VIJI CONTENTS. 



26. Classification of aeticles — Continued. 



C. — Economic research xciii 



D.— Natural history and biological research xciii 



E. — Propagation of food-flshes xciii 



r. — Miscellaneous xciv 



E.— SUPPLEMENT TO THE REPOET PROPER. 



27. List op light-house keepers furnishing ocean temperatures xciv 



II.— APPENDIX TO EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER. 



APPENDIX A.— GENERAL. 



I. Tanner. Report on the construction and outfit of the U. S. Eish Commission steamer 

 Albatkos*. By Lieut. -Commander Z. L. T.inner, U. S. Navy. Fifty-five plates, 20 iignres. 

 Special index ". 3 



n. Tanner. Report ok the work of the U. S. Eish Commission steamer Albatross foe 

 THE year ending DECEMBER 31, 1883. By Lieut -Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. Navy, com- 

 manding. Threeplates. Special index. 117 



in.- stone. ExPLOBATONs on" the Columbia Rivbu from the head of Clarke's Fork to the 

 Pacific Ocean, made in the summer of 1883, with reference to the selection of a suit- 

 able place foe establishing a salmon-bbeeding station. By Livingston Stone. Special 

 index 237 



IV. The BEITIBH 8EA-FIBHBEIE8 act, 1883 2£9 



:- APPENDIX B.— THE FISHERIES. 



v. Smiley. The principal i^iver fisheries of the United States, with an estimate of tbe 



CATCH FOR 1880. By Charles W. Smiley. Syif-cial index — — 281 



TI. Smiley. Statistics of the United States imports and exports of fish, fish-oil, 



whalebone, the tonnage of fishing vessels, &.c.,foe the tear ending June 30, 1883. 



By: Charles W. Smiley 301 



YII. Jttnff. On THE FISHERIES OF Great Britain AND the_.Ei6Herie8 Exhibition of 1883. By 



RW. Duff, M. P ,..^.. ., 317 



VIII. Smiley. Review of the whale fisheet for 1882 and 1883. Compiled by Charles W. 

 Smiley - - - 325 



IX. SvEND Eo yn's Whaling Establishment. Erpm the Deutsche Fischerei-Zeitung 337 



X. Ljangman. The great herring fisheries considered , from an economical point 



; OP VIEW. By Axel Vilhelm Ljungman ,...,..,....... 3tl 



XL The Norwegian fisheries in 1883, with statistics of previous years. Erom the Norsk 



Fiskeritidende , .i,>,,T.,.,. .......... .. . 3IJ9 



XII. TroUe. The Iceland cod-fisherjes in 1883. By C- TroUe, first lieutenant in the Daiiieli 



navy .,.^, ,,,.„.„,^.,.,^v^.. .,. . . .. .. 371 



Xm., I>ay. The fisheries of India. By Erancis Day, E. L- S., F. Z. S., deputy surgeon- 



. .general (retired), formerly inspector-general of fisherie.s of India 383 



XIV. liundbers. Eel-fishing with so-called " hommok " (a species of fish-pot) on the 



. Baltic coast of Sweden and in the Sound. By Rudolph Lundberg. One plate 415 



APPENDIX C— ECONOMIC RESEARCH. 



XV. Atiirater. Contributions to the knowledge of the chemical composition and nutei- 



, TIVB VALUES OF AMERICAN FOOD-FISHES AND INVERTEBRATES. By W. O. Atwater, Ph. D., 



professor of chemistry in Wesli yan University, Middletown, Conn. Two plates. Special 

 index 433 



APPENDIX D.- -NATURAL HISTORY AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 



XVT. Vcrrill. Results of the explorations made by the steamer Albatross off the 

 NORTHERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1883. By A. E. VerriU. Eorty-fohr plates. 

 Special index ......'..;.".,! r>03 



XA'II. Rneh. List OF DEEP-WATEK MOLLUSC A DREDGED BY THE U. S. FiSH COMMISSION STEAMER 



Fish Hawk in 1880, 1881, and 1882, with their range in depth. By Katharine J. Bush. 

 ' Sijecial index ;. ; .... .. 701 



