﻿CONTENTS. 
  V 
  

  

  Page. 
  

   7. 
  Courtesies 
  extended 
  by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  to 
  foreign 
  countries— 
  Continued. 
  

   Shipment 
  of 
  fish 
  or 
  fish-eggs— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  To 
  Mexico 
  xli 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Netherlands 
  xlii 
  

  

  To 
  Scotland 
  xlii 
  

  

  To 
  Switzerland 
  xlii 
  

  

  & 
  Services 
  rendered 
  to 
  others 
  xlii 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  steamer 
  Monohanset 
  xlii 
  

  

  9. 
  Participation 
  in 
  international 
  exhibitions 
  xliii 
  

  

  A.— 
  London 
  ,1883 
  xliii 
  

  

  Prizes 
  awarded 
  xliii 
  

  

  B. 
  — 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  1885 
  — 
  - 
  xliii 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  the 
  exhibit 
  xliT 
  

  

  Exhibit 
  of 
  hatching 
  operations 
  on 
  fish-car 
  xliv 
  

  

  Exhibit 
  of 
  steamer 
  Albatross 
  xlv 
  

  

  20. 
  Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Fisheries 
  Society 
  xlv 
  

  

  Papers 
  read 
  and 
  their 
  authors 
  xlv 
  

  

  Excursion 
  on 
  the 
  Fish 
  Hawk 
  xlvii 
  

  

  Officers 
  elected 
  xlvii 
  

  

  11. 
  Publications 
  of 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  in 
  1885 
  xlviii 
  

  

  Annual 
  reports 
  ». 
  xlviii 
  

  

  The 
  annual 
  bulletin 
  xlviii 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  pamphlets 
  xlviii 
  

  

  Carp 
  publications 
  xlix 
  

  

  Editing 
  of 
  publications 
  inohargeof 
  C. 
  W. 
  Smiley 
  xlix 
  

  

  32. 
  The 
  Wood's 
  HollStation 
  xlix 
  

  

  Its 
  importance 
  and 
  facilities 
  xlix 
  

  

  Erection 
  of 
  buildings 
  xlix 
  

  

  Work 
  in 
  the 
  laboratory 
  1 
  

  

  Collections 
  brought 
  in 
  by 
  the 
  Albatross 
  1 
  

  

  Clams 
  brought 
  from 
  Paget 
  Sound 
  - 
  1 
  

  

  Propagation 
  of 
  codfish 
  • 
  li 
  

  

  Experiments 
  with 
  oysters 
  li 
  

  

  13. 
  Visits 
  of 
  foreign 
  specialists 
  — 
  li 
  

  

  Mr. 
  J. 
  K. 
  TJchimura, 
  from 
  Japan 
  . 
  li 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Heape, 
  from 
  England 
  li 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  T. 
  Silk, 
  from 
  England 
  „ 
  „ 
  li 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Filip 
  Tryborn, 
  from 
  Sweden 
  li 
  

  

  14. 
  Iceland 
  halibut 
  fishery 
  li 
  

  

  Cruises 
  of 
  six 
  Gloucester 
  vessels 
  li 
  

  

  15. 
  Smoked 
  ktngfish 
  lii 
  

  

  Abundance 
  and 
  cost 
  of 
  kingfish 
  lii 
  

  

  Experiments 
  in 
  curing 
  liii 
  

  

  Their 
  edible 
  qualities 
  — 
  liii 
  

  

  16. 
  Chemical 
  composition 
  and 
  nutritive 
  value 
  of 
  fish 
  liii 
  

  

  Tnvestigatipn 
  conducted 
  by 
  Professor 
  Atwater 
  liii 
  

  

  Monograph 
  of 
  results 
  in 
  preparation 
  liv 
  

  

  Statement 
  of 
  some 
  conclusions 
  already 
  reached 
  liv 
  

  

  17. 
  TURBOT 
  AND 
  SOLES 
  lv 
  

  

  Previous 
  attempts 
  to 
  acclimate 
  them 
  „ 
  lv 
  

  

  Preparations 
  for 
  propagating 
  them 
  at 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  lv 
  

  

  Failure 
  of 
  certain 
  attempts 
  at 
  shipment 
  lv 
  

  

  Nine 
  soles 
  received 
  alive 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Blackford 
  lvi 
  

  

  18. 
  Sponges 
  for 
  Australia 
  lvi 
  

  

  Living 
  sponges 
  asked 
  for, 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  sent 
  lvi 
  

  

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

  

  19. 
  Progress 
  in 
  printing 
  the 
  quarto 
  fisheries 
  reports 
  Ivii 
  

  

  Publication 
  of 
  Section 
  I 
  in 
  two 
  volumes 
  Ivii 
  

  

  Tables 
  of 
  contents 
  of 
  Sections 
  II 
  to 
  V 
  Ivii 
  

  

  20. 
  Investigations 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  lx 
  

  

  Danger 
  of 
  whitefish 
  fisheries 
  becoming 
  exhausted 
  lx 
  

  

  Investigation 
  of 
  results 
  in 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Clark 
  lx 
  

  

  Investigation 
  of 
  Great 
  Lakes, 
  under 
  direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Earll 
  Lxi 
  

  

  Plan 
  of 
  operations 
  in 
  investigation 
  lxi 
  

  

  