REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XXIX 



Report of observations made on board the United States Fish Commission steamer 



Albatross during the year ending June 30, 1896. (Report for 1896, pp. 357-386. ) 

 Observations upon the herring and herring fisheries of the Northeast coast, with 



special reference to the vicinity of Passamaquoddy Bay, by H. F. Moore, Ph. D. 



(Report for 1896, pp. 387-442.) 

 The salmon fishery of Penobscot Bay and River in 1895 and 1896, by Hugh M. Smith. 



(Bulletin 1897, pp. 113-124.) 

 Descriptions of new or little-known genera and species of fishes from the United 



States, by Barton W. Evermann and William C. Kendall. (Bulletin 1897, pp. 



125-133.) 

 Notes on the halibut fishery of the Northwest coast in 1896, by A. B. Alexander. 



(Bulletin 1897, pp. 141-144.) 

 The herring industry of the Passamaquoddy region, Maine, by Ansley Hall. (Report 



for 1896, pp. 443-487.) 

 Statistics of the fisheries of the interior waters of the United States, by Hugh M. 



Smith. (Report for 1896, pp. 489-574.) 

 Notes on the fisheries of the Pacific coast in 1895, by William A. Wilcox. (Report 



for 1896, pp. 575-659.) 



There have been distributed 4,460 bound and 12,420 pamphlet copies 

 of the publications of this Commission. 



The Museum of Comparative Zoology has continued the publication 

 of the series of papers based on the material collected during the inves- 

 tigations of the United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross, in 

 1891, and during the year has issued the following: 



Memoirs, vol. xxm, No. 1 — xxi, Die Medusen ; by Otto Maas. 

 Bulletin, vol. xxxi, No. 5 — xxu, The Isopoda; by H. J. Hansen. 

 Bulletin, vol. xxxu, No. 5 — xxm, Preliminary report on the Echini, by Alex- 

 ander Agassiz. 



Appropriations were made by Congress for the operations of the 

 Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, as follows: 



Salaries $195,620.00 



Miscellaneous expenses: 



Administration 9, 000. 00 



Propagation of food-fishes 132, 500. 00 



Maintenance of vessels 30, 500. 00 



Inquiry respecting food-fishes 10, 800. 00 



Statistical inquiry _ 5, 000. 00 



For new boilers and general repairs to the steamer Fish Hawk 29, 640. 00 



For rebuilding steam launch in use on Potomac River 2, 000. 00 



For purchase of steamer Senator for station at Green Lake, Me 1, 500. 00 



For purchase of steam launch for steamer Albatross _ 4,000. 00 



For rebuilding fish-transportation cars _ 10, 000. 00 



For establishment offish-cultural station in New Hampshire _ 15,000.00 



For establishment of fish-cultural station at Battle Creek, Cal 3, 500. 00 



For construction of dwelling-house at the station at St. Johnsbury, Vt. 3, 500. 00 



For additional water supply at the station at St. Johnsbury, Vt 3, 000. 00 



For completion of stations now under construction at — 



San Marcos, Tex 1, 800. 00 



Manchester, Iowa 4,216.50 



For investigation and selection of site for a fish-cultural station in 



Georgia 500. 00 



A report showing in detail the expenditure of these appropriations 

 will be made to Congress in accordance with law. 



Geo. M. Bowers, 

 U. 8. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 



