CONTENTS. IX 



Page. 

 Vn. The carp and its culture in rivers and lakes, etc.— Continued. 



C. Tho calturo of carp and construction of ponds — Continued. 



7. Feeding the carp , 895 



8. Extent of carp-culture in Europe 896 



9. The table qualities 807 



Vin. The PRorAGATioN AND DISTRIBUTION OF SHAD. By James "W. Milncr 901 



A. Operations in 1876 901 



1. Station on the Potomac River iiOl 



2. Stations at the head of Chesapeake Bay 902 



3. Station on the Connecticut River at South Hadley Falls, Mass 903 



B. Tables of shad propagation in 1876 905 



IX. On the collection of jggs of Schoodic salmon in 1875 and 1876. By Charles G. Atkins. . . 910 



A. Notes on the species 910 



1. Nomenclature 910 



2. Distribution and habits of Schoodic salmoa 911 



B. Spawn-gathering in 1875 914 



1. General plan of operations 914 



2. Taking spawn 916 



3. Distribution of the eggs 917 



C. Spawn-gathering in 1876 918 



1. Preparations 918 



2. Taking fish and spawn 918 



3. Development and distribution 919 



X. Operations on the McCloud River in salmon-breeding in 1875. By Livingston Stone ... 921 



A. Preparation 921 



B. The salmon-eggs 921 



1. Taking spawn 9i>l 



2. Shipment of the eggs 923 



3. Labor and cost of the eggs 9-;;4 



4. Summary of results 925 



C. Tables of temperature and condition of eggs 926 



D. List of natural-history collections 932 



XI. Operations on the McCloud River in salmon-rreedixg in 1876. By Livingston Stone 935 



A. Condition of the station 935 



B. Controversy regarding ownership of fishery 936 



C. Beginning of the season 938 



D. Taking the salmon-eggs 940 



E. The shipment of eggs and hatching the surplus 943 



F. Foreign demand for salmon-eggs 945 



G. The establishment of new stations 946 



H. Tables exhibiting the work and observations 947 



L Re.servation of the McCIoud River fishery by the President 9.55 



XII. Corresp;;kdence relating to the exportation of fishes and fish-hatching apparatus 



TO New Zealand, Gekmant, &c 959 



A. The shipments made in 1875 to New Zealand 9.59 



B. Shipments of fish-ova in 1876 to New Zealand 963 



C. Shipments of apparatus to Germany, and correspondence 1003 



D. Address made at the meeting of the German Fishery Association, at Berlin, March 16, 1877, 

 by Mr. von Behr-Schmoldow, president of the association, member of the German Parlia- 

 ment 1014 



Alphabetical Index 1025 



