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 Report of the Commissioner 1-5 



Report on the Propagation and Distribution of Food-fishes. By W. 



de C. Ravenel _ 6-73 



Report upon the Inquiry respecting Food-fishes and the Fishing- 

 grounds. By Richard Rathbun 73-93 



Report of the Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries. By 



Hugh M, Smith 93-133 



APPENDICES. 



1. Report upon the Investigations of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer 



Albatross for the year ending June 30, 1895. (Abstract.) By 



Lieut. Commander F. J. Drake, U. S. N., Commanding 135-168 



2. Notes on Biscayne Bay, Florida, with reference to its adaptability as the 



site of a Marine Hatching and Experiment Station. By Hugh M. 



Smith 169-191 



3. The Transplanting of Eastern Oysters to Willapa Bay. Washington, 



with Notes on the Native Oyster Industry. (One plate.) By 



C. H. Townsend 193-203 



4. Description of a New Species of Shad {Alosa alabavue) from Alabama. 



By Barton W. Evermann. (Actual date of jiublication December 



28, 1896) 303-305 



5. A Check List of the Fishes and Fish-like Vertebrates of North and 



Middle America. By David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren 



Evermann. (Actual date of publication December 28, 1896) 307-584 



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