﻿XLVIII 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Treasurer. 
  — 
  £3. 
  G. 
  Blackford, 
  of 
  Brooklyn, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   Recording 
  secretary. 
  — 
  Fred 
  Mather, 
  of 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   Corresponding 
  secretary 
  — 
  W. 
  V. 
  Cox, 
  of 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

   The 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Prof. 
  G. 
  Brown 
  Goode, 
  of 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  Boland 
  Bedmond, 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  George 
  S. 
  Page, 
  of 
  Stanley, 
  N. 
  J. 
  

  

  W. 
  L. 
  May, 
  of 
  Fremont, 
  Nebr. 
  

  

  Frank 
  N. 
  Clark, 
  of 
  Northville, 
  Mich. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  James 
  A. 
  Henshall, 
  of 
  Cynthiana, 
  Ky. 
  

  

  S. 
  G. 
  Worth, 
  of 
  Raleigh, 
  N. 
  C. 
  

  

  11. 
  — 
  PUBLICATIONS 
  IN 
  1885. 
  

  

  Reports. 
  — 
  The 
  report 
  for 
  1883 
  (Vol. 
  XI) 
  was 
  completed, 
  and 
  much 
  prog- 
  

   ress 
  made 
  upon 
  the 
  report 
  for 
  1881 
  (Vol. 
  XII) 
  during 
  the 
  present 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  printing 
  of 
  the 
  report 
  for 
  1885 
  (Vol. 
  XIII) 
  having 
  been 
  ordered 
  

   by 
  joint 
  resolution 
  of 
  Congress 
  March 
  2, 
  1885, 
  several 
  monographs 
  were 
  

   handed 
  to 
  the 
  Public 
  Printer, 
  including 
  a 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Fishes 
  of 
  

   North 
  America, 
  by 
  Prof. 
  D. 
  S. 
  Jordan, 
  of 
  which 
  extra 
  copies 
  were 
  

   printed 
  for 
  immediate 
  distribution. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  quarto 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  Fishing 
  Industries 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  was 
  issued 
  in 
  two 
  volumes, 
  one 
  of 
  text 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  plates, 
  

   in 
  December 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  year. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  copies 
  distributed 
  

   by 
  the 
  Commission 
  and 
  by 
  members 
  of 
  Congress, 
  a 
  considerable 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  have 
  been 
  purchased 
  by 
  interested 
  persons 
  from 
  the 
  Public 
  Printer 
  

   at 
  the 
  low 
  price 
  of 
  $2.45 
  for 
  both 
  volumes, 
  Congress 
  having 
  made 
  pro- 
  

   vision 
  therefor 
  in 
  the 
  resolution 
  ordering 
  the 
  printing. 
  

  

  Bulletins. 
  — 
  The 
  bulletin 
  for 
  the 
  current 
  year 
  (Vol. 
  Y) 
  was 
  commenced 
  

   promptly 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  the 
  first 
  signature 
  bearing 
  date 
  

   of 
  January 
  19, 
  1885; 
  and 
  sets 
  of 
  signatures 
  were 
  mailed 
  to 
  foreign 
  and 
  

   domestic 
  correspondents 
  March 
  12, 
  August 
  22, 
  September 
  5, 
  October 
  

   20, 
  and 
  November 
  7. 
  At 
  the 
  latter 
  date 
  the 
  entire 
  volume 
  was 
  in 
  type, 
  

   and 
  there 
  only 
  remained 
  the 
  press- 
  work 
  aud 
  binding 
  of 
  the 
  regular 
  edi- 
  

   tion. 
  This 
  was 
  completed 
  and 
  the 
  edition 
  distributed 
  in 
  March, 
  1886. 
  

  

  Pamphlets. 
  — 
  Six 
  papers 
  have 
  been 
  issued 
  in 
  pamphlet 
  form 
  during 
  the 
  

   year, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  90. 
  Shufeldt, 
  B. 
  W. 
  The 
  osteology 
  of 
  Amia 
  calva 
  : 
  including 
  cer- 
  

  

  tain 
  special 
  references 
  to 
  the 
  skeleton 
  of 
  Teleosteans. 
  

  

  [From 
  Report 
  for 
  1883, 
  pp. 
  747-878.] 
  

  

  91. 
  Byder, 
  J.. 
  A., 
  and 
  M. 
  Puysegur. 
  Papers 
  on 
  the 
  development 
  and 
  

  

  greening 
  of 
  the 
  oyster. 
  

  

  [From 
  Report 
  for 
  1882, 
  pp. 
  763-805.] 
  

  

  92. 
  Goode, 
  G. 
  Brown. 
  The 
  first 
  decade 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  : 
  

  

  its 
  plan 
  of 
  work 
  and 
  accomplished 
  results, 
  scientific 
  and 
  econom- 
  

   ical. 
  

  

  [From 
  Report 
  for 
  I860, 
  pp. 
  53-62.] 
  

  

  