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Report of the Commissioner [of Fish and Fisheries], 1897 ( U. S. Com. Fish and 

 Fisheries Rpt. 1897, pp. < ' I.XX T -{-340, pis. 80, figs. 36).— The volume contains the report 

 of the Commissioner; Report on the propagation and distribution of food-fishes, by 

 W. de C. Ravenel; Report of the division of scientific inquiry, by II. M. Smith; 

 Report of the division of statistics and methods of the fisheries, l>y H. M. Smith; and 

 Report on the work of the Albatross, by J. F. Moser. The appendix contains "A 

 manual offish culture.'' (See helow.) 



A manual of fish culture, based on the methods of the United States Com- 

 mission of Fish and Fisheries ( U. S. Com. Fish and Fisheries, JS!>7, pp. 340, pis. SO, 

 figs. 36). — The volume contains detailed directions for the culture of salmon, trout, 

 hass, and other fresh- water and salt-water lisli ; also chapters on the American lob- 

 ster, transportation of fish and fish eggs, spawning season, character of fish eggs, 

 period of incubation, the edible frogs of the United States and their artificial 

 cultivation, oyster culture, and clam culture. 



METEOROLOGY— CLIMATOLOGY. 



Monthly Weather Review (C S. Dept. Ayr., Weather Bureau, 

 Monthly Weather Review, 26 (1898), JS T os. i, pp. 139-193, charts 8; 5, pp. 

 195-210, fig. 1, charts 13; 6, pp. 211-290, charts 7).— In addition to the 

 usual meteorological summaries, No. 4 contains special articles on A 

 visit to the highest meteorological station in the world, by R. de C. 

 Ward; Seismic and oceanic noises, by S. W. Kain ; Meteorological work 

 in Alaska, by A. J. Henry; The international aeronautical conference, 

 by A. L. Rotch; The eighth general meeting of the German Meteorolog- 

 ical Society, by A. L. Rotch; Climatic data bearing upon the culture of 

 the date palm, by A. J. Henry; Temperatures obtained by kites at Ber- 

 gen Point, New Jersey, by H. L. Allen; Rainfall of Masaya and Gra- 

 nada, Nicaragua, by A. J. Henry; and notes by the editor on the rainfall 

 and outflow of the Great Lakes, mountain stations in Australia, tin 

 roofs as lightning conductors, temperature of lake water, meteorology 

 of the second Wellmann expedition, notes from reports of the climate 

 and crop sections, recent earthquakes, and lightning on the kite wire. 



No. 5 contains special contributions on Moisture tables, by C. F. 

 Marvin; The umbrella cloud, by W. D. Johnson ; Voluntary meteorolog- 

 ical and crop reporting stations, by F. J. Walz; and Observations in 

 the Klondike, by U. G. Myers; and notes by the editor on convention 

 at Omaha, evaporation and temperature, climatology, Blue Hill observ- 

 atory, insurance against drought, the character of the evening, climate 

 of Liberia, the rainfall and outflow of the Great Lakes, oceanic and 

 seismic noises, electrical storms in Kansas, meteorological supersti- 

 tions, frost formation and ice columns, prairie skies, a new gas in the 

 atmosphere, notes from the reports of the climate and crop sections, 

 and recent earthquakes. 



No. G contains special contributions on A new method of observing 

 the direction of movement of the atmosphere, by H. W. Clough; Kites 

 within a thunder cloud, by T. Hovendeu ; Meteorological extremes at 

 Northfield, Mass., by A. D. Elmer, Jr.; and Rainfall at Firmeza, near 

 Santiago, Cuba, by J. Monroe; and notes by the editor on seasonal 

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