784 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



fisheries. Circular-letter soliciting specimens and information. Inqui- 

 ries concerning name, characteristics, abundance, migrations, food, re- 

 production, enemies, capture, markets and consumption, sources of infor- 

 mation. 69 questions. 3 pp. 13.5 by 2G cm . 



31. [Serial mark Ef .] Statisticts of the fresh-fish trade, New England 

 markets. Dealers' statements. Blanks for the number of pounds each 

 of 36 different kinds of fish, as received each day during the month. 33 

 columns, 2 pp. 42 by 32 cm . 



32. Questions relative to the mackerel and the mackerel fisheries. 

 Eeprint of No. E T B ^. Circular-letter soliciting information , and questions 

 upon name, size, shape and color, migrations and movements, abun- 

 dance, food, reproduction, enemies and fatalities, off-shore and in-shore 

 fishery, apparatus, and products. 78 questions. 3 pp. 13.5 by 26 cm . 



1879. 



33. Letter of acknowledgment of receipt of returns on the mackerel 

 fishery. Letter in blank. February 8, 1879. 2,000 copies. 1 p. 10 by 

 15 cm . 



31. Letter acknowledging menhaden replies to circular of 1873 and 

 cod replies of 1876, and asking full information concerning the mack- 

 erel. Circular to accompany No. 32. December, 1878. 1 p. 16 by 

 17 cm . 



35. Eecord of ocean temperatures. Blank for recording time, tem- 

 peratures, winds, weather, and movements of fishes. 20 columns. 1 p. 

 43 by 35 cm . 



36. Application for fish. 13 questions. April 12, 1879. 2,000 copies. 

 1 p. 10 by 19 cr '. 



37. Part V. Eeport of the Commissioner for 1877. A. Inquiry into 

 the decrease of food-fishes. B. The propagation of the food-fishes in 

 the waters of the United States. Pamphlet. Svo. 48 pp. 11.2 by 

 19.5 cm . 



38. Part V. Eeport of the Commissioner for 1877. A. Inquiry into 

 the decrease of the food-fishes. B. The propagation of food-fishes in 

 the waters of the United States. Supplementary papers. Cloth. 8 vo. 

 Pp. 48, and 972. 



39. Eecord of dredging stations. Blanks for ten observations— date, 

 locality, bearing, state of tide and sky, depth of water, temperature at 

 different depths, air, wind, currents, instrument and observer. Septem- 

 ber, 1879. 3L columns, 2 pp. 43 by 33 cm . 



40. Circular inviting co-operation. Circular-letter to postmasters and 

 fishermen in coast-towns, to accompany No. 41. July, 1879. 1 p. 16 by 

 20.5 cm . 



41. Eeturns of circular inviting co-operation. 6 questions concerning 

 fishing-vessels, apparatus, fishermen, and fish-markets. July 1, 1879. 

 1 p. 13.5 by 27 cm . 



42. Circular relating to the fish trade and consumption of fish. Cir- 



