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cants in all cases to observe this necessary rule, for in so doing 

 they will save a great outlay of time in the office of the Com- 

 mission as well as at the stations which provide the fish. All 

 applications involve records which are permanently kept and which 

 cannot be overburdened through unnecessary requests. The Com- 

 mission will always endeavor to send a number of fish suitable to 

 the stream or lake for which application is made, and will do 

 this preferably upon a single application. Secretaries of clubs 

 and associations interested in the welfare of the waters should take 

 pains to comply with this necessary regulation. 



EXAMINATION OF WATERS. 



The following description of Oquaga Lake, in Broome county, 

 was contributed by George B. Curtiss, Esq., of Binghamton: 



" This lake is situate on a mountain four miles above the 

 village of Deposit in this county; is about 1,800 feet above 

 sea level, surrounded almost entirely by heavy timber, fed 

 by a large number of never failing springs. The water is 

 very clear and cold, in the deepest places about 150 feet 

 deep and averaging nearly 60 feet all over the lake. It is 

 three miles around, measured on the ice, and has a small 

 outlet which empties into the Delaware river two and one- 

 half miles below. Two hotels are located there and about 

 35 cottages. During the summer time there are probably 

 between 400 and 500 people there. Originally it was full 

 of native brook trout which have disappeared. About 30 

 years ago lake trout were put in. I have been informed that 

 these were planted by Seth Green. Four years ago the first 

 successful fishing for lake trout resulted in the capture of 

 22 trout in three weeks that were large enough to save. One 

 weighed 12 pounds, another which I caught, 9% pounds, 

 one 9%, one 8, one 7 and others smaller. There are two 

 kinds of trout in the lake, one the ordinary lake trout with 

 white meat while the other has red meat. Out of 11 which 

 I caught in 1908 7 were of the latter type. The fact that 

 all sizes were caught shows that they are breeding and thriv- 

 ing well." 



