CONTENTS. VII 



Work ACCOMrusHED in 1878— Continued. 

 The Atlantic i^alinon — Continued. 



General summary of facts of increase of salmon xxix 



Rivers of Maine xxix 



The Merrimac xxix 



Soutli coast of New England xxix 



The Connecticut xxx 



The Hudson xxx 



The Delaware xxx 



The Susquehanna xxxi 



Reference to appendix for full details xxxi 



Necessity of State legislation to keep up the supply xxxii 



Tbe 8choodic Halniou ; land-Socked salmon [Salmo salar, snhsp. sebago) xxxii 



Grand Lake Stream station xxxii 



Nature and distribution of this fish xxxii 



Merits of the fish xxxiii 



"Work in previous years at other stations xxxiii 



Dates of beginning and ending the taking of eggs xxxiii 



Statistics of take of eggs xxxiv 



Importance of artificial propagation from these fish xxsiv 



Diflerence in results with the Schoodic and the sea salmon xxxiv 



Sebago station xxxiv 



The White Fish (Corcgonus cliipeiformis) xxxv 



'Northville (Mich.) station xxxv 



Distribution of impregnated eggs xxxv 



The $9had {Alosa sapidisaima) xxxv 



General remarks xxxv 



Albemarle Sound station xxxv 



Assistance rendered by the departments xsxvi 



Equipment and apparatus xxxvi 



Commencement of work xxxvi 



Results of the season xxxvi 



Abundance of herring xxxvi 



Acknowledgments to CoL Marshal Parks xxxvii 



Potomac River station xxxvii 



Havre de Grace station xxxvii 



Shipment of fish xxxvii 



Visits of the President and others xxxvii 



Total yield of shad for the season xxxvi 



Rappahannock station of Colonel McDonald xxxvii 



General result of shad-planting in the United States xxxvii 



The Sacramento River xxxviii 



The Mississippi Valley xxxviii 



At Louisville xxxviii 



Other points xxxviii 



Short rivers of the Gulf of Mexico xxxix 



The Roanoke River xxxix 



The May shad xxxix 



The Sea Herring (Chipea harengus) xxxi-x 



The Gloucester station xxxix 



Experiments by Mr. Clark xxxix 



Norman's Land station xxxix 



Experiments of Vinal Edwards xxxix 



Experiments of Dr. Meyer, of Kiel xl 



The Carp (Gyprinus carijio) xl 



The Di-uid Hill Park station xl 



The Washington station xl 



Appropriation by Congress for the Monument Lot pond xl 



Transfer of part of the fish from Druid Hill Park, Baltimore xli 



The Arsenal pond xli 



Freezing of the jwnds no injury to the fish xlii 



The Cod (Qadus morrhv.d) xlii. 



The Gloucester station xlii 



Initiation of the enterprise xliii 



Facilities for the work at Gloucester xliii 



Previous investigations of Sars xliii 



