222 PUBLICATIONS OF SPENCER F. BAIRD. 



1880. Baird, Spkxcer F.— Coiitinnc.cL 



Table III.— Distribution of land-locked salmon reared from eggs collected in 1878. 

 (DefeiTed until the next report, on account of incomplete re- 

 turns.) 

 Table IV. — Distribution of wbitefish reared from eggs collected in 1878t Ixi-v 



II.— APPENDIX TO REPOKT OF COMMISSIONER. 



ArPE.NUix A.- Patents; Legislatio.v ; Protection. 



I. Robert G . D.vrenfortb. List of patents issued in the United States, Great 



Britain, and Canada, up to the end of 1878, relating to lish and 



the methods, products, and applications of the fisheries. By 



Roberto. Dyrenforth, principal examiner, United States Patent 



• Office 3 



American patents. 3-15 



English patents 11-14 



Canadian patents 16 



II. Robert G. Dyrenforth. Abstract of patents issued in Great Britain, up 

 to the year 1878, having reference to the pursuit, capture, and 

 utilization of the products of the fisheries. By Robert G. Dy- 

 renforth, M. D., examiner, United States Patent Office. With 



sixteen plates 17 



m. Memorial. A petition to the Fish Commission of the United States, 



signed by the fishermen of Block Island, June 12, 1877 35 



Appendix B.— Fishery Expositions. 

 rV. A. Feddersen. Abstract of an article from the "Nordisk Tidsskrift for 

 Fiskeri," 1878, entitled '"Observations on Fishery Expositions," 



<S:c. By A. Feddersen 43 



V. Joakim Anderssen. Report on the Department of Fisheries in the 

 World's Exposition in Philadelphia, 1876. By Joakim Anders- 

 sen, .juryman 17 



I. The fishery exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 47 



II. The fisheries of North America 54 



III. Brief account of the fisheries of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland . . 64 



IV. Postscript 67 



Appendix C— The Sea Fisheiues. 

 VI. Frederick M. Wallem. Report on the American fisheries. By Frede- 

 rick M. Wallem 7a 



Introductory remarks 75 



I. The fre.4h-fi8h trade 77 



II. Kinds and prices of fish 78 



KI. A culinary fish dinner, with international dishes 



IV. North America as a market for imported fish products. A few 



statistics 83 



V. Preserving fish with ice, and the significance to Norway of this 



mode of treatment 89 



VI. The American refrigerator 92 



VII. Two kinds of refrigerators on board packet steamers for carrying 



fresh meat 94 



Vni. Fresh-water fisheries in America 98 



IX. Hatching young fishes for the sake of the fisheries 102 



X. Life on board a fishing schooner at sea. Mackerel catching with 



the purs'f^-seine 108 



XI. Concluding remarks 114 



VII. H. Widegren. Short introduction to the proper caro and management of 



the Baltic fishery. By H. Widegren, Stockholm, 1874 117 



The fauna of the Baltic 117 



I. The coast fishery on the coast and in the bays of the Baltic. . . 118 



II. The fisheries in the open Baltic 124 



VIII. Axel Vilhelm Ljungman. The salt-water fisheries of Bohusliin and the 

 scientific investigation of the salt-water fisheries. By Axel 

 Vilhelm Ljungman 143 



t Not hatched imtil 1879. The hatching and distribution made by the New Jersey Fish Commission. 

 The eggs were collected by F. N. Clark, of Northville, Mich. 



