LETTER 



FROM THE 



COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 



TRAJTSMITTING 



Sis report for the year 1876-'77. 



March 27, 1878.— Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 



United States Commission, Fish and Fisheries, 



Washington, March 18, 1878. 



Gentlemen : In compliance Avith the order of Congress I have the 



honor to transmit herewith my report for the year 1876-'77, as United 



States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, embracing, first, the result 



of inquiries into the condition of the fisheries of the sea-coast and 



lakes of the United States ; and, second, the history of the measures 



taken for the introduction of useful food-fishes into its waters. 



Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, 



SPENCEE F. BAIED, 



TT ^r . ,^ Commissioner. 



Hon. Wm. a. Wheeler, 



President United States Senate, and 



Hon. S. J. Eandall, 



SpeaJcer of the House of Representatives. 



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