IV CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. IsTHODUCTORY EEMAUK8 — Continued. 



"Work yet to be accomplished by the Commission — Cont 



(4) Survey of old fishing-grounds and the discoverj ^nes xxi 



Field for discovery along the coasts of the ^juth Atlaitic and the Gulf 



States xxi 



(5) Improved methods of preparing and curing flsh xxi 



Progress since the Centennial xxi 



(6) Stocking and restocking' the waters with fish' omly begun xxii 



General conditions involved'. ...'.'. xxii 



Healthy public sentiment and suitable legislation brought about for 



the protection of-tha^sheries.. xxii 



Pishes of special promise and importance. xxiii 



The oyster requiring special attention. •---•-_ - xxiii 



Correspondence of 1883. - ----- xxiii 



Casualties among assistants and correspondents xxiv 



Death of Mr. Frank S.Eastman...... -- xxiv 



,,„, - Death of Mr. O.M.Chase...... xxiv 



■ .r ,. Office of the Commission..... .^i... .. ..d. xxiv 



2. Principal stations of the United States Commission xxiv 



A, — For investigation and research - . xxiv 



(1) Gloucester, Mass...... ... .^..... xxiv 



(2) Wood's Holl, Maaa ,-- - - xxiv 



(3) Saint Jerome, Md - xxiv 



B. — For propagation of Salmonidse... ..: ^ xxv 



(4) Grand Lake Stream, Me. (Schoodic Salmon).. .- xxv 



(5) Bucksport, Me. (Penobscot Salmon and Whitefish) xxv 



(6) Nortbville, Mich. (Whitefish and several species of Trout) xxv 



(7) Alpena, Mich. (Whitefish).... xxv 



(8) Baird, Shasta County, Cal. (California Salmon) xxv 



(9) Trout ponds near Baird, Cal. (California Trout) xxv 



(10) Wytheville, Va. (Salmonidae generally) -. xxv 



(11) Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. (Schoodic and Penobscot Salmon) xxv 



C. — For propagation of Shad . . ...,.., xxvi 



(12) Havre ,de Grace, Md.. xxvi 



(13) Central Station, Washington, D. C .-i xxvi 



(14} Fort Washington, Md..-. xxvi 



D. — For propagation of Carp xxvi 



(15) Monument reservation, Washington, D. C - xxvi 



(16) Arsenal grounds, Washington, D. C xxvi 



3. New hatching stations asked foe xxvi 



1. — On the Columbia Eiyer. .4.. xxvi 



By Hon. J. A Slater , ...... ....... xxvi 



By E. (i. Holden, secretary ,. ..^.. xxvii 



By Hon. M. C. George xxvii 



2. — At Milwaukee, Wis ., xx^yi 



By the Wisconsin Fish Commission xxviii 



By the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition xxviii 



By the Wisconsin legislature ..y,^^ik,-^^fg^-...i.-^ xxviii 



4.. Vessels of the Commission .... .-.j,jj....g-,^i^.... ... xxviii 



A.— The Albatross,... .,g.fe„.;.^j,,a^,s:;.«.;.j.„i«;,e«,,3s2^..;.. xxviii 



. Movements of this vessel in 1883 .t j>n,^ ia,,j,.^'i#..s9esrj.;e,(»»js>^>'- ■ - - xxviii 



Officer list of the vessel ..»•■.......• . i... ;....„>,.,?>;«. 4.. -.i xxx 



... Measurementof the vessel... .,,.*.»..- ^....... .t,j,^./i^. iggk xxx 



Model of the vessel , ,,....,..,,.., ....,.....;...,....■•..;.••.. xxx 



Loan to the Navy DepaTtaent ^...... *... ..i. xxxi 



Lighted by electricity ..,,.,,.,,,,..,..,,..,.,.._..,..*...>.-.•...-....... xxxi 



■'^•~'^*^ ■^'*'^ Hawk ......... . , , . . ... .(s«UjaH«K>£'t»W-*i** -^f4-h'fi6^r^-M*ivi^ f- -rfS-S^r- ^-f ■■'•'• ■ xxxi 



Movements during 1883.,..%t».H5;yV»ji-r?l->>s^>^<«j?f-9d*'S'fO?-f^HTOt>-<V» xxxii 



Work in Chesapeake Bay ....... ..,.is;..^,^j -!9?«.^«y -«-«?■> htstn- -!?»,«!>»!« "^^^^^ 



Work at Wood's HoU. ,,.^^„.fi.i.,.iRffc-K«-4(> -'►!»« .,.,-k.,«.„^,j>,- xxxii 



Work at Saint Jerome ..:....... ..:...*,..,„.....,.....; xxxiii 



Personnel at the end of the year., ......>... xxxiii 



C— The Lookout , xxxiii 



Its ownership, command, and work xxxiiV 



D,—Herresho<r launch (No. 82) the Cygnet xxxi\ 



Navy launches xxxv 



