

LETTER 



FROM THE 



COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 



TKANSMITTIXG, 



' compliance ivith law, his report for the year 1881. 



Junk 21, 1882. — Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 



United States Commission op Fish and Fisheries, 



Washington, J). C\, March 17, 1882. 

 Gentlemen: 1 have the honor to transmit herewith my report for 

 the year 1881, as Uuited States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, 

 embracing, tirst, the result of inquiries into the condition of the fisheries 

 of the sea-coast and lakes of the United States; and, second, the history 

 of the measures taken for the introduction of useful food-fishes into its 

 waters. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



SPENCER F. BxlIRD, 



Commissioner. 

 Hon. David Davis, 



President of the United States Senate, and 

 Hon. J. W. Keifer, 



Speaker of the House of Representatives. 



