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brought to Caledonia November i, 1906. by Foreman Redband. Owing 

 to the stormy weather during the egg taking season and to transportation 

 injuries the percentage of loss in these eggs was rather large, in some cases 

 amounting to 50 per cent. 



A change of policy in collecting lake trout eggs is advisable for the 

 future. Instead of going a long distance for the supplies, it would be 

 better to take the eggs at some point like Dunkirk, on Lake Erie, where the 

 lake trout are known to spawn on Trout Shoal. From this point the eggs 

 could easily be shipped as far as Caledonia without great risk of heavy 

 loss. 



On May 5, 1906, a carload containing 10,000 yearling lake trout was 

 sent from Bath for planting. The cans were apparent!)- in perfectly good 



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condition and the fish seemed to be healthy, vet there was unusual and 

 unaccountable mortality. According to the account of the messenger in 

 charge, the affected fish came up to the top of the water, turned over on 1 he 

 side, and sank to the bottom dead. There were only 72 in each of the 

 large cans. In some cases one half of the fish were taken out of the cans, 

 but they died just as before. 



The stocking of Lake Ronkonkoma and a lake near Southold, L. I., 

 has been continued, but the results of the introduction up to date are 

 unknown. Fingerling lake trout were shipped from Bath during the 

 winter of 19^5-6 to a lake at Southampton, L. I. It may be that some 

 of the fish may be found in these waters, but thus far no results are 

 reported. 



