K. CONTENTS. 



I. O. Brown doode. A msTonv of the kenhapek— Continued. Page. 



Appendix L. Procccdiues of the I'nitcd States Menhaden Oil and Gnano Association 358 



Appendix M. Annual reporta of menhaden oil and g\iano manufacturers in the State of 



Maine 368 



Appendix N. Statements of correspondents 373 



Appendix O. Miscellaneous items regarding the use of iish for manure 483 



Appendix P. Exports of menhaden oil from the port of Xew York from January, 1875, to 



July, 1878 503 



Appendix Q. Supplementary works, September 22, 1S7S 506 



(FoT list of illustrations, occupying 31 plates, see page 13.) 



II. Karl Danibeck. Geographical disteibutiox of the Gadid.«;, or the cod fajviilt, ln' 

 ITS relation to fisheries and commerce. By Karl Damheck. Translated from the 



German 531 



A. Characteristics of the Gadidcc 531 



B. General distribution 534 



C. The Arctic region of the Gadidce 536 



D. The Atlantic region of the Gadidfc 543 



E. The Pacific region of the Oadidce 545 



E. Distribution and fishing of the ditfei'ent species 547 



G. Fisheries and trade 555 



III. Anoiiyuioiis. An account of the Loffoi'EN Islands of Norway. Translated by H. 



Jacobsou from the German 559-564 



IT. €J. ©. Sars. EEroKT of practical and scientific investigations of the cod fisheries 

 NEAR the Loffoden Islands, made during the tears lS64-'69. By G. 0. Sars. Trans- 

 lated by H. Jacobson from the Norwegian 565 



A. Report for 1864 565 



B. Report for 1865 * 581 



C. Report for 1866 and 1807 587 



I. Report for 1868 and 1869 500 



V. O. O. Sars. Report of practical and scientific investigations on the cod fisheries 

 NEAR THE LoFFODEN ISLANDS, MADE DURING THE YEARS lS70-'73. By G. 0. Sars. Trans- 

 lated from the Norwegian by H. Jacobson 612 



A. Report for 1870 612 



B. Report for 1871 03!) 



C. Report for 1872 035 



D. Report for 1873 043-062 



VI. Cr. ©. Sars. Report made to the Department of the Interior of investigations 



OF the salt-water fisheries of Norway during the years 1874-77. By Prof. G. O. 



Sars. Translated from the Norwegian by H. Jacobson 663 



I. Report for 1874 603 



II. Report for 1875 607 



A. The mackerel fisheries of our Southern and "Western coasts 667 



B. The lobster and the lobster fisheries on our Southern and "Western coasts 674 



C. On drag-net fishing on the coast from Nevlunghaven to Tonsbergfiord 680 



HI. Extracts from Prof G. O. Sara' report on the Norwegian Atlantic expedition of 1870. . 681 



A. Zoological observations 681 



B. Investigation of the salt-water fisheries 687 



N. Preliminary report on the zoological obsei-vations made during the second Nor- 

 wegian polar expedition of 1877 692 



Y. Report on the practical and scientific investigation of the salt-water fisheries, 



made during the second Norwegian polar expedition of 1877 698-706 



VII. M. Friele. An account OF the fisheries OF Norway in 1877. ByM. Frielo. Trans- 

 lated from the French by J. Paul "Wilson 707 



A. Introduction 707 



B. The cod fishery 707 



1. Apparatus used in the cod fishery 710 



2. The daily fishing 713 



3. Quality of tlie cod 715 



4. Preparation of the cod 710 



5. Preparation of the oil ' 717 



6. Roe 718 



7. Other species of the genus Gadus 718 



8. The cod-fish trade 722 



