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heart. By doing this the net will not fish. This was done several times until about 

 the middle of November, and on the 19th the first ripe fish was secured and eggs 

 taken. The last eggs were taken on the 19th of December, their spawning season 

 lasting exactly a month ; but the bulk of the eggs were taken within ten days. We 

 secured about 13,000,000 eggs; 11,000,000 of them were hatched at Caledonia; 

 5,000,000 of the fry so hatched were returned into the lake. 



By continuing liberal plants each year, Canandaigua lake can be made to produce 

 whitefish eggs enough so that your Commission can restock Lake Ontario with this 

 desirable fish. But in the first place the fish in Canandaigua lake must be thoroughly 

 protected by law. The best authorities of the country predict that at the rate the 

 whitefish are being exterminated ten years will see them a great rarity in the markets. 

 Already the large fishing concerns of the Great Lakes are going to Lake Superior and 

 the smaller lakes west and northwest of Lake Superior in Manitoba for their stock of 

 fish, a great majority of which are frozen and not put on the market for from three to 

 six months after being caught. 



Following is a summary of the output of fish. 



Also attached is a list showing the value of State property at the different 

 hatcheries. All of this property is kept fully insured. 



In conclusion I wish to call attention to the liberal and continuous courtesies 

 extended to the Commission by the railroads of the State in hauling free the State 

 fish car, and transporting free the messengers in charge of fish, fish eggs and returning 

 the empty fish cans. 



Yours respectfully, 



J. ANNIN, Jr., 



Stiperintendent of Hatcheries. 



