VI CONTENTS. 



Pagp. 



6. The MEETixG AT Halifax *9 



Its opening June 15, 1877 *9 



General proceedings and history *y 



Final award *10 



Payment of $5,500,000 Ijy the United States *lo 



6. Delations of the TJkited States Fish Commission to the HalU'-ax meetino. *10 



Invitation to attend by the Secretary of State *10 



Method adopted of obtaining information to be used *10 



Distribution of circulars *11 



Dispatch of agents *11 



Co-operation of individuals *11 



Departure for Halifax *11 



Part tdken in the meetings *12, 13 



Biological and other facts elicited *12, 13 



Comparative preparation of the two sides *12 



Measures to be taken for securing proper statistics of the sea-fisheries *13 



Acknowledgments *13 



D.— FISHERY STATISTICS. 



7. Methods adopted and to be employed *j3_ ^4 



Action of the Treasury Department *24 



Actionof the United States Fish Commission *24 



List of circulars already issued *14 



Mode of distributing circulars *24 



One subject only agitated at one time »iq 



Besults already elaborated *15 



Blneflsh, scup, whale, and menhaden 1 *j5 



Subjects now under investigation «15 



Information of methods of fishing *15 



E.— NOTICE OF ARTICLES RELATIVE TO THE SEA-FISHERIES PUBLISHED 



IN THE APPENDIX. 



8. ATTEJrPT TO UTILIZE EXPERIENCE OF OTHEK NATIONS *16 



Fishery statistics of other nations *16 



Methods of other nations illustrated by apparatus imported *16 



Proposed improved fishery exhibit in "Washington *16 



Value of information published in Norway *16 



History of Lofibden Island fisheries *16 



Observations by Sars on Lofibden fisheries *17 



Sea-fisheries of Xorway *17 



Geographical distribution of Gadidce *17 



First five years of Emden herring-fishery *17 



Sea-fisheries of Sweden *17 



9. OPJGINAL COMMUNICATIONS *17 



Observations with the CaseUa-MiUer thermometer, by Commander L. A. Beardslee *1'^ 



F.— THE PROPAGATION OF FOOD-FISHES. 



10. General considerations *18 



Unreasonable expectations in regard to results of fish-culture *18 



Time required for determination as to success *18 



Some causes of error or fallacy *18 



State commissions acting in 1871 *19 



State commissions in 1877 *19 



Amount of work done by them *19 



Lake States especially noteworthy *19 



Co-operation with United States Fish Commission *19 



Direct *19 



Indirect, as in distribution of salmon, &c *19 



Applications for eggs and fish *20 



Eapid increase in number *21 



Method of recording *21 



