6 GEORGE V SESSIONAL PAPER No. 38a A. 1910 



CONTENTS 



'A' E. 



I. Investigation into the Pacific Halibut Fisheries, by Professor Arthur 

 Willey, D.Sc, F.E.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S.C., etc., Professor of Zoology, 

 McGill University, Montreal 1 



II. Notes on the Egg and Larval Stages of the Halibut, by Professor Edward 

 E. Prince, LL.D., D.Sc, F.R.S.C., etc., Dominion Commissioner of 

 Fisheries, Ottawa. (Plate I) 19 



III. The Commercial Value of the Kelp Beds of British Columbia. A pre- 



liminary report and survey of the beds, by A. T. Cameron, M.A., B.Sc, 

 Assistant Professor of Physiology and Physiological Chemistry, Uni- 

 versity of Manitoba, Winnipeg. (With three charts) 25 



IV. Lobster Sanctuaries and Hatching Ponds : An investigation of the Long 



Beach Lobster Pond, Digby County, Nova Scotia, in 1914, by Pro- 

 fessor A. P. Knight, M.A., M.D., F.R.S.C., etc., Professor of Animal 

 Biology, Queen's University, Kingston. (With plates II, III, IV, V, 

 "S''I and VII, and two figures in the text) . . . . ' 41 



V. Eeport on the Barren Oyster Bottoms, Richmond Bay, P.E.I., by A. D. 



Robertson, B.A., University of Toronto. (With two charts) 55 



VI. On a Supposed Disease of Quahaugs from New Brunswick, by Philip Cox, 

 Ph.D., B.Sc, etc. Professor of NatTiral History and Geology, Uni- 

 versity of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B 7-3 



VII. Investigation of a Disease of Herring (Clupea harengus) in the Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence, by Philip Cox, Ph.D., etc.. Professor of Natural History, 

 University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B. (Plates VIII and 

 IX) 81 



VIII. Life History of the Hake (Urophycis chuss), by E. Home Craigie, Uni- 

 versity of Toronto, Toronto. (With seven figures in the text) . . . . 87 



IX. Investigation of the Haddock Fishery, with special reference to the 

 Growth and Maturity of the Haddock, by Dorothy Duff, M.A,, McGill 

 University, Montreal. (With three figures) 95 



X. Report on the Life-History of the Cod, as determined from its scales and 



other data, by R. P. Woodhouse, B.A., University of Toronto, Toronto. lO-'i 



XI. Are Migrating Eels deterred by a Range of Lights? Report on experi- 

 mental tests, by Professor Philip Cox, Ph.D., etc., University of New 

 Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B 115 



XII. Possible Lobster Planting Areas on the East Coast of Vancouver Island, 

 B.C., by C. MacLean Eraser, Ph.D., B.A., etc, Curator of the Pacific 

 Biological Station, Departure Bay, B.C. (With map) 119 



XIII. Variations in Density and Temperature on the Coastal Waters of British 

 Columbia, by A. T. Cameron, M.A., B.Sc, and C. MapLean Eraser, 



Ph.D. (With two charts and map) 133- 



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