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1879. Baird, Spkxcer F.— Continued. 



Final award *10 



Payment of$.j,500,000 by the United States *10 



6. Relations of the United States Fish Commission' to the Halifax meeting ... *10 



Invitation to attend by the Secretary of State *10 



Method adopted of obtaining information to be nsed *11 



Distribution of circulars *11 



Dispatch of agents *11 



Co-operation of individuals *]1 



Departure for Halifax *]! 



Part taken iu the meetings *12, *13 



Biological and other facts elicited *12, *i:i 



Comparat i ve preparation of the two sides *12 



Measures to be taken for securing proper statistics of the sea-fisheries *13 



Acknowledgments *1'J 



D. — Fishery statistics. 



7. Methods aboi'ted AND to HE employed *13,*]4 



Action of the Treasury Department *H 



Action of the United States Fish Commission *]4 



List of circidarsalieady issued 1 *14 



Mode of distributing circulars *14 



One subject only agitated atone time *ir> 



Results valready elaborated *]5 



Blueflsh, scu'-, whale, and menhaden *15 



Subjects now under investigation *ir> 



Information of methods of lishing *ir> 



E. — Notice nf articles relative to the sea fisheries published in the appendix. 



8. Attempt to utilize ExrEitiEN'CE OF OTiiEu NATIONS *16 



Fishery statistics of other nations *1C 



Methods of other nations illustrated by apparatus imported *16 



Proposed improved fishery exhibit in "Washington *16 



Value of information published in Xorway *lfi 



History of Loflbden Island fisheries *]C 



Observations by Sars on Loflbden fisheries *]7 



Sea-fisheries of Norway *]7 



Geographical distributiim of Gadidce *17 



First five years of Emden herring-fishery *]7 



Sea-flsheries of Sweden *17 



9. Original communications *17 



Observations with the Casclla-Miller thermometer, by Commander L. A. Beardslee *17 



:F.— The propagation of food-fishes. 



10. General considerations *18 



Unreasonable expectations in regard to results of fish-cultiiro *18 



Time required for determination as to success *18 



Some causes of error or fallacy *18 



State commissions acting in 1871 *19 



State commissions in 1877 ^ *19 



Amount of work done by them *19 



Lake States especially noteworthy *19 



Co-operation with United States Fish Commission *19 



Direct *19 



Indirect, as in the distribution of salmon. &c *19 



Applic.itious for eggs and fish *20 



Rapid increase in number *2l 



Method of recording *21 



Principle of m.iking selections *21 



Applications to be made through members of Congress *21 



Increase in demand from foreign countries *21 



Principal nations making application *22 



Application other than for eggs or fish *22 



The general co-operation by State commissions *22 



For assistance in working the Clackamas establishment *22 



By foreign commissioners and fishery authorities *22 



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