VI CONTENTS 



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3. ASSIBTAIICE UENDERKD TO COMMISSION— Continued. 



(3) Navy Department six 



(4) Post-office Department xix 



(5) Interior Depaitment xis 



(6) 1 'epartment of Justice xix 



By the Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds xix 



By the Commissioners of the District of Columbia xix 



By railroads througliout the United States xix 



By foreign steamship lines xx 



By telegraph companies xx 



By foreign countries xx 



(1) Germany (saibling) xx 



(2) France (gourami) xx 



(3) England (turbot and sole) xx 



4. Courtesies extended by the Commission to fobeign countries xx 



Shipment of fish and eggs xxi 



(1) Germany xxi 



(2) Fiance xxi 



(3) England xxi 



(4) Scotland xxi 



(5) Belgitim xxi 



(6) Ecuador xxii 



(7) Costa Rica xxii 



(8) Mexico xxii 



(9) Canada xxii 



5. Fishery exhibitions xxii 



Berlin xxii 



Norfolk xxii 



Edinburgh xxii 



6. Fish Commission Bulletin xxii 



Joint resolution authorizing xxiii 



Contents of volume for 1881 xxiii 



7. The proposed steajier Albatross xxiii 



Its functions compaied with those of the Fish Hawk xxiii 



Action of Congress xxiv 



Preparation of plans xxiv 



Appropriation insutlicient xxiv 



B.— INQUIRY INTO THE HISTORY AND STATISTICS OF FOOD-FISHES. 



8. Proposed investigations into the off-shore fishing-grounds of the United States . . xxv 



General results to be looked for xxv 



(1) Locating the known fishing-grounds of the United States xxv 



(2) Discovery of new grounds xxv 



(3) Increase in number of fishing vessels xxv 



(4) Example of Norwegian Government xxvi 



(5) Example of likelihood of discovering new and valuable food-fish (the tile-fish) xxvi 



(6) New giounds in Southern waters xxvii 



(7) New ground for halibut xxvii 



(8) Eeleaso from dependence on Canada for fish and bait xxviii 



(9) The supply of the necessary demand for fish xxviii 



(10) Extension of the u.so of the cod gill net xxix 



(11) Importance of building a suitable steamer xxix 



(12) Possible solution of problem of the migration of mackerel and menhaden xxx 



(13) Collecting of specimens of uatuial history for schools and colleges xxxi 



9. The Fishery Census of 1880 xxxi 



Progress of the work in 1881 xxxi 



Bulletins issued in 1881 relative to the fisheries xxxi 



(1) Fisheries of the Pacific coast States. xxxi 



(2) Fisheries of the Great Lakes - - ■ xxxii 



(3) Fisheries of Maine xxxii 



(4) Fisheries of Virginia .- xxxii 



(5) The oyster industry 1 xxxii 



10. Ocean temperatures xxxii 



Light-house observing stations • xxxiii 



