ARTICLE V

REPORT ON THE SCHOODIC SALMON WORK OF 1884-85

By Charles G. Atkins.

_Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission_, Vol. 5,
Pages 324-325, 1885.




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