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RESULTS OF WORK. 



1 . Publieatious of the Cominissiou— Continued. 



1 . Tnvcstijiatlons nf 1873— Continued. 



Numbers of liviug fonna found in the waters of the region . 



Mackerel, lierrinir, and cod fisheries 



Fish-food 



Biological icsearclu s 



Physical rcscaicht s 



Collections for scientilic museums 



List of visitors at Peak's Island Station 



Ap])aratiis used on the Blue-light 



The re;;ion southeast from Cape Elizabeth 



The region ,",t the u]>per end of Casco Bay 



Proof of tlimtti ic changes on t he northern Atlantic coast . 

 Assistance rendered by the United States Coast Survey.. 



The steanur lUicbe 



Assistance rendered by the Treasury Department 



The revenue steamer McCullocli 



The revenue steamer Chase 



Assistance rendered by the Quartermaster's Department 

 of the Army 



2. Investigations in 1874 



Reasons for selcctingXoank, Conn., as base of operations. 

 Assistance rendered l)y the Navy Department 



The steam-tug Bluedight 



General character of work pi'osecuted 



Experiments in ])ropagating sea-bass 



Visit to shad-hatcliing stations at Holyoke, Mass 



Experiments in inuring embryo shad to sea-water 



vShipment of shad to Germany 



Discoveries of species before unknown to the coast 



Associates in the inquiry 



List of visitors to the Noank station 



Special report to be nifde on invertebrites 



Cold currents 



Assistance rendered by United States Coast Survey 



The steamer Bache 



Experiment witli ]>reservativcs 



B. — The prnpnnntion n/foodlishes. 



3. Extent of the work 



Regions benefited 



The value of tisli propagatioti to China 



Reasons why the work cannot be left to State action 



The ]dan as regards the propagation of the shad 



Extent of the California salmon work 



The possible resources of rivers 



Proposed introduction of the carp 



FoiTuer abumlaiice of tisbes 



4. The shad 



The hatching and distribution of 1874 



The waters benefited in the United States 



The shipment to (Jermany 



The hatcliing ami distribution of 1875 



The Neuse River of North Candina 



The Pamunky River nf Virginia 



The reconnaissan<-e of the Potomac fisheries 



The stations anil results on the Potomac 



Distribution from Coeyman's Landing, N. T., on the 



Hudson 



Distribution trum Soiifli lladley Falls, Mass., on the Con- 

 necticut River 



Distribufidii fidiii Point Pleasant, Pa., on the Delaware 

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