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  CONTENTS. 
  

  

  II.— 
  APPENDIX 
  TO 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER. 
  

  

  A.— 
  REPORTS 
  OF 
  STEAMERS 
  AND 
  STATIONS. 
  

  

  Page. 
  

  

  I. 
  Tanner, 
  Report 
  ON 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  steamer 
  Albatross 
  for 
  

  

  the 
  YEAR 
  ENDING 
  December 
  31, 
  1S85. 
  By 
  Lieut.-Commander 
  Z. 
  L. 
  Tanner, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Navy, 
  

   commanding. 
  Five 
  plates. 
  Special 
  index 
  3 
  

  

  II. 
  Piepmeyer. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  TJ. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  steamer 
  Fish 
  Hawk 
  

   for 
  the 
  tear 
  ending 
  December 
  31, 
  1885. 
  By 
  Lieut. 
  L. 
  "W. 
  Piepmeyer, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Navy, 
  com- 
  

   manding 
  ~ 
  91 
  

  

  III. 
  Smith. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  TJ. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  steamer 
  Lookout 
  for 
  

  

  the 
  year 
  ending 
  December 
  31, 
  1885. 
  By 
  Mate 
  James 
  A. 
  Smith, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Navy, 
  commanding. 
  97 
  

   'TV. 
  7IcD*nald. 
  Report 
  of 
  operations 
  at 
  the 
  trout-breeding 
  station 
  at 
  "Wytheville, 
  

   Va., 
  from 
  its 
  occupation 
  in 
  January, 
  1882, 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  1884. 
  By 
  Marshall 
  Mc- 
  

   Donald 
  103 
  

  

  V. 
  Mather. 
  Report 
  of 
  operations 
  at 
  Cold 
  Sprung 
  Harbor, 
  N. 
  T., 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  

   OF1885. 
  ByFredMather 
  109 
  

  

  VI. 
  Mather. 
  Report 
  of 
  eggs 
  shipped 
  to 
  and 
  received 
  from 
  foreign 
  countries 
  at 
  the 
  

   Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  (N. 
  T.) 
  station 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1885-'86, 
  and 
  the 
  distri- 
  

   bution 
  in 
  THE 
  spring 
  of 
  1886. 
  ByFredMather 
  117 
  

  

  VII. 
  Clark. 
  Report 
  of 
  operations 
  at 
  the 
  Northville 
  and 
  the 
  Alpena 
  (Mich.) 
  

   stations 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  18S5-'S6. 
  By 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Clark 
  121 
  

  

  vni. 
  Stone. 
  Report 
  of 
  operations 
  at 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  salmon 
  and 
  trout 
  stations 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  McCloud 
  River, 
  Caufornia, 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1885. 
  By 
  Livingston 
  Stone 
  131 
  

  

  IX. 
  Atkins. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  Penobscot 
  salmon 
  in 
  1885-'86. 
  By 
  Charles 
  

  

  G. 
  Atkins 
  141 
  

  

  X. 
  Atkins. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  Schoodic 
  salmon 
  in 
  1885-'86. 
  By 
  Charles 
  

  

  G. 
  Atkins 
  145 
  

  

  XI. 
  Blackford. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  oyster 
  investigation 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  with 
  the 
  steamer 
  

   Lookout. 
  By 
  Eugene 
  G. 
  Blackford 
  157 
  

  

  XII. 
  Bavenel. 
  Report 
  of 
  operations 
  at 
  Saint 
  Jerome 
  oyster-breeding 
  station 
  during 
  

  

  1885. 
  By 
  "W. 
  deC. 
  Ravenel 
  165 
  

  

  XIII. 
  Kidder. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  thermometers 
  of 
  the 
  H. 
  S. 
  Commission 
  of 
  Fish 
  and 
  

   Fisheries. 
  By 
  J. 
  H. 
  Kidder, 
  M. 
  D 
  185 
  

  

  B.— 
  THE 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  XIV. 
  Collins. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  discovery 
  and 
  investigation 
  of 
  fishing-grounds 
  made 
  

   by 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  steamer 
  Albatross 
  durlng 
  a 
  cruise 
  along 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  

   coast 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  with 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  Gulf 
  FisHERms. 
  By 
  Capt. 
  J. 
  

  

  "W. 
  Collins. 
  Ten 
  plates. 
  Specialindex 
  217 
  

  

  XV. 
  Strom. 
  Extracts 
  fbom 
  the 
  Norwegian 
  fishery 
  statistics 
  fob 
  1884. 
  By 
  Boye 
  

   Strom 
  313 
  

  

  XVI. 
  Anonymous. 
  The 
  manufacture 
  'of 
  klip-fish. 
  From 
  the 
  Norsk 
  Fiskeritidende... 
  325 
  

  

  XVII. 
  Bouchon-Brandely. 
  Pearls 
  and 
  mother-of-pearl 
  at 
  Tahiti 
  and 
  the 
  Tua- 
  

  

  motu 
  Archipelago. 
  By 
  G. 
  Boachon-Brandely 
  — 
  - 
  363 
  

  

  C— 
  OYSTER 
  CULTURE. 
  

  

  XVIII. 
  Byder. 
  An 
  exposition 
  of 
  the 
  principles 
  of 
  a 
  rational 
  system 
  op 
  oyster 
  cult- 
  

  

  UBE, 
  TOGETHER 
  WITH 
  AN 
  ACCOUNT 
  OF 
  A 
  NEW 
  AND 
  PRACTICAL 
  METHOD 
  OF 
  OBTAINING 
  

  

  oyster 
  spat 
  on 
  a 
  scale 
  of 
  commercial 
  importance. 
  By 
  John 
  A. 
  Ryder. 
  Four 
  plates. 
  

   Special 
  index 
  - 
  381 
  

  

  D.— 
  SCIENTIFIC 
  INVESTIGATION. 
  

  

  XTX. 
  Byder. 
  On 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  Cetacea, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  consideration 
  

  

  OF 
  THE 
  PROBABLE 
  HOMOLOGIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  FLUKES 
  OF 
  CETACEANS 
  AND 
  SlRENIANS. 
  By 
  John 
  

  

  A.Ryder. 
  Threeplates. 
  Specialindex 
  427 
  

  

  XX. 
  Byder. 
  On 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  osseous 
  fishes, 
  including 
  marine 
  and 
  fresh- 
  

   water 
  forms. 
  By 
  John 
  A.Ryder. 
  Thirty 
  plates 
  — 
  ~ 
  489 
  

  

  