220 tfnited States of America. 



1 Army Kegulations, 1 set telescope blanks (filled out) for transmitting can. sig. orders, 

 showing method of ordering signals up or down, with explanatory messages, giving character 

 of storm. Manifold forms and carbon paper 1 set of manifold forms, 107, filled out ; 1 set of 

 manifold Press Reports, filled out ; 1 set manifold of Eiver Bulletins, filled out. 



VAN ALTENA & SHELTUS, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Samples of " The 

 Connecting Sinker or Fish-hook Holder." (14-16.) 



VERRILL, PROFESSOR A. E., Yale College, New Haven, Connec- 

 ticut. Publications upon marine invertebrates and deep-sea research. (61.) 



VOSS, ADOLPH, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Bait Mill. (6.) Boom- 

 crotch Supporter. (6.) (See Collective exhibit). 



VOSS, O. C., Gloucester, Massachusetts. Snug-stow anchor. (6.) 



WHITE, DR. C. A., U.S. Geological Survey, Washington. Monograph of 

 the land and fresh-water fossil molluscs of North America, containing essay upon the evolu- 

 tion of fresh-water molluscs and fishes from marine forms. (56.) 



WILCOX, W. A., Secretary Boston Fish Bureau, Boston, Massachusetts. 

 Exhibits showing methods of reporting the statistics of the fish markets of New England. 

 (60.) Reports of the Boston Fish Bureau. (60.) These reports are issued daily (during the 

 busy fishing season several times a day) ; also, weekly, monthly, and annually. They contain 

 receipts of all fish arriving in Boston, both foreign, domestic, and from fishing vessels. 

 Receipts of fish at all the leading out-posts are daily reported ; movements of the fish and 

 fishing fleets, from day to day ; success and prospects of the catch ; market quotations of sales 

 are daily reported by telegraph from all important localities, with reports from agents and 

 correspondents at all leading ports in the United States and British Provinces of all matters 

 of interest in connection with the fishing industry ; also, weekly statistics and comparisons 

 of receipts, catch, prices, &c., with former years. W. A. WILCOX. 



WILCOX, CRITTENDEN & CO., Middletown, Connecticut. Boat 

 and vessel fittings, old and new styles, in great variety. (6.) 



WILLETS, JOSEPH, Skaneateles, New York. Angler's Back for carry- 

 ing blankets, guns, &c. (19.) Angler's Home-made creel. (19.) 



WING, J. & W. R., New Bedford, Massachusetts. Slab of baleen or 

 whalebone from Bowhead whale, Baleena mysticetus, taken in Pacific Arctic Ocean by bark 

 " Fleetwing," in May, 1882. (32.) 



WINSLOW, LIEUT. FRANCIS, U.S. Navy, Washington. Publication, 

 charts, and photographs illustrating the natural history of the oyster and the oyster-culture. 

 (35 and 61.) 



WOLFF AND RIESING, Eastport, Maine. Preparations in oil. (26.) 

 Oil Sardines. Preparations in spices, vinegar, &c. (26.) Mustard Sardines. Marine'e sardines. 



WOLTZ, GEORGE, Washington. Model of Potomac shad-lighter. (4.) 



WONSON, EVERETT P., Gloucester, Massachusetts. Exhibit of 

 stuffed fishes, prepared by Davidson's method of ichthy taxidermy. (51.) 



WOOD, REUBEN, Syracuse, New York. The Reuben Wood (1) Trout- 

 fly. (15.) (2) Bass-fly. (15.) 



WOOD, LIEUT., CJ.S. Navy, U.S. steamer Fish Hawk." Self-detaching 

 apparatus for lowering small boats. (9.) 



WOODBURY MILLS, Baltimore, Maryland. Samples of canvas used on 

 fishing vessels. (5.) 



WORREL, JAMES, Columbia, Pennsylvania. Model of sluice fish-way. 

 (37.) 



WRIGHT, ISAAC H., Baltimore, Maryland. Submerged hatching box, 

 with float for suspending it at any depth below the surface. (35.) 



WROTEN, WILLIAM G., Maryland. Bucket for transporting and 

 hatching fish ova. (35,) 



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