REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISII AND FISHERIES. XXV 
Lobster . — Between the 30th of April and the 26th of June 3,050,000 
lobster eggs were taken from 330 females ; 1,574,000 fry were hatched 
from these and planted in the vicinity of Wood’s Holl. The hatching 
apparatus used were the Chester inverted jars, the McDonald improved 
hatching box, and the McDonald hatching jar, the latter being the most 
successful. Seven hundred and ten adult lobsters were packed in sea- 
weed in 104 wooden crates and shipped to the Pacific coast on car No. 
3 on January 14, 1889 ; 431 of these were females, 63 of them having 
their eggs fertilized. On the way about 500 died, and the remainder, 
of which 54 were females with eggs, were planted in Puget Sound. The 
attempt to rear young lobsters at the station was again unsuccessful. 
COLD SPRING HARBOR, NEW YORK. 
This station is owned and operated by the New York fish commis- 
sion, but the privilege is granted to the U. S. Fish Commission to send 
here eggs of Atlantic salmon, landlocked salmon, lake trout, etc., to 
be hatched and distributed under the direction of the superintendent. 
The fry of these species were planted, with a single exception, in New 
York waters. Eggs of California, Atlantic, and landlocked salmon 
intended for shipment to foreign countries waye repacked at this station 
and forwarded to their destination. The results of stocking the Hud- 
son River with Atlantic salmon were reported by Mr. Fred Mather, 
superintendent, in the Bulletin for 1887, page 40. 
Eggs of brown trout and salbling were received from Germany and 
distributed in accordance with instructions from the Commissioner. 
Landlocked salmon . — From Sclioodic Station were received 50,000 
eggs of this salmon ; 25,000 of these were sent to the Sacandaga hatch- 
ery. The eggs kept at Cold Spring Harbor furnished 22,344 fry, of 
which 10,000 were planted in Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Island, and 
10,000 in a lake in Passaic County, N. J ; the remainder were kept at 
the station, where they thrived until May 10, when they began to die 
suddenly and in large numbers and the survivors were liberated in 
the rearing ponds. 
California salmon . — A few eggs were kept for hatching from those 
received for foreign shipments. In May, 1889, 1,350 fry were planted 
in Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Island, which has no outlet and has depths 
of 60 to 64 feet. 
Lake trout . — Between December 26 and 31, 1888, were received from 
North ville, Mich., 450,000 eggs of lake trout. The resulting try, 430,000 
in number, were planted in Suffolk, Putnam, and Hamilton counties, 
N. Y. 
BATTERY ISLAND STATION, MARYLAND. 
The lease of this station (W. de C. Ravenel, superintendent) having 
expired in J une, 1888, and Mr. T. B. Ferguson, the lessor, having declined 
to renew the same except upon a rental of $1,200 p3r annum, which was 
