CONTENTS 



1 — liEPOKT OF THE COMMISSIONER. 



A.— GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 



Page. 



1 IXTKOKlCTOUYUKMAIiKS ^^ 



Scope of present report ^ 



Increase of correspomlence ^"' 



Table of letters written from 1871 to 1881 xiii 



Notewortliy features of the year xiv 



(1) Increase in i)ro(hicfion and distribution of carp siv 



(2) Construct ion of an additional caip pond xiv 



(3) Introduction of transportation cars ^i"^ 



(4) Change in policy of distribution of shad xiv 



(r>) Inci ease in distribution of shad xiv 



(6) Decrease in supply of California salmon s.iv 



(7) Experiments in li;:lchini; cod and Spanish mackerel xiv 



(8) Exportation of fish to foreign countries siv 



(9) Invcstifjat ions looking to the retardation of the development of shad eggs xiv 



(10) "Work on the artificial propagation of the oyster xiv 



(11) Determination of extent of distribution and value of the tile-fish xiv 



(12) Distribution of specimens to edncatiimal establishments xiv 



(13) Plans for c(mstnicting a sea-going steamer xiv 



(14) Acquisition of land at Wood's IIoU as a permanent station for hatching cod and 



other sea-fishes xiv 



(15) Commencement of the bulletin of the Fish Commission xiv 



(16) Lease of a buiklmg for the offices of the Fish Commission xv 



(17) Importation of turbot and sole xv 



2. I'KlNCirAL BTATIONS OF THE U.NITED STATES FlSH COMMISSION XV 



For investigation and research xv 



(1) Gloucester, Mass xv 



(2) Woods HoU. Mass xv 



(3) Saint Jerome, Md s^''' 



For propagation of salmonidte ^^* 



(4) Griind Lake Stream, Me. (Land-locked salmon) xvi 



(5) Bucksport, Me. (Atlantic salmon) xvi 



(6) Northville, Mich. ( Whitefish and trout) xvi 



(7) Baird, Shasta County, Cal. (California salmon) xvi 



(8) Baird, Shasta County, Cal. (California trout) xvi 



For propagation of shad ^^'' 



(9) Havre de (Irace. Md x'*' 



(10) North East Iliver,Md - xvi 



(11) Washington, Central Station xvi 



(12) Washington, Navy-yard -- xvii 



(13) Potomac Hi ver barges ^''''ii 



(14) Avoca, K. C xvii 



For propagation of can> ^'^'" 



(15) Washington, Monument lot ^'^■" 



(16) Wa.shiugton, Arsenal Grounds '^^'^^ 



3. Assistance liENUEUEi) to the Commission x^i> 



By the Executive Departments - ^'^•' 



(1) Treasury Department x^" 



(2) War Department -■ ^^^^ 



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