CONTENTS 



L— REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER. 



A.— GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 



Page. 



1. Intro puctory remarks r j 



Scope of present report x i 



Enlargement of scale of work in 1879 xi 



Increase in amount of appropriations xi 



Personnel of service kept down xi 



Noteworthy features of the year's work xi 



Distribution of carp commenced xi 



Special fish-hatching steamer begun xi 



Visit of President and Cabinet to the Havre do Grace station xi 



Death and biographical notice of J. W. Milner, first assistant xi 



Division of subjects within the scope of the commission xii 



Condition and improvement of the fisheries xii 



Multiplication of fish by artificial propagation or otherwise xii 



Assistance in carrying on the work xii 



Appointment of T. B. Ferguson xii 



Superintendence of stations xii, xi ii 



2. SrECIAL OBJECTS OF THE UNITED STATES FlSH COMMISSION xiii 



Reference for details to report for 1878 xiii 



3. Assistance rendered to the Commission xiii 



By the government in general xiii 



General requirement xiii 



By the Secretary of the Navy xiii 



Detail of steamer Speed well xiii 



Supply of steam launches xiii 



Repairs of vessels and furnishing supplies xiii 



By the Secretary of the Treasury xiii 



Towing of vessels by revenue cutters xiii 



By the Light-House Board xiii 



Temperature observations xiii 



By the United States Coast Survey xiii 



Issue of charts and loan of deep-sea thermometers xiii 



By the Secretary of War xiii 



Dredging of bar, Spesutie Island xiii 



By the Engineer Bureau xiv 



Loan by General "Warren of schooner Surveyor xiv 



By the Chief Signal Office xiv 



Loan of telephone apparatus for station at Havre de Grace xiv 



Continuance of record of water temperatures xiv 



By the Commander of the Department of the West xiv 



Detail of military guard at McCloud River station xiv 



Statement by Mr. Stone of its importance xiv 



By the railroads xiv 



Circular instructions to conductors and agents xiv 



Loan of cars xiv 



By steamship companies xiv 



By telegraph companies xiv 



4. Services rendered by the Commission x.v 



Distribution offish and eggs in general preliminary xv 



Distribution to other countries xv 



Acknowledgment of French authorities xv 



Application for aid by Permanent Exhibition Company of Philadelphia xv 



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