TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Keport of the Commissioner 5 



Eeport of the Chemist ^ - 35 



Report of the Statistician — 127 



Report of the Entomologist 185 



Report of the Botanist on Grasses - 349 



Eeport of the Superintendent of Gardens and Grounds 359 



Report of Dr. H. J. Detmers on Swine Plague 3G5 



Report of Dr. James Law on Swine Fever 420 



Miscellaneous papers: 



Contagious Plcuro-imeumonia of Cattle 436 



Contagious Pleuro-pneumonia — Extent of its Prevalence — 456 



Cattle Plague, or Rinderpest '. 472 



Experiments with Deiiartment Seeds 4S4 



Vegetable Fibers in the Collection of the Department 497 



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