.VI II CONTENTS. 



Paga. 



13. TuE WOKK OF THE FisHEBr Censls OF 1880, A^'D ITS EESULT6— Continued. 



Preparation of reports xlvi 



Special report on the fisheries to be published by the United States Fish Commission xlvii 



Report to be published by the Superintendent of the Census xlviii; 



The two series completing a full history of the fisheries xlviii 



List of Fishery Bulletins prepared under the direction of Mr. G-. Brown Goode, and pub- 

 lished by the Census Otiice xlix 



List of special reports published 1 



General results of the Fishery-Census investigation li 



14. I^CVtSTIGATIOX OF ALLEGED DESTKUCTION OF THE TILE FISH lii 



The schooner Josie Reeves chartered lii 



Capt. J. W. Collins and Mr. B. Phillips a committee of investigation lii 



General results of the trip lii 



Ko tile fish found lii 



A new food-fish found lii 



15. The POLE FLOUNDEE lii 



Increased range of the species ascertained liii 



16. Models of the fishing grounds liii 



17. Fungus diseases of fish liii 



18. WoKK done at Wood's Holl in 1882 liii 



Arrangements for accommodations auving the year liv 



Party accompanying the Commissioner liv 



General work of the Fish Hawk liv 



Report on the fishes collected by the Fish Hawk liv 



19. Investigation of the fishes of the Adikondacks bt Dk. C. Hart MERRLiM Uv 



C— THE PROPAGATION AND INCREASE OF FOOD-FISHES. 



20. By protective measures enforced by law when necessary Iv 



Preventing wasteful and willful destruction of adults or young Iv 



Excluding poisonous or injurious waste from the water Iv 



Removal of artificial or natural obstructions or of injurious engines of capture Ivi 



Erection of flshways Ivii 



21. By human or artificial agencies Iviii 



Transportation offish from one region to another Iviii 



Artificial propagation Iviii 



22. FisHWAY over the Great Falls of the Potomac lis 



Cause of decrease in the fish of the river lis 



Legislation on the subject in connection with that of increased water supply lis 



Correspondence of United States Fish Commission with Congressional committee and 



authorities of the District lis 



Law authorizing construction of a fish way Ixii 



Appropriation for the purpose Isii 



Surveys made Ixii 



23. Distribution of fish eggs and young fish Ixiii 



General methods of distribution Ixiii 



Building of a second car Ixiii 



Extra trucks needed for narrow-gauge tracks Isiii 



24. Species of fish cultivated and distributed in 1882 Ixiii 



General list of species covered by the operations of the Commission Ixiii 



a. The Whitofisli (Coregonus clupei/ormis). 



The Iforthville and Alpena stations Ixiv 



Penning of fish in order to secure their eggs Ixv 



Special distribution to Eagle Lake, Mount Desert Island, Maine Lsvii 



b. The Atlantic or Peuobscot Salmon {Salmo salar). 



The Bncksport, Me., station Ixviii 



The Roslyn, K. T., station Ixviii 



c. Tbe !^choodic or Liand-locked Halmou (Salmo salar snh-ap. sebago). 



The Grand Lake Stream, Maine, station Ixix 



The Roslyn, X. T., station Is.-i 



d. The Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush). 



The KorthviUe, Mich., station Ixx 



e. The Quinnat or California Salmon (Oncorhynchus chouicha) . 



The McCloud River station Ixx 



