REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XVII 



Report upon the investigations of the U. S. Fish Commiissiou steamer Albatross for 



thd year ending Juno 30, 1895 (abstract), by F. J. Drake. Report for 1895, xxi, 



pp. 125-168. 1896. 

 Notes on Biscayne Bay, Florida, with reftn-ence to its adaptability as the site of a 



marine hatching and experiznent station, by Hugh M.Smith. Report for 1895, 



XXI, i)p. 169-191. 1890. 

 The transplanting of eastern oysters to Willapa Bay, Washington, with notes on the 



native oyster industry, by C. H. Townsend. Report for 1895, xxi, pp. 193-202, 



plate 1. 1896. 

 Description of a new species of shad {Alosa alabaina') from Alabama, by Barton W. 



Evermann. Report for 1895, xxi, pp. 203-205. 1896, 

 A check-list of the lishes and fish-like vertebrates of North and Middle America, by 



David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Report for 1895, xxi, pp. 



207-584. 1896. 

 Report of the Commissioner for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, including the 



reports of divisions of lish-culture, scientific inquiry, and fisheries, by John J. 



Brice. Report for 1896, xxii, pp. 1-145, plates 1-10. 1897. 

 Report of the representative of the U. S. Fish Commission at the Cotton States and 



International Exposition at Atlanta, Ga., in 1895, by W. deC. Ravenel. Report 



for 1896, XXII, pp. 147-167, plates 11-21. 1897. 

 Notes on the extension of tlie recorded range of certain fishes of the United States 



Coast, by Hugh M. Smith and William C. Kendall. Report for 1896, xxii, i)p. 



169-176. 1897. 

 Notes on the food of four species of the cod family, by William C. Kendall. Report 



for 1896, XXII, pp. 177-186. 1897. 

 The fisheries of Indian River, Florida, by John J. Brice et al. Report for 1896, 



x.xii, pp. 223-262, plates 22-60. 1897. 

 Report on the fish and fisheries of the coastal waters of Florida, by John J. Brice. 



Report for 1896, xxii, pp. 263-342. 1897. 

 Report of a survey of the oyster regions of St. Vincent Sound, Apalachicola Bay, and 



St. George Sound, Florida, by Franklin Swift. Report for 1896, xxii, pp. 



187-221. 1897. 



There have been distributed 4,340 bound and 11,473 pamphlet copies 

 of the publications of this Commission. 



The Fnited States National Museum has published the following 

 reports, based on collections of lish made by the Fish Commission 

 steamer Albatross: 



Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with 

 descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species, by Charles Henry Gilbert 

 and Frank Cramer. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, vol. xix, pp. 

 403-435 (with plates xxxvi-xlviii). 



Descriptions of twenty-two new species of fishes collected by the eteamer Albatross, 

 of the U. S. Fish Commission, by Charles Heniy Gilbert. Proceedings of the U. S. 

 National Museum, vol. xix, jip. 437-457 (with plates xlix-lv). 



Appropriations were made by Congress for the operations of the Com- 

 mission for tlie fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, as follows: 



Salaries $182,060 



Miscellaneous expenses : 



Administration 9, 000 



Propagation of food-fishes 115, 000 



Maintenance of vessels 30, 500 



Inquiry respecting food-fishes 10, 800 



Statistical inquiry 5, 000 



A report, showing in detail the expenditures of these appropriations, 

 was submitted to Congress December 6, 1897. 



J. J. Brice, 

 U. S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 

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