Table of Contents. 



Preface, 



Report of Commissioners, .......... 



Financial Statement, . . ...... 



Forest Preserve Fund, 



Receipts and Disbursements on Account of Trespass on State Lands, 



Shellfish Franchise Accouni-, .... 



Summary of Fish-Net Licenses Issued, 



Report of Fish Caught in Licensed Nets, 



Statement of Fines and Penalties Account, . 



Report of the Superintendent of Hatcheries, 



Report of the Shellfish Commissioner, . 



The Forest Preserve. 



Suggestions and Recommendations, . 



The State Reservation upon and along the St. Lawrence River, 



Distribution of Fish, ........... 



Black Bass and their Distribution in the Waters of the State, 

 By A. Nelson Cheney. 



The American Saibling, .......... 



By John Duncan Quackenbos. 



Concerning Brook Trout and Conditions Favorable to their Propagation, 

 By A. Nelson Cheney. 



Oysters and their Cultivation, ......... 



By Eihvard Thompson. 



The Pike-Perch, ........... 



By A. Nelson Cheney. 



Notes upon New York Fishes Received at the New York Aquarium, 

 Bv Tarleton H. Bean. 



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