CO]^TE]N^TS. 



Page. 

 Report of the Commissioner 1-16 



Report upon tlie Inquirj' respecting Food-fishes and the Fishing- 

 grounds. By Richard Rathbun 17-51 



Report of the Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries. By 



Hugh M. Smith .52-77 



Report on the Propagation and Distribution of Food-fishes. By S. 



G. Worth 78-138 



APPENDICES. 



Fisheries of the Pacific Coast. By William A. Wilcox 139-304 



Report upon the Work of the United States Fish Commission steamer 



Albatross. By Z. L. Tanner, Commander, United States Navy. 305-311 



Report upon Ichthyological Investigations in western Minnesota and east- 

 ern North Dakota. By Albert J. Woolman 343 -373 



The Food of the Oyster, Clam, and Ribbed Mussel. By John P. Lotsy, 



Ph. D 375-386 



Establishment of Stations for the Propagation of Salmon on the Pacific 



Coast. By John J. Brice, Commander. United States Navy 387-393 



The Ichthyological Collections of the steamer Albatross during the years 



1890 and 1891. By Charles H. Gilbert 393-476 



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