OOISTTEJ^TS. 



Page. 



Report of the Commissioner 5-24 



Report on the Propagation and Distribution of Food-Fishes. By ^^^ de C. 



Ravenel 25-1 18 



Report on Inquiry respecting Food-Fishes and the Fishing-Grounds. By 



Hugh :M. Smith ! ' 1 19-135 



The Albatross South Sea Expedition. By II. F. Moore 137-161 



Report of the Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries. By C. H. 



Townsend 1(53-184 



APPENDICES. 



A method of recording egg development for use of tish-culturists. By 



Claudius Wallich. (Plate 1) 185-194 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States 195-310 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the Xew England States 311-386 



Dredging and other records of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, 

 with Bibliography relative to the work of the vessel. Compiled by C. H. 



Townsend. (Plates I-VII) 387-562 



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