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631,500 dollars, although 42,000 bushels of "Stars" were taken 

 from the beds that year. 



Mr. Hermon C. Bumpus has contributed an interesting report 

 " On the Movements of certain Lobsters liberated at Wood's 

 Hole during the summer of 1898." 479 Lobsters were tagged 

 and liberated, and subsequently, one was found to have made a 

 record journey of twelve miles in three days. This, however, 

 was in complete contrast to others, though we notice fifteen miles 

 in six days, and the same distance in seven days, among other 

 records. Of the whole number liberated, seventy-six very soon 

 found their way to market, and there is considerable justification 

 for the opinion, "that unless the supply of any one locality is 

 replenished, either by immigration or artificial propagation, the 

 Lobster will be exterminated; indeed, elimination has actually 

 occurred at certain localities, and there is every indication that 

 before long an industry which has yielded many millions of 

 dollars will have perished through the inexcusable abuses of our 

 fishing privileges." 



U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part xxvi. Report for 

 the Year ending June 30th, 1900. Washington : Govern- 

 ment Printing Office. 



This volume, which has just reached our hands through the 

 accredited channel, may be considered as a recent publication ; 

 the title-page is dated 1901. Its contents are a mass of valuable 

 information more available for reference than review. From the 

 report of the Commissioner, we learn that the failure of the 

 "eastern Oyster" to reproduce in the colder waters of Oregon 

 and Washington has suggested the desirability of transplanting 

 to the west coast some of the fine large Oysters found in 

 Northern Japan, notably in Akishi Bay, on the eastern side of 

 Hokushu Island. This idea has passed the stage of suggestion, 

 and negotiations are stated to have been undertaken for the ship- 

 ment of a cargo. 



Mr. H. F. Moore has contributed a report on the " Albatross 

 South Sea Expedition." The full reports on this scientific 

 expedition, under the direction of Mr. Alexander Agassiz, have 

 yet to be published, but the present instalment is somewhat of 



