CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE. 201 



1878. Baird, Spencer F. — ContiimeiT. 



Facilities furnished by railroad companies p. 17 



Facilities furnished by express companies 18 



5. Actual work of propagation of food-flshes in 1875 and 1876 20 



The shad 20 



Season of 187G 20 



The Potomac River Station 20 



The Susquehanna River Station 20 



The Connecticut River Station 21 



Combined results 21 



The California salmon 21 



The Columbia River Station in 1875 21 



Threatened decrease of the fishery 21 



Selection of hatching station 22 



The McCloud River Station in 1875 22 



Previous history 22 



At first occupied part of year only 23 



Object and need of permanent occupation 23 



Established as a government reservation 23 



Commencement of operations in 1875 23 



Distribution of eggs to States 23- 



Distribution of eggs to foreign countries 23 



Hatching of fish on account of the United States generally 23 



Supply of fish to the Sacramento 24 



Co-operation of California 24 



The McCloud River Station in 1876 24 



Results of the season 24 



Use of refrigerator car for shipping the eggs 24 



Distribution of eggs 24 



To the States 24 



To foreign countries 24 



Supply of fish to the Sacramento 24 



The Atlantic salmon -. 25 



Season of 1876 25 



Temporary suspension of work 25 



The land-locked salmon 25 



General nature and geogi-aphical distribution of the fish 25 



Union with Massachusetts and Connecticut in prosecuting the work 25 



History of previous operations 25 



Sebec Lake in 1873 25 



Sebec Lake in 1874 25 



Grand Lake stream in 1875 25 



Grand Lake stream in 1876 26 



Thewhiteflsh 26 



Season of 1876 26 



Distribution to States 27 



Distribution to foreign countries 27 



The carp 27 



D.— Tables. 

 Table 7.— Hatching and distribution of fish by the United States Fish Commission, 



from the beginning of its work in 1872 to the summer of 1876. 28 



1. Shad 28 



IL California salmon, distribution reported 32 



m. California salmon, distribution not reported 



rV". Penobscot salmon 



V. Rhine salmon 



VI. Land-locked salmon 



Vn. Whitefish, total 



Vin. "Whitefish, special distribution in 1876 



IL— Appendix to Report of Commissioner. 

 Appendix A.— The sea fisheries. 

 I. History of the American whale-fishery from its earliest inception to the 



year 1876. By Alexander Starbuck 1 



