REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XXIII 



DISTRIBUTION. 



To the National Fish-culture Association, London, England eggs.. 25,000 



To C. S. White, Commissioner of Fisheries, Romuey, West'Virginia ...do... 10,000 



E. B. Hodge, Commissioner of Fisheries, Plymouth, New Hampshire. ..do,.. 25,000 



To the Government of Switzerland do... 20,000 



80, 000 



To eighteen applicants for ponds in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, 



yearlings 1,535 



m , . Tr . . . C yearlings .. 6,375 



To streams in Virginia ^3 years old.. 150 



To streams in North Carolina yearlings. . 5,500 



To Central Station, Washington, District of Columhia, for distribution, .do... 5,208 



18,768 

 Brook Trout. 



The first eggs ever procured from the brook trout at this station were 

 taken in October, 1887. In consequence, however, of heavy mortality 

 in the eggs during incubation and subsequently in the young, only 2,966 

 fry were saved out of 25,000 eggs collected at the station and 10,700 

 fry received from North ville, Michigan. These were transferred to rear- 

 ing ponds at the station. The number of yearlings of this species for- 

 warded from the station during the season was 10,735, as against 3,238 

 the previous year. Of this number 1,010 yearlings were supplied to 

 nine applicants in Virginia and Tennessee, 7,225 planted in streams of 

 Virginia, and 2,500 forwarded to Central Station, Washington, District 

 of Columbia, for distribution. 



Statement of production and distribution. 



Number of eggs produced at the station 25, 000 



Aggregate losses during incubation 16, 022 



N umber of fry produced at station 8, 978 



Number of fry received from other stations 10. 700 



19, 678 

 Losses to time of transfer to rearing ponds 16,712 



Released in ponds 2,966 



DISTRIBUTION. 



To nine applicants in Virginia and Tennessee yearlings.. 1,010 



To streams in Virginia do.... 7,225 



To Central Station, for distribution do 2,500 



10, 735 

 Black Bass. 



No arrangements having been made with a view to the production of 

 this species for distribution, such numbers as are required to meet oc- 

 casionally urgent demands are procured by collection from waters in 

 the vicinity of the hatchery. During the season there were obtained in 

 this manner 550 yearling small mouth black bass, of which 300 were 



