CONTENTS. VII 



5. COUKTESIES EXIEKDED TO THE TTnITED STATES FiSH COMMISSIOX— CoDtiDtied. 



By other parties xxxiii 



The Northwestern Trading Companj' sxxiii 



6. Courtesies extended bt the United States Fish Commission to foreign coihs'teies xsxiv 



Shipment of fish and eggs to xxxiv 



(1 ) France xxxiv' 



(2) Germany , xxxir" 



(3) Great Pritain xxxiv' 



(4) Chili xxxi V 



7. FlSHEKY Exhibitioxs xxxiv 



Those participatedin prior to 1882 xxxv 



Philadelphia, 1876 xxxv 



Berlin, 1880 xxxv 



Invitations not accepted xxxv 



Norwich xxxv 



Edinburgh xxxv 



London Exhibition of 1883 xxxv 



Acceptance of invitation xxxv 



Appropriation by Congress of $50,000 xxxv 



Preparations made xxxv 



General nature of proposed exhibition xxxv 



Corps of assistants employed xxxv 



Experiment in transportation of fish casts xxxvi 



Co-operation of the Coast Survey xxxvi 



Co-operation of the Patent Ofiice xxxvi 



Co-operation of the Life-Saving Service xxxvi 



8. PUELICATIONS OF THE FiSH COMMISSIOX IX 1882 XXXvi 



Annual Reports xxxvi 



Fish Commission Bulletin xxxvi 



Rules and Regulations xxxvii 



Miscellaneous xxxvii 



Fishery Census Reports xxxvii 



Quarto report on the fisheries of the United States xxxvii 



Editing of publications in charge of C. "W. Smiley xxxvii 



9. Payment of royalties ox patents xxxviii 



10. Proposed permanent sea coast station for the United States Fish Commission xxxviii 



Ground already covered xxxviii 



Argument in favor of the south coast of New England xxxviii 



Reasons for selecting Wood's Holl in preference to Newport xxxix 



Subscriptions of private persons for the purchase of the necessary land xxxix 



Legislation by Massachusetts granting jurisdiction to the United States xl 



Suggestion of the acquisition of the Penikese buildings, and the leasons against it xl 



Survey of ground by S. W. Bowditch 1 . . . xl 



11. Action of Congress in connection with the proposed station xli 



Engineering work required for proper adaptation of the point selected to the work of 



the Commission xli 



Commercial arguments in favor of action by the Government xli 



Favorable action of Committee on Commerce in connection with the river and harbor 



bill of 1881 xli 



Passage of item in the bill of 1881 appropriating $52,000 xU 



Suspension of expenditure in 1882 xU 



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



12. The Senate committee on investigation of the menhaden fisheries xlii 



Objects of the undertaking xlii 



Work accomplished xliii 



13. The work of the Fishery Census of 1880, and its results xliii 



Recapitulation of the arrangement between the United States Fish Commission and the 



Superintendent of the Census xlui 



General scheme of the investigation, under seven heads xUv 



Names of special agents and regions to which they were assigned xlv 



Office force xlvi 



Work under the direction of Mr. Charlea W. Smiley xlvl 



