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LETTER 



FROM THE 



COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 



TRAJS'SMITTING 



B*s report for the year 1876-'77. 



March 27, 1878. — Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 



United States Commission, Fish and Fisheries, 



Washington, March 18, 1878. 



Gentlemen : In compliance witli tlie order of Congress I have tlie 

 honor to transmit lierewitli my report for the yeat 187G-'77, as United 

 States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, embracing, first, 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. BAIRD, 



Commissiooier. 

 Hon. Wm. a. Wheeler, 



President United States Senate, and 

 Hon. S. J. Randall, 



8])eaTcer of the House of Representatives. 



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