8 GEORGE V SESSIONAL PAPER No. 38a A. 1918 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Preface and Synopses of Reports, by Professor Edward E. Prince, UL.D., Chairman of 



the Biological Board V-XV 



I. British Columbia Sea-Lion Investigation, Special Commission's preliminary and 



main reports, (3i6i half-tone figures and 2' maps) 1-51 



II. Lobster Investigations, Long Beach Pond, Nova Scotia, 191.5, by Professor A. P. 



Knight, ,M.D., IF.R.iS.C, etc., (7 half-tone figures) 51-71 



III. The Pearly Fresh-water iMussels of Ontario with suggesitions as to Culture and 



Utilization, by John D. Detweiler, M.A.. (1 figure in the text) 73^91 



IV. The Ship Worm (Teredo navalis) on the Atlantic Coast of Canada. Notes on its 



Habits and Distribution, by E. iM. Kindle, Ph.D., (1 figure and 1 map) . . . . 91-101 



V. Rearing iSockeye iS'almon {Oncorhynchx^s nerka) in fresh-water in British Colum- 

 bia. By e. McLean IFraser, Ph.D., F.R.iS.C, (1 figure In the text) 103-109 



VI. On the Age and Growth of the Pollock in the Bay of iFundy, by Professor James 



W. .Mavor, Ph.D., (1 diagram) 107-125 



VII. Further Hydrographic Investigations in the Bay of Fundy, by E. Home Craigle, 

 B.A., University of Toronto, and W. H. Chase, B.A., Acadia University, N.iS., 

 (2i3 figures and 1 map) 125-147 



VIII. Report on E'xamination of affected salmon from Miramichi Hatchery Pond, New 



Brunswick, by F. C. Harrison. D.Sc, F.R.S.C. (1 half-tone figure) 147-16.8 



IX. Report on affected salmon in the Miramichi river, New Brunswick, by A. G. 



Huntsman, B.A., AI.B., F.R.S.C 1'67-173 



X. The smoking of Haddocks for Canadian markets, by Miss Olive Gair Patterson, 



iM.A.. M.B 17'3-178 



XI, Some observations on Haddock and " Finnan iHaddies," relating to the Bacterio- 

 logy of iCured Fish, by Principal F. C. Harrison, D.Sc 17 7-1 SO 



XII. The Bacteriology of Swelled Canned Sardines. Interim Report, by Wilfrid 



Sadler, B.S.A., ijVLSc 179-215 



XIII. Bacterial Destruction of Copepods occurring in Marine Plankton, by Wilfrid 



Sadler, B.S. A., Macdonald College 315-328 



XIV. Bat'hyimetric Check-list of Marine Invertebrates of Eastern Canada, with an 



Index to Whiteaves' Catalogue, by E. M. Kindle, Ph.D., M.Sc, etc.. and E. J. 

 Whittaker, M.A 328-2i94 



XV. Hydrography in Passamaquoddy Bay and vicinity, by Professor A. Vachon, 



B.A., LjPh.. etc.. Laval University, (3 graphs and 2 charts) 294>-325 



XVI. Hydroids of Eastern Canada, by C. McLean Eraser, Ph.D.. F.R.S.C, (2 plates).. gaS-S'&e 



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