INDEX. 



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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER— Continued. 



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South Atlantic fisheries 9, 177, 178 



oyster statistics 179 



South Carolina oyster investigations ... 4, 98, 120 



South Jersey Institute 170 



Spanish mackerel : 



Distribution of 96 



Embryology of 6 



Fishery for 188,203 



Inquiries regarding 



Oft- Florida 203 



Proiiagation of 5G, 158, 159 



Statistics 189 



Specimens for aquaria, collection of 55 



Spindel.I 26 



Sponges, reproduction of 167 



Spot. 193 



Spotted catfish, distribution of 34 



Spotted sqneteague 190 



statistics 191 



Squeteague : 



Distribution of 84 



Eggs, characteristics of 20 



Fishery 190 



Propagation 25, 160 



Spawning of 26 



Statistics 183 



Squid, spawning of 26 



Squire, Watson C 64 



Starfish : 



Apparatus for destroying 115 



destruction of 114, 115 



Destructive to oysters 112, 113 



Life history of 119, 152 



Movements of 113 



State Fish Commissions, relations with . . 71 

 Stations : 



Listof 10 



Production of 10 



Reports on 14 



Statistical field work 8 



Statistics : 



Blueflsh fishery 190 



Bouito fishery 191 



Crevalle fishery 192 



Menhaden fishery 193 



Oyster-packing industry 186 



Pompano fishery 191 



Porgy fishery 192 



Shad fishery 193 



Sheepshead fishery 193 



Spanish-mackerel fishery 189 



Spotted-squeteague fishery 191 



Striped-bass fishery 192 



The fisheries, report on 8, 173 



"Weakfish fishery 191 



Steam launch for Put-in liay 38 



Stearns, Robert E. C 67 



Steams, Silas 180 



Stenotomus chrysops 160 



Stevens, C. W l.'>4 



Stevenson, C. H 175, 1 79, 195 



Sticklebacks, spawning of 55 



Stockbridge, Francis B 04 



Stone, Livingston 132 



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Straits of Magellan, birds of 66 



Stranahan, J. J 38 



Striped bass on the Pacific coast 9 



statistics of 192 



Stroinateiii pani 193 



Sturgeon fishery of Potomac River 182,193 



Sturgeon yearlings, occurrence of 32 



Sunfish 191 



distribution of 35, 44, 84, 96 



Superintendent of schools, Olean, N. Y. . . 170 



Sweeny, sr.,R.0 43 



Switzerland, fish sent to 74 



Sycotypus 112 



Syrian College 170 



Tables, list of: 



Appropriations 1 



Bluefish statistics 190 



Central Station, operations at 33, 34, 35 



Cold Spring Harbor Station, produc- 

 tion at 28 



Craig Brook rearing operations 17, 18, 19 



Distribution, details of 75-96 



Fort Washington, shad eggs collected 



at 33 



shad taken at 33 



Gloucester Station, Mass., operations 24 

 Landlocked salmon, spawning opera- 

 tions of 14 



weight of 15 



Lobster eggs taken 165 



Lobisters, size of 165 



Marine fishes, spawning of 26 



Mississippi Basin fishes distributed . . 44 



Oyster-packing statistics 186 



statistics of South Atlantic 



coast 179 



Potomac River shad catch 183 



Production of fish by stations 10, 11, 12 



summary of 13 



Quincy Station, fish distributed from . 44 

 Railroads furnishing free transporta- 



tatiou 60 



Railroad service 60 



Schoodic Station, spawning opera- 

 tions at 14 



Shad catch of Potomac River 183 



eggs collected at Fort Washing- 

 ton Station 33 



taken at Fort Washington Sta- 

 tion 33 



South Atlantic Coast oyster sta- 



t istics 179 



Spanish mackerel, propagation of 56 



statistics 189 



Spawning operations at Schoodic 



Station 14 



Squeteague statistics 191 



State fish commissions, fish furnished. 71 



Stations, list of 10 



production of 10, 11, 12 



Temperatures 20, 28, 34 



Temperature statirms, list of 130 



Transportation furni.slied by rail- 

 roads 60 



