66 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
for the entire State are: 6,457 Americans, 2,227 British Provincials, and 
2,076 other foreigners. The attention which the subject of the person- 
nel of the United States fishing marine has from time to time received 
makes it advisable to give prominence to this error and correction. 
Report on an Investigation of the Fisheries of Lake Ontario. (Bulletin, 1890.) 
This paper is based on an inquiry conducted by the writer in August 
and. September, 1891, into the fisheries of Lake Ontario, and is pre- 
liminary to an account of the fishing industry of this lake which will 
appear in a general report on the entire Great Lakes basin. Owing to 
the interest which attaches to the subject of the preservation, protec- 
tion, and propagation of the fishes of the lake, it was thought proper 
to expedite the publication of the results of the investigation. 
A Statistical Report on the Fisheries of the Gulf States. (Bulletin, 1890.) 
Of all the coastal regions of the United States none has been less 
known as regards its fishery interests than the States bordering on the 
Gulf of Mexico. No complete account of the fishing industry had been 
printed for more than a decade, and the actual condition and needs of 
the various branches of the fisheries, many of which are peculiar to 
this section, were entirely unknown. This paper, based on investiga- 
tions made in 1890-91, mentioned in the previous report of the division, 
contains complete statistics of the fisheries of each State, together 
with descriptive text and comparisons with 1880. 
Report on the Fisheries of the South Atlantic States. (Bulletin, 1891.) 
This paper contains a detailed statistical account of the important 
coast and river fisheries of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 
and eastern Florida, together with explanatory and descriptive text. 
In a special chapter the fisheries are considered by river basins, and 
full statistical data are presented for each important stream. The value 
of the paper is enhanced by the addition of 82 plates representing all 
the important and most of the rarer food-fishes of this region. The 
basis for this report is an original field investigation carried on by this 
division in 1890 and 1891. 
Report on a Collection of Fishes from the Albemarle Region of North Carolina. 
(Bulletin, 1891.) 
This paper is based on an inquiry made during the last fiscal year and 
outlined in my previous report on the division. The physical features 
of the waters in which collections were made are described, the fish 
found in the different localities are listed, and notes are given on their 
habits, abundance, ete. While primarily a contribution to a knowledge 
of the fish fauna of the region, much information regarding the com-— 
mercial fishes is presented. 
AS in previous years, a considerable amount of statistical and descrip- 
tive matter has been specially prepared for State authorities and other 
persons. In October a statistical and descriptive report on the fish- 
eries of North Carolina, based on the field work of the division, was 
