REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 21 



Notes on the Scotch methods of smoking haddocks, by Hugh M. Smith. Report for 

 1901, pp. 269-271. 



Notes on the fishes of Lake Ontario. An annotated Hst of the fishes known to occur 

 in Lake Champlain and its tributary waters. An annotated list of the fishes 

 known to occur in the St. Lawrence River. By B. W. Evermann and W. C. Ken- 

 dall. Report for 1901, pp. 209-240. 



A report on fishes collected in Mexico and Central America, by B. W. Evermann 

 and E. L. Goldsborough. Bulletin for 1901, pp. 137-159. 



The oi-ganic constituents of the scales of fish, bv E. H. Green and R. W. Tower. 

 Bulletin for 1901, pp. 97-102. ' . . . 



The reactions of copepods to various stimuli and the bearing of this on daily depth 

 migrations, by G. H. Parker. Bulletin for 1901, pp. 103-123. 



The gas in the swim-bladder of fishes. Biliary calculi in the squeteague, by R. W. 

 Tower. Bulletin for 1901, pp. 126-135, plate 21. 



Description of new species of shad {Alosa ohiensis), with notes on other food-fishes 

 of the Ohio River, by Barton Warren Evermann. Report for 1901, pp. 273-288. 



There have been distributed during the year 1,815 bound and 19,210 

 pamphlet publications of the Commission. 



The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., has pub- 

 lished under the general title, "Reports on the scientific results of the 

 expedition to the tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by 

 the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Alhatross^ from August, 1899, to 

 March, 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U. S. N., commanding": 



I. Preliminary report and list of stations, by Alexander Agassiz; with remarks 



on deep-sea deposits, by vSir John Murray. (Vol. xxvi. No. 1.) 

 II. Some species of Partula from Tahiti: A study in variation; by Alfred Golds- 

 borough Mayer. (Vol. xxvi. No. 2.) 

 III. Medusai, by Alexander Agassiz and Alfred Goldsborough Mayer. (Vol. xxvi, 

 No. 3.) 



APPROPRIATIONS. 



The appropriations available for conducting the Commission during 



the fiscal year 1902 wera as follows: 



Salaries - - - $234, 120 



Miscellaneous expenses: 



Administration 12, 500 



Propagation of food-fishes 175, 000 



■ Inquiry respecting food-fishes 22, 500 



Statistical inquiry 7, 500 



Maintenance of vessels 35, 000 



For improvement and enlargement of stations at — 



Green Lake, Me '. 4, 000 



Woods Hole, Mass 2, 000 



For purchfse of additional land and improvements at — 



San Marcos, Tex 8, 000 



Neosho, Mo _. ._. 7, 500 



For the construction of a steamboat for use on the Mississippi River 5, 000 



For the establishment of a lobster hatchery on the coast of Maine 10, 000 



For the establishment of a fish-cultural station at Tupelo, Miss 20, 000 



A report of the expenditure of these appropriations will be made to 

 Congress in accordance with law. 



George M. Bowers, 



Commissioner. 



