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LETTER 



FROM TIIE 



COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 



TKANSMITTING 



Ilis report for the year 1878. 



January l.'?, 1879. — Ordered to lie on the table aud be printed. 



United States Commission, Fish and Fisheries, 



Washington, I). C, January 9, 1879. 

 Gentlemen: I liave the honor to transmit hereAYith mj report for 

 the year 1878, as United States Commissioner of Fish aud 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-tishes into its 

 waters. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



SPEifCEK F. BAIRD, 



Commissioner. 

 Hon. Wm. a. Wheeler, 



Frcsident United States Senate, and 



Hon. S. J. Randall, 



Spealcer qf the House of Bcpresentutives. 



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