BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION 1885.

Report on the Schoodic Salmon Work of 1884-85.
By Charles G. Atkins.

The measurement of the stock of Schoodic salmon eggs at Grand Lake Stream at time of packing and shipment, and the record of previous losses, enable me to complete the statistics, as follows:

Original number taken .............................................................1,820,810
The total losses up to that time, including the unfertilized,
which were removed before packing ...........................................254,410
Net stock of sound eggs............................ ..............................1,566,400
Reserved for Grand Lake ...........................................................397,400
Available for shipment to subscribers .........................................1,169,000

These were divided among the parties supplying the funds for the work in proportion to their contributions, as follows:

Allotted to the United States Commission ..........................................608,000
Allotted to the Maine Commission......................................................234,000
Allotted to the Massachusetts Commission..........................................187,000
Allotted to the New Hampshire Commission .......................................140,000

Total ...........................................................................................1,169,000

The share of the United States Commission was assigned and shipped,
under orders, as follows:

A. W. Aldrich,commissioner, Anamosa, Iowa. ....................................50,000
E. A. Brackett, commissioner, Winchester, Mass ................................25,000
H. H. Buck, Orland, Me, to be hatched for Eagle Lake, Mount Desert...20,000
Paris, Mich., for Michigan commission......................... ......................50,000
Madison, Wis., for Wisconsin commission...........................................50,000
R.O. Sweeny, commissioner, Saint Paul, Minn ....................................50,000
South Bend, Nebr., for Nebraska commission......................................20,000
E. B. Hodge, commissioner, Plymouth, N. H........................................40,000
Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y., for New York commission .........................60,000
Plymouth, N. H., for Vermont commission ..........................................25,000
Plymouth, N. H., for Lake Memphremagog .........................................25,000
Central Station, Washington, D.C........................................................10,000
R. E. Earll, World's Exposition, New Orleans ........................................5,000
G, W. Delawder, commissioner, Baltimore, Md.....................................5,000
Myron Battles, North Creek, N. Y.........................................................5,000
A. R. Fuller, Meacham Lake, N. Y......................................................20,000

F. Mather for transmission to Europe as follows:
For Herr von Behr, Germany 40,000
For Tay Fishery Board, Scotland 20,000 For National Fish Culture Association, England 30,000

Total to Europe .............................................................................90,000

Enfield, Maine for Maine Commission..............................................58,000

Total............................................................................................608,000

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