CONTENTS, V 



Page. 



U. PlTJLICATIONS OF TUE FI6U COMinBSION I'S 1884 ixxiv 



Annuul reports xxiv 



Fisli Commission bulletins xxxv 



MisceUanoons pamphlets „ xxxv 



Carp pamptileta xxxvii 



Editing of publications in charge of C. "W. Smiley ixx^ii 



12. The Wood's Holl Station nxvii 



Desirability of artificially propagating sea fishes ixxvii 



Acquisition of land and titles xxxvii 



Erection of buildings xxxvii 



The pier and breakwater xxxvii 



Propagation of oysters xxxviii 



Visits of American and foreign naturalists xxxviii 



Gnlf Stream exploration xxxviii 



Propagation of codfish '. xxxix 



13. INVKSTIGATIOXS IX LONG ISLAXD SOUNU XXXix 



Workof Dr. TarletonH. Bean xl 



14. Iceland hai.iuut fishery xl 



Cruises of three Gloucester vessels xl 



15. IN^'EST1GATI0SS OF THE SHAD FISHERIES OF FLORIDA, GEORGLA, AND SOUTH CaBOLINA .. xU 



Movements of the steamer Fish Hawk xli 



16. Investigation of the fisheries for whitefish in the Gkeat Lakes xli 



Workof Mr. F. N. Clark ; xlu 



Proposed census «f Great Lakes fisheries in 1885 xlii 



17. Mortality of fish xlii 



Fish pestilence in the Gulf of Mexico xlii 



Pestilence in Wisconsin lakes and conjectures as to the cause xlii 



Workof Prof. S. A.Forbes xliii 



B.— INQUIRY INTO THE HISTORY AND STATISTICS OF FOOD-FISHES. 



18. The work of the fishery census of 1880 and its results xliii 



Progress in printing the quarto fisheries report xliii 



Table of contents xliv 



19. The black cod of the Pacific xliv 



Efi"orts of Mr. James G. Swan . xliv 



20. Use of cod gill-nets xliv 



Extent of the fishery and cost of nets xliv 



Proposed introduction to Puget Sound xliv 



21. Investigation of the oyster fisheries of the New York waters xlv 



Workof Mr. E.G. Blackford xlv 



22. Law of Congress in regard to the fisheries of the District of Columbia xlv 



Jseed of legislation xlv 



Copy of the law for the protection of fish in the Potomac xlv 



C— THE INCREASE OF FOOD-FISHES. 



23. By peotecti\'e measures xlvi 



Protection of the Potomac fisheries by legislation xlvi 



Work of Col. M. McDonald xlvi 



Injuriousness of gas-works refuse xlvi 



24. Species of fish cultivated and distributed in 1884 ilvii 



General list of species covered by the op orations of the Commission xlvii 



a. The Codfish iGadus morrhua). 



The Wood's Holl Station xlviii 



h. The Rockfisb or Striped Bass (Eoccus lineatug). 



The Weldon (North Carolina) Station xlvlli 



e. The 'White&Hla. (Ooregonus clupeiforinia). 



The Northville Station xlix 



Tlie Alpena Station 1 



The Cold Spring Harbor Station 1 



The Central Station 1 



d. The ITIoranke (Coregonus albula). 



e. The Crrayling (Thymallus tricolor). 



The Xorthville Station 11 



The Wytheville Station U 



/. The Brook Trout (Saivelinusfontinalia). 



The North ville Station H 



The Cold Spring Harbor Station 'il 



