900 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
10. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FOOD-FISHES-Continued. 
Page. 
Fats, ether extract 693-695 
Fishes analyzed by Alm6n 746 
Atwater 747 
Buckland 745 
Konig 745 
Kostytscheff 746 
Payen 744, 745 
Popofl 747 
Floating of oysters 847-856 
Food value of flsli 866 
Hot-water extract ; gelatin 699 
Insoluble protein 699 
Introduction 679-680 
List of American species analyzed 778 
List of names of European fishes of which 
analyses are here collated 743-747 
Methods of analysis - 779 
Method of analysis of flesh of fishes 686-699 
Names and synonyms 683 
Nitrogen, protein, albuminoids, etc 688-693 
Notes on specimens of fish 700-709 
Nutritive values of food-fishes, mollusks, 
and crustaceans (Part II) 817-868 
Oysters as food 856-866 
Persons referred to — 
Almen, Prof. .720, 743, 744, 745, 751, .752, 753, 754, 
755,756,757,758,760 
Baird, Prof 850 
Bartlett, J. P 696 
Beamer, Miles 680 
Bean, T. H 683,684 
Billings, J. S 817 
Blackford, E. G . - 680, 683, 684, 685, 817 
Brimmer, Prof 770 
Buckland, F 743,745,750,766 
Chittenden, Prof. R. H 682, 721 
Conn, Prof 810, 811 
Cook, Prof. G. H 721 
Crittenden, A. It 680 
Davy, Dr 769 
Frazer, Prof. Persifor, jr 849 
Goode, G. Brown 761 
Jordan, D. S 683, 744 
Jordan, W. H 680 
Konig, Prof. . .743, 744, 745, 748, 749, 770, 771, 816 
Kostytscheff, P. . .720, 744, 745, 754, 761, 762, 763, 
764, 770 
Kuhne, Prof 680 
Lane, F. T 804, 850 
Long, J.H .->..680,697 
Merrill, G. P - 680, 695 
Payen, Prof 743, 744, 748, 749, 750, 757, 770 
Pike, R. G 851 
PopoffProf 744,747 
Rice, W. N 683 
Rockwood, E. W 680 
Ryder, Prof. John A 850 
Sempolowski 744, 747, 767, 768 
Voit, Professor 680 
Voorhees, E. B 680 
Woods, C. D 680 
Phosphorus 695, 696 
Place offish in dietaries — importance of fish- 
culture 867-868 
Potential energy of food 821-824 
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Preparation of material for analysis 686-687 
Principal nutrients of food 821 
Proportions of protein in the flesh of 
fishes “. 769 
Protein in the flesh of fishes 737-740 
Proximate ingredients directly deter- 
mined 697-699 
Recapitulation of analyse^, of- — 
American and European fishes 771-777 
European fishes 747-769 
Soda-limemethod, sources of error and means 
of avoidance 688-692 
Species analyzed, list of, and number 681-682 
Sulphur. 696 
Tabular statements : 
1. List of specimens of American fishes 
analyzed, names, localities, and pro- 
portions of flesh, etc 722-724 
2. Composition of water-free substance of 
flesh of American fishes 725, 726 
3. Composition of flesh of American 
fishes 727, 728 
4. Composition of water-free substance of 
flesh of American specimens of pre- 
served fish 729 
5. Composition of flesh of American speci- 
mens of preserved fish 730 
6. Composition of water-free substance of 
flesh of specimens of American fishes. 
Proximate ingredients as directly de- 
termined 731 
7. Composition of flesh of specimens of 
American fishes. Proximate ingre- 
dients as directly determined 732 
8. Percentages of phosphoric acid, sul- 
phuric acid, and chlorine in flesh of 
specimens of American fishes 733 
9. Composition of American fishes. Speci- 
mens as received for analysis, includ- 
ing b^th flesh (edible portion) and 
refuse 734-737 
10. Analyses of the flesh of fishes by Payen 748 
11. Proportions of refuse and flesh in fishes 
analyzed by Payen 749 
12. Analyses of fishes by Payen, stated in 
the form used in the present report . . 749 
13. Analyses of fishes by Konig and assist- 
ants 750 
14. Analyses by Buckland 750 
15. Analyses by Alm6n 750-751 
16. Comparison between percentages of 
protein compounds as directly, deter- 
mined and as computed by multiply- 
ing the total nitrogen by 3.54 757 
17. Analyses of fish, etc., by Alm6n(figures . 
recalculated to the forms used in this 
report) 760 
18. Analyses of fish by Almen. Proxi- 
mate ingredients directly determined. 761 
19. Estimated proportions of refuse, water, 
and nutrients in specimens of Euro- 
pean fishes analyzed by Alm6n 761 
20. Analyses of fishes of Russia by P. Kos- 
tytscheff, professor at the agricultural 
station in St. Petersburg 763 
