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  of 
  fishes, 
  

   (J. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  

  

  UNITED 
  STATES 
  COMMISSION 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  PA.RT 
  XIII. 
  

  

  REPORT 
  

  

  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  

  

  1885. 
  

  

  A.--INQUIRY 
  INTO 
  THE 
  DECREASE 
  OF 
  FOOD-FISHES. 
  

   B.— 
  THE 
  PROPAGATION 
  OF 
  FOOD-FISHES 
  IN 
  THE 
  

   WATERS 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  

  

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  GOVEE 
  

  

  WASHINGTON: 
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  1887. 
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