XVIII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



consignment of 50,000 eggs was sent to the Deutsche Fischerei Verein, 

 in return for consignments of eggs of the European trout, and 10,000 

 eggs were forwarded to the Department of Agriculture of France, in 

 response to request made through official channels. 



BUCKSPORT STATION. 



This station has for its object the collection and incubation of the 

 eggs of the Penobscot salmon. When the eggs have reached such 

 development as to permit safe transportation they are forwarded to 

 their various destinations. The allotments are made to New England 

 waters principally, since it is only in this section that we find streams 

 affording suitable conditions. It is thought probable that salmon may 

 be established in the Hudson River, and with this view it is proposed, 

 in cooperation with the New York Commission, to continue the system- 

 atic stocking of its headwaters for several years longer. This station, 

 like the Schoodic Station, is operated jointly by the United States and 

 the State of Maine. The quota of eggs received by the United States 

 the present season was 924,000, which were distributed as follows : 



New York Commission 500, 000 



Rhode Island Commission 50, 000 



New Hampshire Commission 50,000 



Vermont Commission 50, 000 



Massachusetts Commission 50, 000 



Maine Commission 148, 000 



Benj. Lincoln, for the Dennis River, Maine 40,000 



Reserved for rearing at Craig's Brook Station 36,000 



The fry obtained will be liberated in ponds and fed until they have 

 attained a length of several inches before turning out into open waters. 

 It must be confessed that the results obtained from planting the fry of 

 the Salmonidcc are often disappointing. On the other hand, the results 

 of stocking with fiugerlings are immediate and assured, and it is pro- 

 posed to extend this work as rapidly as the requisite facilities can be 

 provided at the stations. 



Baird Station, Livingston Stone, Superintendent. 



This station was established in 1879 for the propagation of the Rain- 

 bow Trout (Salmo irideus), and from it has been drawn the eggs to fur- 

 nish a stock of breeders for the Eastern stations. The species is now 

 well established at North ville, Michigan, and Wytheville, Virginia, 

 and in the breeding ponds of various State commissions. We will be 

 able in future to meet all requests for eggs with the product of Eastern 

 stations. 



In view of this fact it has not been deemed advisable to continue the 

 Baird Station in active operation. Accordingly, at the end of the sea- 

 son in June, the station was closed, and the serviceable property re- 

 moved to the salmon station on tiieMcCloud Kiver about 4 miles below. 



