APPENDIX. a37 



SmS. — Damibe Salmon 



(Jieiich). Ova. Total., 



Brought forward, 6,382,900 6,382,900 



Ova collected of heuch . 43,500 



Ova lost and died as 



atove 35,450 = 81 per cent. 



Ova forwarded to vari- 

 ous places . . . 2,000= 5 per cent. 

 Ova hatched at the 



estahlishment . . 6,050 = 14 percent. 



3rd. — Ombre. ■ 

 Ova collected . .... 1,028,000 



Ova lost and died as 



above 550,500 = 54 percent. 



Ova forwarded, sound 251,500 = 24 percent. 



Ova hatched at the 

 establishment . . 221,000 = 22 per cent. 

 Uh. — Fera. 



Ova coUected as above 11,995,000 



Ova lost and died as 

 above 12,000 



Ova forwarded to vari- 

 ous rivers, &c., 

 sound 9,519,000 = 80 percent. 



Ova hatched at the es- 

 tablishment . . . 2,464,000 = 20 per cent. 



Total .... 16,244,050 19,449,400 



The result of the last year's propagation shows 

 that from 19,449,400 of the ova collected, no less 

 than 16,244,050, after having heen partially 

 hatched for a period of two or three weeks, were 

 forwarded in a sound state to upwards of 238 

 different places, to he deposited and incubated in 

 various waters. It is also stated that of _ the 

 quantity sent 88 to 92 per cent, had arrived in a. 

 sound state at the places of destination. The ova 

 were sent to sixty-three French departments and to. 

 deven foreign countries in 1861. 



In conclusion the report states :— " The results! 



