XXXVIII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
A Review of Flounders and Soles ( Pleuronectidce ) of America and Europe. By 
David Starr Jordan and David Kop Goss. (Report for 1886, pp. 225 to 342.) 
Tlie Sea Fisheries of Eastern North America. By Spencer F. Baird. (Report 
for 1886, pp. 3 to 224.) 
Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Waters from 1867 to 1887. By 
Sanderson Smith. (Report for 1886, pp. 873 to 1017.) * 
Report on the Medusas collected by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross 
in the Region of the Gulf Stream in 1885 and 1886. By J. Walter Fewkes. 
(Report for 1886, pp. 513 to 536.) 
Report on the work of the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross for the 
year ending December 31, 1886. By Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. 
N. (Report for 1886, pp. 605 to 692.) 
Report on the operations at the Wytheville Station, Virginia, from January 1, 
1885, to June 30, 1887. By Marshall McDonald. (Report for 1886, pp. 793 
to 800.) 
The distribution of the publications of the Commission during the 
year was, of Annual Reports, 1,360; Annual Bulletins, 313; Fisheries 
and Fishery Industries of the United States, 4,231; and of pamphlet 
articles, about 2,700. 
The accessions to the library, which were secured mainly by gift and 
exchange for publications of this Commission, including pamphlets, 
periodicals, and bound volumes, were as follows : On fish, fisheries, 
and fish-culture, 178; on botany, geology, chemistry, and natural 
sciences in general, 146; making a total of 324. 
COURTESIES EXTENDED AND RECEIVED. 
By authority of the President, the Commission’s steamer Albatross 
was placed at the disposal of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs 
for an extended trip through southeastern Alaska, during the summer 
of 1889. Arrangements were’ also completed for carrying the Senate 
Committee on Relations with Canada to Alaska in June, but the trip 
was abandoned. 
Materials were furnished for exhibition at the Augusta National 
Exposition, Georgia, the Minnesota Industrial Exposition, and the 
American Institute Fair. 
The Navy Department has continued to assist the Commission by 
the detail of officers and men to its vessels and extending the facilities 
of the navy-yards for their outfit and repair. 
The War Department continued to the Commission the privileges of 
the reservation at Fort Washington, Maryland, on the Potomac River, 
and of the breakwater near Edmonson’s Island, Susquehanna River, 
for use as shad-hatching stations. 
To the Treasury Department the Commission is indebted for many 
courtesies. From the Light-House Board permission was obtained to 
occupy the buildings on the Soldier Key Reservation, Fla., for fish- 
cultural purposes, and from the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey many 
eopies of charts were received for use in connection with the investi- 
gations of the Commission. 
