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APPENDIX B— Continued. Page. 



XXIV. The Atlantic salmon— Continued. 



4. Marking salmon for future identification 490 



5. Summaries 492 



Tables 493 



B. The salmon of Lake Charnplain and its tributaries. By. W. C. Watson 531 



1. Abundance of the salmon in early times 531 



2. The disappearance of the salmon, and its causes 534 



3. Traits of the salmon 533 



4. The Au Sable River 539 



APPENDIX C— FISH-CULTURE RELATING MORE ESPECIALLY TO SPECIES OF 



CYPRINID^ 541 



XXV. Notes on pisciculture in Eiangsi. ByH.Kopsch 543 



XXVI. ON THE CULTUKE OF THE CAKP 549 



A. On carp-ponds 549 



B. Carp-culture in East Prussia. ByR.Striivy 552 



C. Carp-ponds -. 555 



XXVII. The gold-orfe, (Cyvrinus orfus) 559 



A. On the raising of the gold-orfo, ( Oyprinus orfus. ) By M. Eirsch 559 



B. Correspondence relating to the gold-orfe. By Prof. C. Th. E. v. Siebold 561 



XXVIII. Directions for using tables for recording the propagation and distribution of 

 FISH 563 



APPENDIX D.— THE RESTORATION OF THE INLAND FISHERIES 569 



XXIX. Fisheries and fish^rst-laws in Austria and of the world in general. By Carl 



Pey rer 571 



A. General considerations 571 



1. Early protective measures 571 



2. Improved appreciation of the interest - 572 



3. The object of fishery-legislation 573 



B. The fisheries 575 



4. The former condition of the Austrian fisheries 575 



5. The present condition of the fisheries and its causes 576 



6. Artificial fish-breeding 580 



7. Progress of foreign fisheries 585 



8. Condition of pisciculture in Austria 589 



9. Value of the products of the fisheries 598 



10. Fishery statistics 601 



11. Scienti^c investigations 603 



C. Important fresh-water fisheries 605 



12. Salmon family, (Salmonoid"i) 606 



13. The pike family, (Esocini) 613 



14. The catfish family, (SUuroidei) 613 



15. The cod family, (Oadoidei) 613 



16. The eels, (Murcenoidei) 614 



17. The carp family, (Cyprinoidei) 614 



18. The perch family, (Percoidei) 616 



19. The sturgeon family (Ae>penserini) 616 



20. The crawfish, (Astacus fluviatilis) 617 



D. Protective legislation 618 



21. The fishing-privileges 618 



22. Foreign fishery -laws 619 



23. Fishing-privileges and fishing-laws in Austria 643 



24. The buying-off of fishing-privileges 665 



25. International fishery-treaties 6G9 



26. Salt-water fisheries and the laws relating to them 674 



E. Conclusion 077 



XXX. How can our lakes and rivers be again stocked with fish in the shortest possible 



time ? By Mr. Von dem Borne 681 



APPENDIX E— NATURAL HISTORY 685 



XXXI. Preliminary report on a series of dredgings made on the United States Coast 

 Survey Steamer Bache in the Gulf of Maine. By A. S. Packard, jr., M. D 687 



XXXII. List of the marine algm of the United States. By TV. G. Farlow, M. D 691 



Class Algae 691 



List of the principal useful sea- weeds occurring on the United States coast 71G 



Used as food 716 



Used as fertilizers 716 



