BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 85 



2.— A EIST OF THE PUBLISHED REPORTS OF THE COMMISSIONERS 

 APPOINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE VARIOUS STATES OF THE 

 UI\ITE» STATES. 



By CIIAS. W. SMILEY, 



[Prepared by request of Prof. S. F. Baird, for the London Exhibition, 1883.] 



The library of the United States Fish Commission contains a very 

 complete set of the reports that have been made by the commissioners of 

 the various States to their legislatures. They perhaps constitute, next 

 to the publications of the United States Fish Commission, the most 

 valuable contribution to the history of pisciculture in this country. 



This list is arranged chronologically, or as nearly so as possible. In 

 many cases, however, no exact date was given to the publications. 

 This bibliography is believed to be complete from 1857 to 1883. In ad- 

 dition to the numbers to denote chronological sequence, a number has 

 been placed in brackets after the name of each State to denote the se- 

 quence of the State reports. 



This chronological list will be followed by a check-list arranged by 



States. 



1857. 



1. Massachusetts. [1.] (May 5, 1857.) — Report of Commissioners ap- 



pointed under resolve of 1851), chap. 58, concerning the Artifi- 

 cial Propagation of Fish, with other documents. Boston: 

 William White, Printer to the State. 1857. 8vo, pp. 54. 



2. Vermont. [l.J (Oct. 22, 1857.) — Report made under authority of the 



Legislature of Vermont on the Artificial Propagation of Fish, 



by George P. Marsh. Burlington : Free Press Print. 1857. 



Svo, pp. 62. 



1865. 



3. New Hampshire. [I.] (July 1, 1865.) — Report of the Select Commit- 



tee on Fisheries. June session, 1865. Concord: George E. 

 Jeuks, State printer. 1865. Svo, pp. 8. 



4. Massachusetts. [2.J (Dec. 1, 1865.) — Report of the Commissioners ap- 



pointed under the resolve of May 3, 1865, "Concerning the 

 obstructions to the passage of fish in the Connecticut and Mer- 

 rimac Rivers." Svo, pp. 77, pi. 2. 



1866. 



5. New Hampshire. [2.] (June 1, 1866.) — Report of the Commissioners 



of Fisheries, made to the Legislature of New Hampshire, 

 June session, 1866. Concord : George E. Jenks, State printer. 

 1866. Svo, pp. 16. 



