the Northville Station included upwards of 53,000 tisli, which were lib- 
erated iu streams of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, and Ten- 
nessee. Fewer eggs were taken than last year, but the yield next year 
should be greatly increased, because in addition to the old breeders the 
station now has 1,500 trout two years old. The breeding females num- 
bered 223, and yielded 204,400 eggs, an average of about 900 each. 
There were distributed 57,500 eggs between February 18 and April 2, 
of which 10,000 were sent to E. Chazari, national commissioner of fish- 
eries, City of Mexico. 
Brook trout . — The egg-taking began October 20 and continued until 
January 7. Females numbering 945 furnished 332,950 eggs, averaging 
about 350 each. More than one-third of the eggs were obtained from 
yearlings. The shipments of eggs aggregated 207,000. Among these 
were 25,000 to William Burgess, London, England; and 10,000 to E. 
Chazari, City of Mexico. The States receiving eggs of this species 
were Minnesota, Ohio, Delaware, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. The 
number of yearling brook trout distributed from January 13 to April 
1, 1889, was 13,875, besides 1,000 which were held at the station. 
‘Lake trout . — The main supply of eggs for the Northville hatchery 
was Obtained at Thompson on Lake Michi gan. The first eggs were taken 
October 16, and the season continued until November 15, when the 
hatchery contained 3,400,000, the greatest number ever laid down in 
one season. There were taken also in' Lake Huron, near Alpena, 300,000. 
On December 21, 1888, 50,000 eggs were sent from Northville to E. Chdr 
zari, City of Mexico. 
ALPENA STATION, MICHIGAN. 
The season was one of the most successful recorded. From the egg- 
collecting stations on lakes Huron and Michigan upward of 45,000,000 
whitefish eggs were obtained, completely filling the hatchery. More 
-than 20 men were employed as spawn -takers during the season, which 
began November 1. In April and May, 1889, 23,320,000 whitefish fry, 
reared at Alpena, were deposited in lakes Huron and Michigan. 
Rake trout . — In the fall of 1888 Mr. William Bolton, of Alpena, col- 
lected 150,000 shoal trout eggs, which were hatched at Alpena and 
planted in Long Lake; the expense was borne by private parties. In 
March, 1889, about 80,000 fry were liberated in Long Lake. 
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