﻿XYI 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  A 
  further 
  examination 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  dry 
  summer 
  season, 
  to 
  

   determine 
  if 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  will 
  be 
  sufficient 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  Further 
  investigations 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  a 
  fish-cultural 
  

   station 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  Hampshire, 
  authorized 
  by 
  an 
  act 
  approved 
  

   March 
  2, 
  1805, 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  December 
  and 
  January, 
  and 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  an 
  

   examination 
  during 
  the 
  dry 
  season 
  can 
  be 
  completed 
  a 
  site 
  will 
  be 
  

   de^nitely 
  selected 
  and 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  begun. 
  

  

  Necessary 
  alterations 
  and 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  machinery 
  of 
  the 
  Commis- 
  

   sion 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  naval 
  engineer, 
  who 
  

   also 
  prepared 
  drawings 
  and 
  specifications 
  for 
  new 
  boilers 
  for 
  the 
  steamer 
  

   Fish 
  HawJc. 
  This 
  office 
  also 
  prepared 
  plans 
  for 
  the 
  pumps 
  and 
  other 
  

   machinery 
  for 
  the 
  exhibit 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  at 
  the 
  Nashville 
  Exposi- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  superintended 
  the 
  installation 
  of 
  the 
  plant. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  bound 
  Bulletin 
  for 
  1896, 
  the 
  bound 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  

   Commission 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  1893, 
  1894, 
  and 
  1895, 
  and 
  the 
  report 
  for 
  189G 
  in 
  

   pamphlet 
  form 
  were 
  issued, 
  and, 
  in 
  addition, 
  the 
  following 
  pamphlet 
  

   extracts 
  from 
  the 
  Eeports 
  for 
  1893, 
  1894, 
  1895, 
  and 
  1896, 
  and 
  the 
  Bulletin 
  

   for 
  1896: 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1894, 
  inclncling 
  the 
  

   reports 
  on 
  the 
  divisions 
  of 
  fish-culture, 
  scientific 
  inquiry, 
  and 
  fisheries, 
  hy 
  Mar- 
  

   shall 
  McDonald. 
  Report 
  for 
  1894, 
  xx, 
  pp. 
  1-175. 
  1896. 
  

  

  The 
  Russian 
  fur-seal 
  islands, 
  by 
  Leonard 
  Stejneger. 
  Bulletin 
  for 
  1896, 
  xvi, 
  pp. 
  1-148, 
  

   plates 
  1-66. 
  1896. 
  

  

  Remarks 
  on 
  the 
  movements 
  and 
  breeding-grounds 
  of 
  the 
  fur-seal, 
  based 
  on 
  observa- 
  

   tions 
  made 
  -while 
  on 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  naval 
  patrol 
  of 
  Bering 
  Sea 
  in 
  1894, 
  by 
  

   John 
  J. 
  Bfice. 
  Report 
  for 
  1894. 
  xx, 
  pp. 
  573-577. 
  

  

  A 
  report 
  upon 
  salmon 
  investigations 
  in 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River, 
  in 
  

   the 
  State 
  of 
  Idaho, 
  in 
  1895; 
  together 
  with 
  notes 
  upon 
  the 
  fishes 
  observed 
  in 
  that 
  

   State 
  in 
  1894 
  and 
  1895, 
  by 
  Barton 
  W. 
  Evermanu. 
  Bulletin 
  for 
  1896, 
  xvi, 
  pp. 
  

   149-202, 
  plates 
  67-72. 
  

  

  The 
  artificial 
  propagation 
  of 
  the 
  rainbow 
  trout, 
  by 
  George 
  A. 
  Seagle. 
  Bulletin 
  for 
  

   1896, 
  XVI, 
  pp. 
  237-256. 
  plates 
  88-94. 
  1896. 
  

  

  The 
  artificial 
  proi)agation 
  of 
  salmon 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  with 
  

   notes 
  on 
  the 
  natural 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  quiunat 
  salmon, 
  by 
  Livingston 
  Stone. 
  Bul- 
  

   letin 
  for 
  1896, 
  x^■I, 
  pp. 
  203-235. 
  plates 
  73-87. 
  

  

  Report 
  upon 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  B. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  steamer 
  Albairons 
  for 
  the 
  

   year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1894, 
  by 
  Z. 
  L. 
  Tanner 
  and 
  F. 
  J. 
  Drake. 
  Report 
  for 
  1894, 
  

   XX, 
  pp. 
  197-278, 
  plates 
  6-8. 
  1896. 
  

  

  Descriiitiou 
  of 
  a 
  closing 
  tow 
  net 
  for 
  submarine 
  use 
  at 
  all 
  depths, 
  by 
  C. 
  H. 
  Town- 
  

   send. 
  Report 
  for 
  1894, 
  xx, 
  pp. 
  279-282, 
  plates 
  9, 
  10. 
  1896. 
  

  

  The 
  whitefishes 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  bv 
  Barton 
  W. 
  Evermann 
  and 
  Hugh 
  M. 
  Smith. 
  

   Report 
  for 
  1894. 
  xx, 
  pp. 
  283-324, 
  plates 
  11-28. 
  1896. 
  

  

  A 
  report 
  upon 
  the 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Missouri 
  River 
  Basin, 
  by 
  Barton 
  W. 
  Evermann 
  and 
  

   Ulysses 
  O. 
  Cox. 
  Report 
  for 
  1894, 
  xx, 
  pp. 
  325-429. 
  1896. 
  

  

  A 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  foreign 
  fisherv 
  trade 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  by 
  Charles 
  H. 
  Stevenson. 
  

   Report 
  for 
  1894, 
  xx, 
  pp. 
  431-571. 
  1896. 
  

  

  The 
  ichthyological 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  steamer 
  Albatross 
  

   during 
  the 
  vears 
  1890 
  and 
  1891, 
  by 
  Charles 
  H. 
  Gilbert. 
  Report 
  for 
  1893, 
  xix, 
  

   pp. 
  393-476, 
  plates 
  20-35. 
  1896. 
  

  

  An 
  annotated 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  known 
  from 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Vermont, 
  by 
  Barton 
  

   W. 
  Evermann 
  and 
  W. 
  C. 
  Kendall. 
  Report 
  for 
  1894, 
  xx, 
  pp. 
  579-604. 
  

  

  A 
  report 
  upon 
  the 
  fishes 
  of 
  southwestern 
  Minnesota, 
  by 
  Ulysses 
  O. 
  Cos. 
  Report 
  for 
  

   1894, 
  XX, 
  p]). 
  605-616. 
  1896. 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Commission 
  of 
  Fish 
  and 
  Fisheries 
  from 
  its 
  estab- 
  

   lishment, 
  in 
  1871, 
  to 
  Februarv, 
  1896, 
  by 
  Charles 
  W. 
  Scudder. 
  Report 
  for 
  1894, 
  

   XX, 
  pp. 
  617-706. 
  1896. 
  

  

  Deep-sea 
  explorations 
  : 
  A 
  general 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  steamer 
  Albatross, 
  her 
  appli- 
  

   ances 
  and 
  methods, 
  bv 
  Z. 
  L. 
  Tanner. 
  Bulletin 
  for 
  1896, 
  xvi, 
  pp. 
  257-428, 
  plates 
  

   i-XL. 
  1897. 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1895, 
  including 
  the 
  

   reports 
  on 
  the 
  divisions 
  of 
  fish-culture, 
  scientific 
  inquiry, 
  and 
  fisheries, 
  by 
  Mar- 
  

   shall 
  McDonald. 
  Report 
  for 
  1895, 
  xxi, 
  pp. 
  1-123. 
  1896. 
  

  

  