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17. Si'E< IBS OK FISH CULTIVATED ANU DI8T1UBUTKU IN 1881 — Continued. * 



The Arsenal station li 



k. The C^ouraini (Osphromcntig olfax). 

 I. Tlie Cod {Gadiis morrhua). 



The Wood's Holl station lii 



m. The 8panisli Mackerel (Cybiuin maculatum). 



The Chesapeake Bay station liii 



n. The Tiirbol (lihomhus maximus) and the Sole (Solea vulgaris) Uii 



o. The Oyster ( Ostrea virginica) Ivi 



p. Tho Orcgou Clam {Qlycimeris generosa) Ivi 



D.— ABSTRACT OF THE ARTICLES IN THE APPENDIX. 



18. Classification of articles Ivii 



A. General Ivii 



B. The fisheries Ivii 



C Natuial history and bioloftical research Ivu 



J). Propagat ion of food-fishes Ivii 



E.— SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT PROPER. 



19. Lecture on the woek of the Fish Commission, by Prof. L. A. Lee Iviii 



20. Tajil^s.. Ixiii 



Distribution of fish and eggs in 1881 Ixiii 



I.— Eggs of Whiteflish Ixiii 



II.— Young of Whitefish Ixiii 



III.— Eggs of Lake Trout Ixiv 



IV.— Eggs of Eastern Brook Trout Ixiv 



v. — Young of Eastern Brook Tiout Ixiv 



VI. — Eggs of California Salmon Ixiv 



VIL— Eggsof California Trout Ixv 



Vni.— Eggs of Penobscot Salmon Isv 



IX.— Eggs of Suhoodic Salnjou Isv 



X.— Young of Shad Ixvi 



XL— Young of Carp Ixvi 



21. List of railroads granting facilities to the United States Fish Commission in 1881 Ixvii 



II.— APPENDIX TO KEPOliT OF COMMISSIONER. 



APPENDIX A.— GENERAL. 



I. Z. Ii. Tanner. Eefort on the construction, and work in 1880, of the Fish Commission 



STEAMER Fish Hawk. By Lieut. Z. L. Tanner, U. S.K., commanding 3 



U. Z. !>. Tanner. KErouT on the work of the United States Fish Commission STEiVMEK 



Fish Hawk, foii the tear ending Decemder 31, 1881. By Lieut Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N 55 



III. Robert O. Dyrenforth. Li.sT of patents issued in the United States, during the 

 year 1881, relating to fish and the methods, i-roducts, and api'lications of the fisher- 

 ies. By Robert U. Dyrcnforlh, Esamiiier-iu-rbitf, United States Patent Oifice 87 



APPENDIX B.— THL FISHERIES. 



IV. O. Broun Ciioodr. Joseph W. Collins, R. E. Earll, and A.HoM'ard Clark. 



Materials for a history of the mackerel fishery. By G. Brown Goode, Joseph W. 

 Collins, R. E. Earll, and A. Howard Clark 91 



V. IVicls Juel. The Loffoden fishery in 1880. By Lieut. Xiels Juel. Translated by Tarle- 



ton H. Bonn, M. D 533 



VI. Boye Strom. Extracts from Norwegian Ofpicial Statistics of fisheries for the 

 YEAR 1880. By Bos o Strom, clerk. Tran.slated by Tarleton H. Bean, M. D 611 



V^II. Harrii^on Wright. On THE EARLY SHAD fisheries of the North Branch of the 



SUB<JUEH ANNA RmiR. By Hariison Wright C19 



VIII. The fish supply of London. Froui the London Quarterly Review 643 



IX. Charles W. Smiley. The extent of the use of fish guano as a fertilizer. By 

 Chas. W. Smilov ':G3 



