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for the entire State are: (5,457 Americans, 2,227 British Provincials, and 

 2,070 other foreigners. The attention which the subje(!t of the person- 

 nel of the United States fishing marine has from time to time received 

 makes it advisable to give prominence to this error and correction. 



Report on an Investigation of the Fisheries of Lake Ontario. (Bulletin, 1890.) 



This paper is based on an inquiry conducted by the writer in August 

 and September, 1891, into the fisheries of Lake Ontario, and is pre- 

 liminary to an account of the fishing industry of this lake which will 

 appear in a general rei)ort on the entire Great Lakes basin. Owing to 

 the interest which attaches to the subject of the preservation, protec- 

 tion, and propagation of the fishes of the lake, it was thought proper 

 to expedite the publication of the results of the investigation, 



A Statistical Rejtort on tlio Fisheries of the Gulf States. (Bulletin, 1890.) 



Of all the coastal regions of the United States none has been less 

 known as regards its fishery interests than tlie States bordering on the 

 Gulf of Mexico. No complete account of the fishing industry had been 

 printed for more than a decade, and the actual condition and needs of 

 the various branches of the fisheries, many of which are j)eculiar to 

 this section, were entirely unknown. This paper, based on investiga- 

 tions made in 1890-91, mentioned in the previous report of the division, 

 contains complete statistics of the fisheries of each State, together 

 with descriptive text and comparisons with 1880. 



Report on the Fisheries of the South Atlantic States. (Bulletin, 1891.) 



This paper contains a detailed statistical account of the important 

 coast and river fisheries of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 

 and eastern Florida, together with explanatory and descriptive text. 

 In a special chapter the fisheries are considered by river basins, and 

 full statistical data are i)resented for each important stream. The value 

 of the pa])er is enhanced by the addition of 82 plates representing all 

 the important and most of the rarer food-fishes of this region. The 

 basis for this report is an original field investigation carried on by this 

 division in 1800 and 1891. 



Report on a C!ollection of Fishes from the Albemarle Region of North Carolina. 

 (Bulletin, 1891.) 



This paper is based on an inquiry made during the last fiscal year and 

 outlined in my previous report on the division. The physical features 

 of the waters in Avhich collections were made are described, the fish 

 found in the different localities are listed, and notes are given on their 

 habits, abund.ince, etc. While primarily a contribution to a knowledge 

 of the fish fauna of the region, much information regarding the com- 

 mercial fishes is presented. 



As in previous years, a considerable amount of statistical and descrip- 

 tive matter has \wen specially prepared for State authorities and other 

 persons. In October a statistical and descriptive report on the fish- 

 eries of North Carolina, based on the field work of the division, was 



