164 ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Brook trout fry 530,000 



Brook trout fingerlings 3 , 700 



Lake trout fry. 4,876,000 



Rainbow trout fingerlings 800 



Steelhead trout fry 24,700 



Land locked salmon fry 4 , 800 



Black bass (1. m.) fingerlings 3,860 



Rock bass, fingerlings 150 



Pike perch fry 4,050,000 



Yellow perch fry 750,000 



Crapple, fingerlings 150 



Whitefish fry 21,445,000 



The details of this plant will be found elsewhere, giving the waters 

 and the allotment to each. 



Valuable assistance was also rendered as usual by the railroads, whose 

 free transportation of fish from the State Hatcheries, and of the necessary 

 messengers accompanying them, has made it possible for the Commission 

 annually to distribute the output of the State Hatcheries to our inland 

 waters for the benefit of the people. 



Thanks have been received from the State Fair officials for the 

 unusually large exhibit made by the Commission last season. The valu- 

 able collection of fish, by which the Commission was represented at the St. 

 Louis and Portland Expositions has been returned to our care and, with 

 the collection of birds and animals, now forms an attractive exhibit in the 

 Capitol corridors. It is examined daily by many visitors, and is not only 

 a source of satisfaction to sportsmen, but is also an important source of 

 information to hundreds of children from the nature study classes in the 

 public schools. If several additional cases could be procured, the exhibit 

 could be displayed in a much more satisfactory manner. 



That the work of the State Hatcheries has been as highly satisfactory, 

 as has been stated, will readily be seen by an examination of the appended 

 tables. The increases shown in the several species of fish represent hard 

 work done by the hatchery employees, to whose faithful attention to their 

 arduous labors due credit should be given. The total number of applica- 

 tions for fish received during the season of 1905 was 2,216. Of this number 

 2,021 were filled, 145 were rejected for various reasons, and 50 will be car- 



