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washing and sprinkling of the eggs has a tendency to addle and kill the m. This,
however, is unavoidable, as the action of the mud continually depositing upon the
ova would eventually suffocate them, if it were not washed off. I am of the opinion,
that the percentage of fry hatched next spring will not be quite as large as during
the past two or three years, owing to the reasons given above, but this cannot be do.-
finitely decided for some little time yet.
CHAS. WILMOT,
Officer in Charge Newcastle Hatchery.
12 —SANDWICH HATOHERY.
PROVINCE OP ONTARIO.
Report of the Officer in Charge of the Sandwich Hatchery for 1888.
I have the honor to submit a report of the doings connected with the Sandwich
Fish Hatchery for the past year.
Whitefish Distribution.
By the report of last year it will be seen that there were gathered and placed in
good condition in the hatchery 50,000,000 whitefish eggs, out of which were
hatched and placed in the rivers and lakes 4,000,000 young fish. Below will be
found the places at which they were placed, together with the numbers
Point Edward, Lake Huron 2,000,000
River St. Clair. . . 1,000,000
Lake St. Clair
2,0(O,000
Peach Island. . 2,000,000
Fighting Island 2,000,000
Stoney Island... ... ... . 2,000,000
Bois Blanc Island .... .. . 2,000,000
Pigeon Bay, Lake Erie 2,000,000
Bar Point, Lake Erie
2,000,0t0
Coichester, Like Erie 1,000,000
Port Stanley, Lake Erie...
l,000,u0
Port Dover, Lake Erie
1,000,0o
Hamilton, Lake Ontario
l,500,Oc()
Nie.ara, Lake Ontario... 1,500,000
Meufrd, Georgian Bay
L,00o,Uo0
Thornbnry, Georgian Bay . 1,00o.'00
Magog (Advanced eggs) - 2,000,000
Newcastle (Advanced eggs)
Bedford (Advanced eggs)
3,000,coo
t. John's (Adcanced eggs) 3,000,oOO
In river at Hatchery
6,000,0o
Total White-fish . 42,000000
Lake Pickerel (Doré) "Lucioperca."
After having completed this part of my work with the white-fish, I made the
house ready to receive the eggs of the pickerel or doré, of which I gathered 35,000,..
4)00 from four grounds, as follows :—
Wees'Bros., Lake Huron . .. 9,000,000
Loiseau's, Lake Huron - ... 8,000,00u
Hitchcock & Stead, Lake Huron 12,000,000
Solomon's River, St. Clair . 6,000,000
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Total.. 35,001)000