XLVIII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Part XI.— The Whale Fishery— a special monograph. 

 XII. — The Aboriginal Fisheries. 

 XIII. — A Catalogue of the Useful and Injurious Aquatic Animals and Plants of 



North America. 

 XIV. — A List f Books and Papers relating to the Fisheries of the United 

 States. 



The report prepared for the Superintendent of the Census, the man- 

 uscript of which is now for the most part in his possession, is divided 

 into the following sections: 



A KEPORT UPON THE STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES AND FISH TRADE OF THE UNITED 



STATES. 



Introduction — (giving a comprehensive abstract of the matter contained in the quarto 



report referred to above). 

 Part I. — A Review of the Fisheries of the Atlantic seaboard, with statistics of 

 production and manufacture. 

 II. — A Review of the Fisheries of the Pacific Coast, with statistics of pro- 

 duction and manufacture. 

 III. — A Review of the J"'isheries of the Great Lakes, with statistics of produc- 

 tion and manufacture. 

 IV. — A Review of the River Fisheries of the United States. (Prepared by 



C. W. Smiley.) 

 V. — A Review of the Consumption of Fish by Counties, with an estimate of 

 the extent and value of the inland fisheries. (Prepared by C. W. 

 Smiley.) 

 VI.^A Review of the Fish Trade of Cities of the United States having a po^m- 



latiou of more than 10,000 in 1880. (Prepared by C. VV. Smiley.) 

 VII. — Statistics of Importation and Exportation of Fishery Products from 1730 

 to 1880. (Prepared under the rlirection of Mr. C. W. Smiley.) 

 VIII. — List of the Fishing vessels of the United States in 1880, giving tonnage, 

 value, number of crew, name of owner, branch of fishing engaged in, 

 together with other important details. 

 IX. — Monograph of the Seal Islands of Alaska, by Henry W. Elliott. (Already 

 in type; 171 pages, 4to. ) 

 X. — Monograph of the Oyster Fisheries, by Ernest Ingersoll. (Already in 

 type; 251 pages.) 



The above-mentioned parts will furnish an estimated aggregate of 

 1,030 pages, quarto, exclusive of the matter already iu type. The 

 manuscript of Parts I, II, III, IV, VII, IX, and X, has already been 

 delivered. Parts V, VI, and VIII are held for tinal revision, but are 

 essentially complete. 



The material specified in the last paragraph includes all compilations 

 from circulars, and the results of the work performed by clerks detailed 

 from the Census Office, together with much derived from the archives 

 of the Fish Commission. 



The first three sections are mainly made up from the material col- 

 lected by the special agents in the field, and the form is as nearly as 

 possible that in which it was originally collected. Much, however, has 

 been added from the archives of the Commission. 



