C CONTENTS. 



X G. Broirn Goode. A msTOKT of the mekhaden— Continued. Page. 



Appendix L. Proceedings of the United States Menhaden Oil and Guano Association 358 



Appendix M. Annual reports of menhaden oil and guano manufacturers in the State of 



Maine 368 



Appendix W. Statements of correspondents 373 



Appendix 0. Miscellaneous items regarding the use of fish for manure 483 



Appendix P. Exports of menhaden oil from the port of New York from January, 1875, to 



July, 1878 503 



Appendix Q. Supplementary works, September 22, 1878 506 



(For list of illustrations, occupying 31 plates, see page 15.) 



n. Karl Dambeck. Geographical distribution of the Gadid^e, or the cod family, in 

 ITS relation to fisheries and commerce. By Karl Dambeck. Translated from the 



German 531 



A. Characteristics of the Gadidce 531 



B. General distribution 534 



C. The Arctic region of the Gadidce 536 



D. The Atlantic region of the Gadidce 643 



E. The Pacific region of the Gadidce 545 



r. Distribution and fishing of the different species 547 



G. Fisheries and trade 555 



HL Anonyinons. An account of the Loffoden Islands of Norway. Translated by H. 



Jacobson from the German 559-564 



IV. G. O. Sars. Keport of practical and scientific investigations of the cod fisheries 

 NEAR THE LoFFODEN ISLANDS, MADE DURING THE YEARS 1864-'69. By G. O. Sara. Trans- 

 lated by H. Jacobson from the Norwegian 565 



A. Eeport for 1864 665 



B. Kepoi-t for 1865 581 



C. Eeport for 1866 and 1867 687 



I. Eeport for 1868 and 1869 599 



v. G. O. Sars. Eeport of practical and scientific investigations on the cod fisheries 

 NEAR the Loffoden Islands, made during the years 1870-73. By G. O. Sars. Trans- 

 lated from the Norwegian by JL Jacobson 612 



A. Eeport for 1870 612 



B. Eeport for 1871 630 



C. Eeport for 1872 635 



D. Eeport for 1873 643-662 



VI. G. O, Sara. Eeport made to the Department of the Interior of investigations 



OF THE salt-water FISHERIES OF NORWAY DURING THE YEARS 1874-'77. By Prof. G. 0. 



Sars. Translated from the Norwegian by H. Jacobson 663 



I. Eeport for 1874 663 



n. Eeport for 1875 667 



A. The mackerel fisheries of our Southern and Western coasts 667 



B. The lobster and the lobster fisheries on our Southern and Western coasts 674 



C. On drag-net fishing on the coast from Nevlunghaven to Tonsbergflord 680 



m. Extracts from Prof. G. 0. Sars' report on the Norwegian Atlantic expedition of 1876.. 681 



A. Zoological observations 681 



B. Investigation of the salt-water fisheries 687 



N. Prelimiuary report on the zoological observations made during the second Nor- 

 wegian polar expedition of 1877 - 692 



T. Eeport on the practical and scientific investigation of the salt-water fisheries, 



made during the second Norwegian polar expedition of 1877 698-706 



VXI. OT. Friele. An account of the fisheries of Norway in 1877. By M. Friele. Trans- 

 lated from the French by J. Paul Wilson 707 



A. Introduction 707 



B. The cod fishery 707 



1. Apparatus used in the cod fishery 710 



2. Tha daily fishing 713 



3. Quality of the cod 715 



4. Preparation ol he cod 716 



5. Preparation of : e oil 717 



6. Eoe 718 



7. Other species of the genus Qadus 718 



8. The cod-fish trade 722 



