134 PUBLICATIONS OF SPENCER F. BAIRD. 



420. 



1873. Baird, Spencer F. "Account of Hie additiona to the National Museum, and 

 the various operations connected with it during 1872." <^Ann. Rep. Smith- 

 sonian Inatitution for the year 1872, 1873, pp. 43-52 and 55-62, 



421. 



1873. Baird, Spencer F. ^^^g^Sor' \ ^•^"^*<'- \ ^^l.^l^' \ " | ^^^^^^ S***«« 

 Commission of Fish and Fisheries. | — Part 1. — | Report | on the | condition 

 of the sea fisheries | of the south coast of New England | in | 1871 and 1872, 

 I ^y I Spencer F. Baird, Commissioner. | — | Washington : | Government 

 Printing Office. | 1873. 8vo, pp. (5) 6-41 (1). [U. S. F. C.,6.] 



The report ot the Commissioner, without supplementary papers, pp. xlvii, was issued 

 separately in advance, paged in Arabic numbers. 



422. 



1873. Baird, Spencer F. %^^^J^^^^' \ Senate. \ ^^«^^««- | - | United States 



Commission of Fish and Fisheries. | — Part 1. — | Report | on the | condition 

 of the sea fisheries | of the south coast of New England | in | 1871 and 1872, 



I by I Spencer F. Baird, Commissioner. | — | With supplementary papers. 



I — I Washington : | Government Printing Office. | 1873. 8vo, pp. xlvii, 852, 

 plates xxsviii, with 38 leaves explanatory to plates, 2 maps. [U. S. F. C, 7.] 



CONTENTS. 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER. 



Preliminary to the official inquiry on the part of the United States p. vii 



General considerations as to the value of fisheries to a nation vii 



Alleged decrease of fisheries on the south side of New England vii 



Official inquiries into the subject vii 



By Massachusetts viii 



By Rhode Island viii 



By Connecticut ix 



By the United States xi 



Passage of the bill directing an inquiry xi 



Selection of Wood's Hole, Massachusetts, as a base for the sea-coast operations . xii 



Concurrent action on the lakes xii 



Aid rendered by the departments of the government xii 



Character and progress of the investigation xiii 



Plan of research adopted xiii 



Systematic arrangement of subjects for investigation xiii 



In regard to the fishes themselves xiii 



In regard to their food xiii 



Physical condition of the waters xiii 



Locality selected as center of research xiv 



Associates in the inquiry xv 



Taking of testimony xiv 



Collection of specimens xv 



For the National Museum xv 



For distribution to other establishments, as colleges, academies, museums, 



&C XV 



Facilities given to officers of colleges and museums for making collections. xv 



Photographic pictures of fishes, &c xv 



Scientific visitors to Wood's Hole during the season xv 



Objects secured of special interest xvi 



Conference with State commissioners in Boston xvi 



Corresponding researches of associates : 



By J. W. Milner, on the great lakes xvii 



By Dr. H. C. Yarrow, on the Carolina coast xvii 



Second visit to south coast of New England in 1872 xxxvi 



