198 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Comparative table showing the extent of the fisheries of Barnstable County, 
Mass., in 1880 and 1889. 
A series of twelve tables showing the extent of the fisheries of Florida. 
Comparative statistics of the oyster fishery of Connecticut, Maryland, and Vir- 
einia, in 1880 and 1890, with a synopsis of the laws in force and a discussion 
of the influence of the States’ policy on the increase or decrease in the 
industry. 
The whale fleet of the United States in 1889 classified by rigs of vessels and 
fishing-grounds. 
The whale fleet of the United States in 1889 classified by hailing ports and 
fishing-grounds. 
Table showing by hailing ports of vessels the products of the whale fishery of 
the United States in 1889. 
Detailed statements for the year 1889 giving the operations of the San Francisco 
whale fleet in 1889, of the New Bedford fleet rendezvousing at San Francisco, 
of the New Bedford fleet haying headquarters at that place, and of the Bos- 
ton, Edgartown, Provincetown, Stonington, and New London fleets. 
Summary of the receipts of whale products at Boston, from 1880 to 1889, inclusive. 
Summary of the receipts of whale products at Provincetown, from 1883 to 1889, 
inclusive. 
Summary from 1880 to 1889, inclusive, of the whaling vessels arriving at Edgar- 
town, and the products landed by them. 
Summary from 1880 to 1889, inclusive, of the whaling vessels arriving at New 
Bedford, and the products landed by them. 
The San Francisco fur-seal, sea-otter, and walrus fleets in 1888. 
The porpoise industry of North Carolina in 1889-90. 
Three tables covering the fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay. 
A series of six tables exhibiting the condition of the oyster fishery and oyster- 
packing trade of Virginia. 
Three tables giving the extent of the coast and river fisheries of Maine in 1887 
and 1888. 
A detailed table showing by townships the condition of the lobster fishery of 
Maine in 1887, 1888, and 1889. 
A statement by counties of the extent of the lobster-canning industry of Maine 
in 1887, 1888, and 1889. 
When requests for information of the foregoing nature come from 
private individuals, an effort is always made to comply therewith, pro- 
vided the desired data can be prepared without serious detriment to 
the regular work of the division. Demands have occasionally been 
refused, because, in order to fill them, days of research by many clerks 
would be necessary. c 
International Maritime Pxhibition, Boston, Mass.—This exhibition was 
held for the purpose of presenting a history of the development of naval 
architecture and the shipping trades. It opened on November 4, 1889. 
The United States Fish Commission sent models of the steamers Al- 
batross and Fish Hawk, and a number of photographie enlargements 
and crayon sketches of fishing vessels, boats, and methods, as well as 
swinging screens containing views illustrating the same subjects. Mr. 
W. H. Abbott, a field agent of this division, was detailed to superin- 
tend the installation of the articles. 
