184 FISIIEKIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



KESULTS OF WOEK. 



1. Publications of the Commission — Continued. 



Appendix F— Continued. 



XXIX. Natural and Economical History of the Gourami 

 (Osphromenus goramy) — Continned. 

 A. Natural history — Continued. Page. 



Toung 717 



Flesh 717 



iJ. The introduction and attempts to introduce 



the Gourami into foreign countries. 718 



Authorities 718 



East Indian Islands 718 



Islands of Mauritius 718 



Island of Bombon or Il6uiiion 718 



West Indies 719 



France 721 



Algeria 725 



Australia 725 



Cape of Good Hope 726 



Egypt 726 



Conclusions 726 



C. Rules for transportation and introduction. .. 727 

 XXX. Notes on the giavling (Thymallus) of North 



America. By James "W. Milner 729 



Appendix G. — Miscellaneous pajiei s 743 



XXXI. Temperature in the Gulf of Mexico, from 

 records of the I'uited States Coast 



Survey 745 



XXXII. Corresx)ondence with companies relative to 



facilities in transpoi-tation, &c 749 



XXXi 1 1. Reports of special conference with American 

 Fi.sh-culturists' Association and 



State commissiouers of fisheries 757 



A. Meeting at Boston, June 13, 1872 757 



B. Meeting at New Fork, October 17, 1872 763 



XXXIY. Bibliography of reports of fishery commissions. 



By Theodore Gill 774 



A. Names of Commissioners 774 



B. Bibliography of reports 775 



List of illustrations 785 



General index 791 



to. Statistics of fishery marine. Circular. 1875. 



11. Blank tables to accompany No. 10. 1875. 



12. Circular asking statistics. Menhaden fisheries. 1875. 



13. Report. Part 3. 1876. 



14. Report. Part 3. With supplement. 1876. 



1876. Baird, Spkxcer F. 



United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, j Part III. | Re- 

 port I of I the Commissioner | for | 1873-4 and 1874-5. | — | A. — 

 Inquiry into the decrease of the food-fishes. | B. — The propaga- 

 tion of food-fishes in the waters I of the United States. | — | Wash- 

 ington: I Government Printing Office. | 1876. [8vo. pp. LII, 



777.] 



CONTENTS. 



nEPOUT OF THE COMMISSIONEK. 



A. — Inquiry into the decrease of the food-fishes. 



1. Investigations of 1873 VII 



Reason for selecting Portland, Me., as base of operations. Vll 



Assistance rendered by the Navy Department VII 



The Steam-tug Blue-light VII 



Associates in the inquiry VIH 



