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April 9th. At Cold Spring Harbor over 11,000,000 eggs hatched in one 

 night. 



Whitefish. 



Notwithstanding the earnest efforts to collect eggs in the interior 

 lakes in 1906. the yield was remarkably small. The entire number was 

 19,490,000, obtained from the following sources: 



Big Clear lake 3,570,000 



Lake Placid 4,704,000 



Canandaigua lake 3,780,000 



Lake Michigan (forwarded by Capt. S. M. Rose) 2,436,000 



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WHITEFISH 



The United States Bureau of Fisheries furnished to the Commission 

 5.000.000 eved eggs, which were received by the foreman, George F. Scriba, 

 at Constantia. January 23, 1907. 



Mr. R. R. Brown began preparations for whitefish work in Canandaigua 

 lake October 29th. On December 5th the last eggs taken by him were 

 received at the Constantia hatchery amounting to fifty-nine quarts, being 

 ;8,ooo eggs. Mr. Brown had previously sent thirty-one quarts to the 

 Caledonia hatchery. Thus the aggregate collection of eggs from that lake 

 was ninety quarts or 3,780,000. 



The work of taking eggs on Canandaigua lake was* greatly hampered by 

 bad weather, and more especiallv by the scarcity of ripe males. A record 

 of the collections for several vears past furnished by Mr. Brown shows a 

 remarkable falling off in the take from year to year notwithstanding the 

 annual planting of fry by the State. Whether or not there is an actual 



