VI CONTENTS. 



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 10.— The "Wood's Holl Statiok— Continued. 



Siiccess in hatching cod at Gloucester li'^ 



Places proposed for a sea-coast station ^ li"'^ 



Facilities offered at "Wood's Holl U"^ 



A pier and breakwater proposed ' - • ^'^ 



Method of obtaining land Wv 



Assistance of District Attorney Sanger - Uv 



Action of C.F. Choateand J. Malcolm Forbes as trufltees • Iv 



Contract for building ^'^ 



The buildings required - ^"^ 



Inadequacy of accommodations at "Wood's HoU Ivi 



11. Visits FKOM FOEBIQN 8PBCIAU8T8 1^* 



Capt. G. M. Dannevig, of Norway l^i 



Henry Grosjean, of France ^^^ 



12. PbOVISION fob THB BVRNT of DISABILITT of THB COMMISSIONllB Ivii 



Mr. T. B.Ferguson designated to act Ivii 



B.— INQUIRY INTO THE HISTORY AND STATISTICS OF FOOD-FISHES. 



13. The investigation of the menhadhn fishbbt by thb Sbkatb committee Ivii 



Objects of the undertaking Ivii 



Work accomplished ^'^^ 



14. The Fishery Census of 1880, and its bbsults : Iviii 



Recapitulation of the arrangements made Iviii 



Contents of the fishery report to be published by the Commission lix 



Contents of the fishery report to be published by the Census 1 lix 



List of special statistical tables published Ix 



Analysis of Volume I of the quarto fishery report ^ Ixii 



Summary table of the United St«tes fisheries - - . Ixiv 



15. Supposed dhstkugtion of the tilefish Ixvi 



No tileflsh found after repeated efforts Ixvi 



16. The pole-floundkr Ixvi 



Increased range of the species ascertained Ixvi 



Difficult to capture Ixvi 



17. The black cod of the Pacific Ixvi 



Where found Ixvii 



Economic use proposed Ixvii 



18. New model of fishing vessel Ixvli 



Schooner needed by the Commission Ixvii 



Loss of life and property in the fisheries Ixviii 



19. FlSHBBlES of THE GULF OF MEXICO Ixviii 



Decrease in the red-snapper fisheries Ixviii 



20. Treaty of "Washington Ixix 



Suggestion as to the steps to betaken Ixbt 



21. Cod gill-nets Ixix 



Some resultsof their use at Gloncest«r Ixix 



C— THE INCREASE OP FOOD-FISHES. 



22. By protective mbasubbs , bcxi 



Diffloulties in the -way of legislation lixi 



The Senate committee's investigation Ixxi 



Protection of the Great Lakes Ixxi 



Nets of too small mesh In use Ixxi 



Action of the "Western fish commissi«ners Ixxii 



23. By the U8B of FIBHWAT8 Ixxli 



The Great Falls fishway .• Ixxii 



24. DWTBIBUTION of FISH AND BGOB Ixxli 



General method of distribution Ixxii 



Number of carp distributed Ixxii 



Number of shad distributed Ixxiii 



Number of whitefish distributed Ixxiij 



