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tion, and otherwise, reduced this number to 459,000 fry, of which 439,- 

 000 were planted in the tributaries of the Hudson Kiver, and 20,000 on 

 Long" Island. There seems to be no doubt of the suitability of these 

 waters for the salmon, aud with proper protection, by the enforcement 

 of the State laws now in effect, the success and increase of this species 

 in the waters of the Hudson is assured. 



Salbling. 



Twenty-five thousand eggs of this species, in two lots, were received 

 at the station during January and March, 1888, from Herr von dem 

 Borne, Berneuchen, Germany, 10,000 being dead on arrival. Three 

 thousand good eggs were shipped to Mr. E. B. Hodge, commissioner of 

 fisheries, Plymouth, New Hampshire, and 3,000 to the U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission station at Northville, Michigan. The balance, which were re- 

 tained at the station, owing to heavy mortality in the eggs and fry, 

 proved almost a total loss: only a small number of fry having been 

 forwarded to the New York hatchery, at Caledonia, New York. 



Whitefish. 



On March 22, 1888, 1,000,000 whitefish eggs were received from the 

 Northville Station, Michigan. Of this number, 50,000 were lost in in- 

 cubation, and 150,000 fry escaped into the trout ponds at the station. 

 The remainder, 800,000 fry, were planted in lakes on Long Island, New 

 York. 



Lake Trout. 



One case containing 90,000 eggs of this species was received on 

 December 28, 1887, from Northville Station, Michigan. The losses 

 during incubation and afterward reduced this number to 85,200 fry, 

 which were planted in lakes in Sullivan, Putnam, Queens, aud Warren 

 Counties, in the State of New York. 



Brown Trout. 



Very satisfactory results have been obtained from the planting of 

 this fish. Duriug the past season two lots of eggs of this species were 

 received from Herr von Behr, of Schrnoldow, German} r , and Herr von 

 dem Borne, of Berneuchen, Germany. These were divided equally 

 among the State commissions of New York, Wisconsin, Michigan, Vir- 

 ginia, and Minnesota; 19,000 eggs being forwarded to each. From the 

 allotment to Cold Spring Harbor aud 40,000 eggs taken from brood 

 fish at the station, 55,500 fry were produced. One thousand five 

 hundred of these were reserved at the station and the remainder 

 deposited in streams, lakes, etc., in New York State. 



Land-Locked Salmon. 



In March, 1888, 35,000 eggs of this fish were received from the Grand 

 Lake Stream Station, Maine.' The loss in transfer and hatching subse- 

 quently amounted to only 1,000, leaving 34,000 fry, which were distrib- 

 uted to lakes and other waters in New York and New Jersey. 



