G6 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



PROCTER BROTHERS, Gloucester, Massachusetts : 

 File of "Cape Ann Advertiser." (60.) 

 Publications relating to the Fisheries. (60.) 



G. W. PROCTOR, San Miguel, California : 



Gun harpoon, used on the California coast. (1.) 



JASPER PRYER, 143 Front street, Hew York City: 

 Samples of Fish Oils and their products. (29.) 



E. W. PUTNAM, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 

 Publications on ichthyology. (60.) 



JAMES QUINN, Guinnis, Oregon: 



Cooked preparations in cans. (26.) 

 Canned Salmon. 



QUINNIPIAC FERTILIZER COMPANY, New London, Connecticut : 

 Samples of Menhaden Guano. (29.) 



1. Dry Fish Scrap. 



Percentages: Ammonia, 10^ per cent. ; bone phosphate of lime, 15 per 

 cent. 



2. Dry Ground Fish Guano. 



Percentages : Ammonia, 10& per cent. ; bone phosphate of lime, 15 per 

 cent. 



3. Fish and Potash (ammoniated with fish). 



Percentages : Ammonia, 5 per cent. ; bone phosphate of lime, 12 per 

 cent. ; available phosphoric acid, 5 per cent. ; potash, 5 per cent. 



4. Superphosphate (ammoniated with fish). 



Percentages : Ammonia, 3 per cent. ; bone phosphate of lime, 25 per 

 cent.; available phosphoric acid, 10 per cent.; potash, 2£ per 

 cent. 



RICHARD R&.THBUN, United States National Museum, Washington: 

 Publications upon Aquatic Invertebrates. (60.) 

 Photographs of Brazilian corals in National Museum. (44.) 



DR. CHARLES RAU, United States National Museum, Washington: 

 Publications on prehistoric fishing. (57.) 



C. RECHT, 183 Bowery, New York City: 



Foster's transparent Gimp Gut. (14-16.) 



GEORGE R1CARD0, Haekensack, New Jersey: 

 Box for hatching eggs of the smelt. (35.) 



NATHAN RICHARDSON, Gloucester, Massachusetts : 



Richardson Challenge Steerer. (6.) Steering-wheel, patented May 

 30, 1882. 



