196 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



RESULTS OF WORK. 



1. Publications of the Commission — Continued. 



Appendix A — Continued. 

 I. History of American whale fishery, &c. — Cont'd. 



C. From 1700 to 1750, Nantucket ; Long Island; 



Cape Cod; Salera; Boston; Rhode Page. 



Island ; Martha's Vineyard 19 



D. From 1750 to 1784, Nantucket; Martha's 



Vineyard ; Cape Cod; Boston; Long 

 Island ; Rhode Island ; New Bed- 

 ford ; Williamsburgh, &c , . . . . 36 



E. From 1874 to 1870 77 



P. The dangers of the whale-fishery 114 



G. A miscellaneous chapter 145 



H. Introductory to returns 166 



I. Returns ofwhaling-vessels sailing from Amer- 

 ican ports since the year 1715 168 



J. Recorded summary of impoitation of oil and 

 bone, and total value computed for 

 each year, commencing January 1, 

 1804, and ending December 31, 1876, 

 with gross valuation for the whole 



period 660 



K. S.-VTiopsis of importation by ports, from 1804 



to 1817 662 



L. Table of expoits from the United States, 



the products of the whale-fishery. . . 700 



M. Table of tonnage of vessels engaged in the 



whale-fishery 702 



Special table of the whaling interest of New 



Bedford and Fairhaven 702 



Index to voyages by vessels' names 711 



General index 764 



List of illustrations 768 



Appendix B. — The inland fisheries. 



n. Fisheries of Chicago and vicinity. By E. W. 



Nelson : 783 



A. Sources of information 783 



B. Recent increase in sales 783 



C. Investment and character of lake fisheries 



at Chicago and South Chicago 785 



1. Fisheries at Chicago 785 



2. Fisheries at South Chicago 788 



D. List of .species taken at Chicago and fishing 



in adjacent regions 789 



1. Chicago for spiing season of 1875 789 



2. Species taken at South Chicago 791 



3. Calumet River and Lake 793 



4. Riverdale, 111 795 



5. Illinois River and tributaries 797 



6. List of species in the Illinoia River in 



the viciaity of Peoria 799 



1 1 1 - The salmon fisheries of the Columbia River, by 



Livingston Stone 801 



A. The Columbia River 801 



B. Questions relative to Salmo quinnat 802 



1. Name 802 



2. Distribution 802 



3. Abundance 802 



4. Size 803 



5. Migrations and movements 803 



6. Relationships 807 



7. Food 80S 



8. Keproduction 808 



9. Artificial culture 810 



