REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
XXI 
The station at Baird, Cal., for the collection of the eggs of the rain- 
bow trout, having served its purpose, was discontinued. 
The oyster- cultural station at St. Jerome’s, Md., was abandoned, the 
results obtained not justifying the expenditure required. 
The station at Neosho, Mo., was under construction, but not com- 
pleted at the close of the fiscal year. 
Additional stations were authorized by Congress, and provisions 
made for them by special appropriations in the sundry civil bill, which 
became a law March 2, 1S89, as follows : 
Fish-hatchery , Maine . — For the purchase of ground, construction 
of buildings and ponds, and purchase of equipment of fish- 
hatchery and rearing stations near Craig’s Brook, Reed’s Pond, 
and Branch Pond, Maine $11, 000 
Fish-hatchei'y in Lake County, Colorado. — For the construction of 
a Government trout-breeding and distributing station in Lake 
County, Colorado 15,000 
Fish-hatchery on Lake Erie. — For the purpose of establishing and 
equipping a station at some convenient point on Lake Erie, to be 
designated by the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, for the 
taking of spawn and the propagation of whitefish 20, 000 
These stations when completed and in operation will require annually 
an aggregate expenditure of $18,000, which must be provided for by 
a corresponding increase in the appropriation for the propagation of 
food-fishes; the present appropriation of $130,000 is barely adequate 
to provide for the expenses of the general administration and the 
maintenance of stations now in operation. 
SCHOODIC STATION, MAINE. 
Mr. Charles G. Atkins, the superintendent of Craig’s Brook Station, 
also has charge of the Schoodic Station, at Grand Lake Stream. This 
latter station is devoted to the collection and distribution of landlocked 
salmon eggs, and is conducted jointly by the United States, New Hamp- 
shire, and Massachusetts. The routine work was begun by the fore- 
man, W. II. Munson, September 3, 1888. Frequent rains in the fall of 
1888 delayed operations. Between October 24th and November 24th, 
974 breeding salmon were taken in barrier and pound nets. Exactly 
one-half of these were males; 963,900 eggs were taken, which were 
divided as follows: To Massachusetts, 14,000; to New Hampshire, 
65,000; to the United States, 510,000. The share of the United States 
was distributed as follows : 
To Maine Commission 25, 000 
To New York Commission 100, 000 
To New Hampshire Commission. 65, 000 
To Plymouth, N. H., for distri- 
bution on account of the United 
States 50,000 
To Minnesota Commission 25, 000 
To Iowa Commission 25, 000 
To Michigan Commission 100, 000 
To Deutscher Fischerei Verein. . 50, 000 
To Richard Young, Edinburgh, 
Scotland. 25,000 
To Wytheville Station, Va 30, 000 
To Duluth Station, Minn 50, 000 
To Central Station, Washington, 
D. C 30, 000 
