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on the 3d of May, seven days later, and continued preserving specimens 
of each lot at intervals of a week until they were distributed. In com¬ 
paring the advancement, the prematurely hatched alevins matured the 
same as those hatched a week later, and with no greater loss, and no 
apparent difference; the average temperature of the water during this 
period was 61 degrees. 
Eel River at present is simply alive with young salmon about 3^ 
inches long, and their jumping out of the water all along the river is 
best illustrated by the heavy fall of rain drops on the river’s surface. 
In the small creeks young steelheads about inches long can be seen 
in countless numbers. All in all, every indication points to a still 
greater increase of fish in Eel River. 
During the time I have been engaged in the steelhead work I have, 
with your approval, replaced eleven sections of old troughs, which have 
been in use twelve years, and am now engaged in replacing the platform 
and making other necessary repairs at the dam. After regrading the 
main flume where it has settled in places, and moving it in closer to the 
bank where it runs along the bluff, this station will again be in first- 
class condition. 
The following is a summary of the season’s work: 
Total number of eggs taken_ 172,000 
Total number of eggs eyed_154,800 
Loss in hatching and rearing- f _ 17,000 
Eggs received from Ukiah Hatchery_200.000 
Loss in hatching and rearing_ 20,000 
Fry distributed— 
Price Creek _167,400 
Howe Creek_ 163,400 
Sweasy’s Lake_ 4,000 
Total _334,800 
Number of fish caught— 
Males _ 
Females_ 
Number of females spawned 
Average weight of fish— 
Males__ 
Females _ 
Lowest temperature of water_ 
Highest temperature of water _ 
Yours very respectfully, 
W. 0. FASSETT. 
_ 65 
_ 47 
4 pounds 
6% pounds 
44 degrees 
70 degrees 
Grizzly Bluff, June 13, 1909. 
To the Honorable the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners. 
Gentlemen : The following is my report of the salmon hatch at this 
station for the season commencing December 7, 1908, and ending March 
6, 1909. The eggs arrived in four shipments, as follows: December 7th, 
1,000,000; December 27th, 1,500,000; January 5, 1909, 1,500,000 from 
