164 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Photogi'apbs — Coutiuued. 



39471. United States steamer "Fish Hawk." ^Built by the Pusey & Jones 

 Co., Wilminjtjton, Del. 



Yacht " Mazeppa," eiiijdoyed in the service of the U. S. Fish Coinmia- 

 sion. 



U. S. steamer "Bhie Light" at the wharf of the U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion, Wood's HoU, Mass. 



Village of AVood's Holl. Mass., showing laboratory of U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. 



A series of photographs showing work of U. S. Fish Commission at 

 the shad-hatching station in Albemarle Sound. 



BESULTS or WORK. 



1. Publications of the Commission. 



(A series of the separate papers, bound np by subjects, is also shown.) 



1. Circular regarding tagged tish in Lake Michigan, 187L 



2. Memoranda of ini^uiry. 1872. 



3. Questions ; food-fishes. 1872. 



4. Circular to accompany No. 3. 1872. 



5. Statistics ; menhaden fisheries ; circular, 1873. 

 G. Report. Part I. 1873. 



7. Rejjort. Part I, w th supplement. 

 1873. Bairi>, Spencer F. 



42d Congress, ? ^^ ^ ^ Mis. Doc. I I United States Com- 



2d session. ^ ' ^^ *^" \ No. 01. | | missionof 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 supple- 

 mentary i>apers. | — | Washington: | Government Printing Of- 

 fice. I 1873. (8vo., pp. xlvii, 852, plates xxxviii, with 38 leaves 

 explanatory to plates, 2 maps.) 



The rei>ort of the Commissioner, without supplementary pa- 

 pers, pp. xlvii, was issued separately in advance. Title 

 page the same. . 



CONTENTS. 



KErORT OF THE COMMISSIOXEE. 



Preliminaries to the official inquiry on the part of the United Page. 



States Vn 



General considerations as to the value of fisheries to a 



nation VU. 



Alleged dei rease of fisheries on the south side of New 



England YH 



Official imjuiries into the suhject VU 



By Massachusetts VIH 



By Rhode Island VUI 



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 X II 



Aid rendered by the departments of the government XH 



Character and progress of the investigation Xlll 



Plan of research adopted XIH 



Systematic arrangement of subjects for investigation XLLl 



In regard to the fishes themselves X I IT 



In regard to their food XIH 



Physical condition of the waters XIII 



