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much to the value of their output. I hope that the continued regular 

 planting of fry and fmgerlings in Adirondack lakes will some day show a 

 very great increase in the number of lake trout from which eggs may be 

 secured. 



Taking all things into consideration the hatcheries of this State are 

 doing excellent work. There is not a single hatchery at the present time 

 in which a condensed system of hatching jars can be installed except the 

 station at Linlithgo, where the head of water is sufficient to maintain such 

 a plan ; and } T et the yield of fish for planting in State waters is more than 

 530,000,000, and this can be very greatly increased by paying more attention 

 to the important marine fishes in connection with the Cold Spring Harbor 

 station. I think an auxiliary station should be established somewhere on 

 Long Island for the collection of eggs of cod, torn cod, weakfish, flatfish 

 lobsters, crabs and other well-known food species. At small expense the 

 yield of the Long Island station could easily be doubled, and with very 

 great credit to the Commission. At the present time Foreman Walter, 

 is making night trips from Good Ground, on the south shore of Long Island 

 to the hatchery at Cold Spring Harbor, conveying eggs of the torn cod. 

 Formerly he has been able to take as many eggs as the station could accomo- 

 date at Bay Shore ; but the torn cod is more or less migratory and the spawn- 

 ing fish are now a long distance from the hatchery. 



The reports of the foremen of the nine stations now in service follow 

 herewith, and I shall have some further remarks to make upon the fishes 

 which have come to the notice of this Department during the year, either 

 from our own foreman or from correspondents seeking information. 



Reports From the Hatcheries 



Adirondack Hatchery 



To the Forest, Fish and Game Commission: 



The work at this station during the past season has been carried on 

 with very good success. The total number of fish distributed from this 

 hatchery was 7,842,268, of which number 2,312,723 were brook trout, 



