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APPENDIX B.—DEEP-SEA RESEARCH. . 
age. 
1. A. E. Verrill. D&scrRIPTION OF SOMF OF THE APPARATUS USED BY THE UNITED STATES 
COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES IN DREDGING OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. By A. E. 
Welt ie cccesitecstcciosuwacieaes SOceBenSc ASC IESHEOneeHsS wiccbobekcucdcicceccsscevesisseactecccseas 65 
APPENDIX C.—THE SEA FISHERIES. 
IV. C. Trolle. THE ICELAND FisHERIES. By C. Trolle, first lieutenant, Danish navy-....... 17 
V. Axel Vilhelm Ljungman. THE BOHUS-LAN SEA FISHERIES AND THEIR FUTURE. By . 
PAcel Vilhelm UNeMAMetcicclesccsecinsiseantncss ae eencawecesrecwiaccecenacemanas ssc est saewiec we 89 
VI. Axel Vilhelm Ljungman. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE GOVERNMENT WITH RE- 
GARD TO THE GREAT BOHUS-LAN HERRING FISHERIES. By Axel Vilhelm Ljungman....-....-.. 99 
VU. 0.8. Jemsem. REPORT ON THE PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE 
SPRING HERRING FISHERIES DURING THE YEAR 1880, SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
InTERIOR. By O.S. Jensen, curator of the Bergen Museum. .............-.---------- seen e ne 127 
VIL Lan SARDINE MISHERIES, rom Piskert Tidentlecaccscas secacctene cnocecclcacscectics conse 163 
IX. G. @. Sars. REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ON THE PRACTICAL 
AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE FINMARK CAPELAN FISHERIES, MADE DURING THE 
SERING OF THE YHAR S79. By Prof.'G.'O. Sars, 22. scence evitoeasaisesseeleesecaacesensseasccee 167 
X. Newton P. Scudder. THE HALIBUT FISHERY, DAVIS’ STRAIT. By Newton P. Scudder, 
PAI Mie acranidenanciscawincissciacellse acct ses cctinesisismatsssiieecicaiiede seco cm cenens cecsenlcecslastees 189 
APPENDIX D.—ECONOMIC RESEARCH. 
XI. W. O. Atwater. REPORT OF PROGRESS OF AN INVESTIGATION OF THE CHEMICAI, COMPOSI- 
TION AND ECONOMIC VALUES OF THE FISH AND INVERTEBRATES USED FOR FOOD. UNDERTAKEN 
FOR THE UNITED STATES FISH CoMMIssion. By W.O. Atwater, Ph. D., professor of chemis- 
try, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn........ 2-0. -.eene. nee e eee ween ce connec cence ene 231 
APPENDIX E.—NATURAL HISTORY. 
XI. G. Brown Goode. MATERIALS FOR A HISTORY OF THE SWORD FISHES. By G. Brown 
(CITI Osco Cotas S SSS BOSS HOHE TeS SEDER CSE SSN See sn0 HOSA OAlatn S05 HEH DOOSSHESGerS OLS Hera Se Cana sae 287 
XII. R. Edward Earll. THE SPANISH MACKEREL, Cybium maculatum (MitcH.) AG.; ITS 
NATURAL HISTORY AND ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVEL- 
OPMENT OF THE FISHERY, Dyrk., id wand Marll: Soon saiscajoetcision asc eclee acetca(e cise in alate Qntcicet 395 
XIV. EF. Miescher-BRiisch. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BIOLOGY OF THE RHINE SALMON. By Dr. 
F.. Miescher-Riisch, professor of physiology at Basel. ........-..2-. cenncacncnes coccnecccscces 427 
APPENDIX F.—PROPAGATION OF FOOD-FISHES.—GENERAL CONSID- 
ERATIONS. 
XV. MI. C. Raveret-Wattel. REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF PISCICULTURE IN FOREIGN COUN- 
TRIES, FROM DOCUMENTS COLLECTED AT THE INTERNATIONAL FISHERY EXPOSITION AT BERLIN, 
1880) Bye Mic C aR averet-\ Witte laces coma nn oenerciewsewaselcecinnnls ewe ols asecisasesc-caniaceeesee 477 
XVI. J. P. J. Holtz. THE ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION OF FISH. By J.P. J. Koltz...........- 491 
XVII. MI. Ducastel. THE TRANSFORMATION OF SALT MARSHES INTO FISH PONDS. By M. Du- 
GR Iell occas ccd GR SEGERe GS SBN EES SE GS DEO BES ESCO SC BOR COSE CONCH ECE COO SHE HOO ORE ORTESSOReBoEeSsos 517 
XVIII. Adolf Gasch. Pond CULTIVATION ON THE KANIOW ESTATE (DISTRICT OF BIALA 
GALICA), THE PROPERTY OF HIs IMPERIAL HIGHNESS ARCHDUKE ALBRECHT OF AUSTRIA. By 
Adolf. Gasch, the .present farmer Of KaniGWwccassssecesedctsnccseascescecss nese cedecceceece ce 533 
XIX. E. Reichardt. THE INJURIOUS INFLUENCE ON PISCICULTURE OF THE RETTING WATER OF 
RLAX AND HEMP. Dy tu. ROICNALAt a ccsceatecescheccnestmocsessasensrccacecuercsasecces SASS 545 
APPENDIX G.—PROPAGATION OF FOOD-FISHES.—SPECIAL APPLICA- 
TIONS. 
XX. Frank N. Clark. REPORT OF OPERATIONS CONNECTED WITH THE PROPAGATION OF 
WHITEFISH (Coregonus albus) AT THE NORTHVILLE STATION, NORTHVILLE, MICH., FOR THE 
REASON/ORFISSU— ol. ey MrankeN Clark dm ChargOssctcscecccescsanascssitoccaescccease access 553 
XXI. Livingston Stome. REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT THE UNITED STATES SALMON-HATCH- 
ING STATION ON THE MCCLOUD RIVER, CALIFORNIA, DURING THE SEASON OF 1880. By Living- 
SLOMISLONG ee eeee see eee ania esacos eee cece cre stem cen coe tenes caeeneseabeces cut denecensoese 597 
XXII. Livingston Stone. REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT THE UNITED STATES TROUT-PONDS 
ON THE McCLOUD RIVER, CALIFORNIA, DURING THE SEASON OF 1880. By Livingston Stone.. 615 
