CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Report of the Commissioner 1-162 



APPENDIXES. 



State IcnTnYOLOGY of Massachusetts. By Theodore Gill. (Issued April 



22, 1905) 1G3-188 



The Distribution of Sewage in the Waters of Narragansett Bay, with 



ESPECIAL reference TO THE CONTAJilNATION OF THE OYSTER BEDS. By 



Caleb Allen Fuller. (Issued May 10, 1905) 189-238 



Note regarding the Promotion of Fishery Trade between the United 

 States and Japan. By PI ugh M. Smith. (Issued July 17, 1905) 239-243 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the New England States. Prepared in 

 the Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries. (Issued July 14, 

 1905) 245-325 



Notes on the Fishes of the streajis flowing into San Francisco Bay, 



California. By John Otterbein Snyder. (Issued July 14, 1905) 327-338 



Critical notes on Mylocheilus lateralis and Leuciscus caurinus. By 

 John Otterbein Snyder. (Issued July 14, 1905) 339-342 



The Gas Disease in Fishes. By M. C. Marsh and F. P. Gorham. (Issued 



August 28, 1905) 343-376 



A Revision op the Cave Fishes of North America. By Ulysses O. Cox. 



(Issued September 5, 1905) 377-393 



The Life History of the Blue Crab (Callinecies sapidus). By W. P. 

 Hay. (Issued September 5, 1905) 395-413 



The Crab Industry of Maryland. By Winthrop A. Roberts. (Issued 



September 5, 1905) 415-432 



The Commercial Fisheries of the Hawaiian Islands in 1903. By John 

 fi. Cobb. (Issued December 29, 1905) 433-511 



Notes on the Food of some Fresh-water Fishes from the Lakes at 

 Madison, Wis. By N. C. Gilbert and W. S. Marshall. (Issued Decem- 

 ber 29, 1905) 513-522 



The German Carp in the United States. By Leon J. Cole. (Issued 



December 30, 1905) 523-641 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the Great Lakes in 1903. Prepared in 

 the Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries. (Issued Decem- 

 ber 30, 1905 ) 643-731 



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