VI CONTENTS. 



B.— INQUIRY INTO THE HISTORY AND STATISTICS OF FOOD-FISHES. 



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5. Field operations during the season of 1879 xv 



Co-operation of the Navy Department in previous years xv 



Co-operation in 1879 xv 



Detail of Speedwell xv 



Officers assigned xv 



Provincetowu, the station xv 



Headquarters xvi 



Associates and assistants xvi 



Work of Prof.. H. E.Webster xvi 



Range of Speedwell's labors xvi 



"Visitors during the season xvii 



Specimens collected xvii 



"Work of fishery census xvii 



Close of work for season xvii 



Transfer of Captain Tanner xvii 



Establishment of signal station at Tro vincetown xvii 



Important discoveries of new food fishes xviii 



Pole-flounder in 1877-78 xviii 



Tile-fish in 1879 xviii 



6. The steamer Fish-Hawk xviii 



Importance of improving floating fish-hatching station xviii 



Contract for the vessel xix 



Reference to report of 1880 for details xix 



7. Abstract of researches conducted under direction' of the Commission xix 



Professor Atwater on chemical and physiological properties of fish xix 



Dr. Kidder on temperature of fishes xix 



Professor Gamgee on cooling apparatus xix 



Collection of casts of fishes and cetaceans xx 



8. Statistics of the fisheries (exclusive of the census) xx 



Permanent station at Gloucester xx 



Established at Fort Point wharf xxi 



Kind of work accomplished xxi 



Persons employed xxi 



Relief map of fishing-grounds xxi 



Prepared under direction of Coast-Survey xxi 



Work of Captain Linnell xxi 



9. Legislation in regard to the fisheries xxii 



Actual jurisdiction over the seacoast waters xxii 



Legislation of Maine in regard to Menhaden xxii 



Concurrent disappearance of tho fish xxii 



C— CO-OPERATION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CENSUS. 



10. Preliminary arrangements xxiii 



General superintendence and commencement xxiii 



11. Plan of investigation xxiii 



1. Natural history of marine products xxiii 



2. The fishing-grounds xxiii 



3. The fisheries and fishing-towns xxiv 



4. Apparatus and methods of capture xxiv 



5. Products of the fisheries xxiv 



C. Preparation, care, and manufacture of fishery-products xxiv 



7. Economy of the fisheries xxiv 



S. Protection and culture xxiv 



12. Details of progress xxv 



Assignment for field-work xxv 



Time already occupied by each division xxvi 



Office routine xxvi 



Special researches xxvi 



Mr. Earll and Captain Collins in Maine xxvi 



Parties in Massachusetts xxvi 



Mr. Stearns in the Gulf of Mexico xxvi 



