REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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111 September the adult trout, iiuinberiiig 114, were transferred from 

 the stock pond to one of the smaller ponds, where they could be more 

 easily handled during the spawning season. The first eggs were col- 

 lected on October 20 and the last on November 29. An auxiliary 

 station for the collection of eggs of the native brook trout was also 

 established at Dublin Pond, New Hampshire; but only a small num- 

 ber of eggs Avere secured, and at the close of operations there the 240 

 adult fish that had been stripped were transferred to ponds at the 

 station. 



Owing to the unprecedented drought prevailing all through New 

 England, the water supply from the wells was seriously affected in the 

 fall and it became necessary to use water from the western reservoir. 



In January 350,000 brook-trout eggs were received from the New 

 Hampshire commissioners to be hatched at the station, and the fry 

 resulting were returned to them in May and June. In Februaiy 

 358,000 brook-trout eggs were purchased from Mr. L. B. Handy, of 

 South Wareham, Mass., but they proved to be of very poor quality 

 and produced only 223,750 fry. Of these 113,000 were distributed in 

 May and June to applicants in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and 

 Rhode Island, together with 284,630 lake-trout try resulting from a 

 shipment of 300,000 eggs received from Duluth in March. On the 

 11th of May 50,000 grayling eggs arrived from Bozeman in excellent 

 condition, and were hatched without any appreciable loss, though 

 quite a loss occurred just after the absorption of the sac. Thej^ were 

 transferred at this time from troughs in the hatchery, where the tem- 

 perature of the water was 48°, to some of the outside troughs, where 

 the water temperature w^as 60°. After that there was comparatively 

 no loss; and on June 30 there were 29,785 fingerlings on hand. 



The superintendent received from the New Hampshire Commission 

 a large number of adult lake trout, landlocked salmon, and golden 

 trout, which were held in the ponds from November until February 

 for the Boston Sportsmen's Association. 



A contract for the construction of the superintendent's cottage was 

 made in December, and by May 31 the building was completed. It is 

 a frame building 30 by 38 feet with cellar. The first floor consists of a 

 hall, parlor, dining room, pantry, and kitchen, with four bedrooms 

 and a bathroom on the second floor, and an attic extending over the 

 entire house above. 



The following table shows the number of fish and fry on hand at 

 the close of the year : 



Species. 



•• 



1896. 



1897. 



1898. 



1899. 



1900. 



Brook trout 



104 



*198 



G8 





128,530 



Steelhead trout 



366 





Rainbow trout 







77 

 92 





Landlocked salmon 











GraA'ling 









29, 785 















* Dublin pond trout. 



