14 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



averag-e loss of less than 10 per cent. This i» worthy of note, not only 

 because it is probable that these egg's were transported a greater dis- 

 tance than has heretofore been recorded in the history of iish culture, 

 but also from the fact that they were taken across the equator, and 

 then carried b}^ team 300 miles over the hot sands of the territory of 

 Neuquen, to be hatched at jast the opposite season of the j'ear to that 

 in wdiich they would naturally have hatched in their home waters. 



The eg-gs sent to the New Zealand government were also in charge 

 of a Bureau agent. The white-fish eggs were in course of transportation 

 thirty four days and the s^almon eggs twentj^-seven days, a journey of 

 2,600 and ^50 miles, respectively, by rail, and 6,600 miles by steamer, 

 during which they were transhipped eighteen times in wagons, railway 

 cars, and vessels before reaching their destination. The salmon eggs 

 were delivered to tlie New Zealand inspector of fisheries at Auckland 

 with an actual loss of less than one-half of 1 per cent, while the white- 

 fish eggs were delivered at the same point with a loss of 10 per cent; 

 in the reshipment from Auckland to Wellington by steamer there was 

 a further loss of 10 per cent in tlie w^hite-fish and a fraction of 1 per 

 cent in the salmon eggs, probably due to the fact that they had to be 

 transported during the final journey at a rather high temperature, 

 there being no cold-storage facilities on ])oard the steamer. 



NEW STATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS. 



The purchase of the land selected for the new station at Mammoth 

 Spring, Ark., was consummated June 21, 1901, and the preliminary 

 topographical survey was at once begun. The site contains 15.52 

 acres, is in the town a short distance from the railroad station, and is 

 thu» conveniently located for shipping fish and handling supplies. 

 The water is ol>tained from a large lake or reser-^-oir formed by dam- 

 ming Mammoth Spring, which is a remarkable outflow of cold, pure 

 water admirably suited to the propagation of fish. The deed of sale 

 carries the right of drawing a maximum quantity of 1,200 gallons a 

 minute from this reservoir. 



At Tupelo, Miss., two stock ponds, each 3^ to li feet in depth and 

 about li acres in area, have been completed, together with six cement 

 rearing ponds ranging from 50 to 60 feet in length and 8 feet in 

 width. These ponds are supplied with water from the wells by an 

 open conduit. A foreman's cottage, a frame building 50 by 29 feet 

 and containing eight rooms, has been built, the grounds have been 

 fenced and graded, roadways begun, and shrubbery set out. 



Owing to the exceptional advantages offered at Boothbay, Me., for 

 the propagation of both lo})sters and cod, it was decided to build and 

 equip the station in the most modern and complete manner. The site is 

 a rocky point of land, and stone quarried on the spot has entered largely 

 into the construction of the new buildings, which are not only sub- 



