﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  CV 
  

   Shad 
  (Clupea 
  sapidissima) 
  : 
  

  

  Eggs 
  *:;-25,ooo 
  

  

  Fry 
  t34,659,000 
  

  

  Carp 
  (Cyprinu.8 
  carpio) 
  : 
  

  

  Fry 
  to 
  public 
  waters 
  *161, 
  370 
  

  

  Fry 
  to 
  private 
  ponds 
  *187, 
  414 
  

  

  Goldfish 
  ( 
  Carassius 
  auralus) 
  *4, 
  344 
  

  

  Black 
  bass 
  ( 
  Mieropterus 
  dolomiei) 
  t«>00 
  

  

  Red-eye 
  perch 
  (Amblopliles 
  rupestris) 
  1 
  {250 
  

  

  Total 
  173,666,083 
  

  

  D.— 
  ABSTRACT 
  OF 
  THE 
  ARTICLES 
  IN 
  THE 
  APPENDIX. 
  

  

  32. 
  — 
  CLASSIFICATION 
  OF 
  ARTICLES. 
  

  

  Iii 
  the 
  general 
  appendix 
  to 
  this 
  report 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  twenty- 
  

   five 
  separate 
  papers 
  treating 
  upon 
  matters 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  

   Fish 
  Commission. 
  These 
  are 
  classified 
  under 
  five 
  headings, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  A. 
  — 
  Reports 
  of 
  Steamers 
  and 
  Stations. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  article 
  is 
  by 
  Lieut.-Commander 
  Z. 
  L. 
  Tanner, 
  and 
  gives 
  a 
  full 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  steamer 
  Albatross 
  during 
  1885 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  

   of 
  Mexico, 
  on 
  the 
  Newfoundland 
  fishing 
  banks, 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  coast, 
  

   illustrated 
  by 
  five 
  plates 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  special 
  index. 
  In 
  this 
  

   report 
  are 
  also 
  included 
  subordinate 
  reports 
  by 
  Lieut. 
  Seaton 
  Schroeder 
  

   on 
  navigation, 
  Passed 
  Assistant 
  Engineer 
  G. 
  W. 
  Baird 
  on 
  all 
  matters 
  

   pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  machinery 
  of 
  the 
  vessel, 
  Surgeon 
  James 
  M. 
  Flint 
  on 
  

   the 
  medical 
  department, 
  Mr. 
  James 
  E. 
  Benedict 
  on 
  the 
  scientific 
  work 
  

   of 
  the 
  naturalists, 
  and 
  also 
  various 
  tables 
  of 
  temperatures, 
  specific 
  grav- 
  

   ities, 
  stations 
  occupied, 
  records 
  of 
  dredgings 
  and 
  trawlings, 
  and 
  lists 
  of 
  

   fishes, 
  invertebrates, 
  &c, 
  taken. 
  The 
  second 
  report 
  is 
  by 
  Lieut. 
  L. 
  W. 
  

   Piepraeyer 
  on 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Fish 
  Hawk 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  1885, 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  by 
  a 
  report* 
  on 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  Lookout 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  

   by 
  Mate 
  James 
  A. 
  Smith. 
  The 
  ten 
  papers 
  which 
  follow 
  relate 
  chiefly 
  

   to 
  the 
  hatching 
  and 
  propagating 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  

   and 
  are 
  composed 
  of 
  reports 
  from 
  the 
  persons 
  charged 
  with 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  

   propagation, 
  distribution, 
  or 
  investigation. 
  They 
  consist 
  of 
  a 
  report 
  of 
  

   the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  trout-breeding 
  station 
  at 
  Wy 
  thevilfe, 
  Va., 
  from 
  its 
  

   occupation 
  in 
  January, 
  1882, 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  1884, 
  by 
  Col. 
  Marshall 
  Mc- 
  

   Donald 
  ; 
  two 
  reports 
  of 
  fish 
  hatching 
  and 
  shipments, 
  and 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  

   eggs 
  shipped 
  to 
  and 
  received 
  from 
  foreign 
  countries 
  during 
  1885 
  and 
  

   a 
  part 
  of 
  1886, 
  at 
  the 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  Station, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fred 
  Mather; 
  

   the 
  operations 
  at 
  the 
  North 
  ville 
  and 
  Alpena 
  Stations 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  

  

  * 
  From 
  Central 
  Station. 
  

  

  t 
  Of 
  these 
  15,531,000 
  were 
  from 
  Central 
  Station, 
  10,725,000 
  from 
  Battery 
  Station, 
  

   8,063,000 
  from 
  steamer 
  Fish 
  Hawk, 
  and 
  340,000 
  from 
  steamer 
  Lookout. 
  

   t 
  From 
  Wytheville 
  Station. 
  

  

  