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The propagation of the basses and other fishes suitable for stocking 

 inland lakes and streams was conducted as usual at the various sta- 

 tions provided for this purpose. The results were very gratifying. 

 Notwithstanding the fact that there has been a large increase in the 

 number of applications filed during the year, especially for the basses, 

 all demands were met. 



The following stations and auxiliary stations were operated during 

 the year, and the work accomplished at each is reviewed in detail in 

 the abstracts from the reports of the various superintendents : 



Green Lake, Maine. 



Craig Brook, Maine. 



Grand Lake Stream, Maine. 



St. Johnsbury, Vermont. 



Nashua, New Hampshire. 



Gloucester, Massachusetts. 



Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 



Cape Vincent, New York. 



Steamer Fish Hawk (Delaware River). 



Battery Station, Maryland. 



Fish Lakes, Washington, D. C. 



Central Station. Washington. D. C. 



Bryan Point, Maryland. 



Eden ton. North Carolina. 



Wytheville, Virginia. 



Erwin, Tennessee. 



Put-in Bay, Ohio. 



Northville, Michigan. 



Detroit, Michigan. 



Alpena, Michigan. 



Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. 



Duluth, Minnesota. 



Quincy, Illinois. 



Manchester, Iowa. 



Neosho, Missouri. 



San Marcos, Texas. 



Leadville, Colorado. 



Spearfish. South Dakota. 



Bozeman, Montana. 



Baird, California. 



Battle Creek, California. 



Clackamas, Oregon. 



Rogue River, Oregon. 



Little White Salmon, Washington. 



Baker Lake, Washington. 



RESULTS OF FISH-CULTURE. 



From correspondents in various sections of the country letters have 

 been received from time to time showing the results of plants of brook 

 trout, steelhead trout, rainbow trout, black bass, and crappie. The 

 superintendent of Leadville station received numerous letters from 

 individuals whose lakes had been stocked with brook trout and who, 

 as a result, were engaged in fish-culture from a commercial standpoint. 

 As illustrative of the scale upon which this work is being conducted 

 in Colorado, 4,800,000 brook-trout eggs were collected by the superin- 

 tendent during the past fall, all except about 250,000 being taken 

 there from private lakes. The correspondence also shows that the 

 brook trout is well established in public waters in various sections of 

 the State, and this is of especial interest in view of the fact tliat there 

 were no brook trout in the waters of Colorado a few years ago. 



From Montana numerous letters have also been received from per- 

 sons to whom fish had been furnished, and they all show the brook 

 trout to be well adapted for the streams in that State. Mr. W. C. 

 Gilmer, under date of March 24, 1900, reports the capture of a brook 

 trout weighing 2| pounds, dressed, resulting from a plant made in 

 August, 1897, in a stream tributary to the Madison River, near Ennis. 



There is no doubt as to the success of the steelhead trout in some 



