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  op 
  commissioner 
  op 
  pish 
  and 
  fisheries, 
  xlix 
  

  

  93. 
  Collins, 
  J. 
  W. 
  Specifications 
  for 
  building 
  a 
  schooner-smack. 
  

  

  [Printed 
  by 
  Rockwell 
  & 
  Churchill, 
  Boston, 
  Mass.] 
  

  

  94. 
  Jordan, 
  David 
  Stake. 
  A 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  known 
  to 
  in- 
  

  

  habit 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Tropic 
  of 
  Cancer 
  

   with 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  species 
  discovered 
  in 
  1883' 
  and 
  1884. 
  

  

  [From 
  Report 
  for 
  1885, 
  pp. 
  789-974.] 
  

  

  95. 
  Baird, 
  Spencer 
  F. 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  for 
  1S83. 
  A. 
  — 
  

  

  Inquiry 
  into 
  the 
  decrease 
  of 
  food-fishes. 
  B. 
  — 
  The 
  propagation 
  of 
  

   food-fishes 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   [From 
  Report 
  for 
  1883, 
  pp. 
  xvii-xcv.] 
  

  

  Carp 
  publications. 
  — 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  several 
  editions 
  of 
  "The 
  carp 
  

   ami 
  its 
  culture 
  in 
  rivers 
  and 
  lakes," 
  by 
  Rudolph 
  LTessel, 
  of 
  "Carp 
  and 
  

   •carp 
  ponds," 
  and 
  of 
  "Notes 
  on 
  the 
  edible 
  qualities 
  of 
  carp," 
  by 
  Chas. 
  

   W. 
  Smiley, 
  have 
  been 
  printed 
  and 
  distributed 
  to 
  the 
  numerous 
  per- 
  

   sons 
  making 
  inquiries 
  about 
  carp. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  Mr. 
  Chas. 
  W. 
  Smiley, 
  as 
  heretofore, 
  has 
  had 
  entire 
  

   charge 
  of 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  all 
  matter 
  for 
  the 
  printer, 
  the 
  correcting 
  of 
  

   the 
  proofs 
  of 
  text 
  and 
  plates, 
  and 
  all 
  else 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  presen- 
  

   tation 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  volumes, 
  pamphlets, 
  and 
  circulars, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  of 
  

   their 
  distribution 
  to 
  correspondents 
  and 
  applicants. 
  

  

  12. 
  — 
  the 
  wood's 
  holl 
  station. 
  

  

  This 
  station, 
  which 
  is 
  second 
  only 
  in 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  headquarters 
  

   at 
  Washington, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  all 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Commis- 
  

   sion 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  propagation 
  and 
  investigation 
  of 
  marine 
  fishes 
  

   and 
  invertebrates, 
  has 
  always 
  received 
  especial 
  mention 
  in 
  the 
  reports 
  

   of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  place 
  fully 
  on 
  record 
  its 
  rise, 
  progress, 
  and 
  

   current 
  condition. 
  Here, 
  alone, 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  opportunities 
  

   occur 
  for 
  studying 
  marine 
  fish 
  in 
  their 
  natural 
  conditions, 
  by 
  placing 
  

   them 
  in 
  large 
  basins 
  or 
  aquaria, 
  and 
  for 
  testing 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  their 
  

   spawning, 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  their 
  food, 
  their 
  relationships 
  to 
  other 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  

   sea, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Congress 
  has 
  manifested 
  a 
  disposition 
  to 
  allow 
  the 
  experiment 
  to 
  be 
  

   tried 
  on 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  scale, 
  and, 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  has 
  made 
  liberal 
  

   appropriations, 
  the 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  money 
  appropriated 
  for 
  buildings 
  

   and 
  their 
  equipment 
  amounting 
  to 
  $70,000. 
  

  

  Previous 
  reports 
  have 
  recorded 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  buildings 
  for 
  the 
  

   offices 
  and 
  quarters 
  of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  accommodation 
  of 
  

   the 
  pumps 
  and 
  tanks 
  ; 
  also 
  the 
  commencement 
  of 
  the 
  laboratory 
  build, 
  

   iug, 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  carry 
  on 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  hatching 
  and 
  investigation. 
  This 
  

   building 
  was 
  finished 
  in 
  February, 
  and 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  Commission 
  

   by 
  the 
  contractor, 
  Mr. 
  Brightman, 
  of 
  New 
  Bedford, 
  Mass., 
  after 
  which 
  

   it 
  was 
  appropriately 
  fitted 
  up 
  for 
  its 
  purpose. 
  

  

  The 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  stone 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  harbor 
  of 
  refuge 
  during 
  1884 
  

   has 
  already 
  been 
  recorded 
  in 
  a 
  previous 
  report. 
  This 
  was 
  done 
  under 
  

  

  