6-7 EDWARD VII. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 22a 



A. 1907 



CONTEI^TS 



Page. 



1. — 'The Plankton of Eastern Nova Scotia Waters,' an account of certain 

 floating organii^s upon which young food-fishes mainly subsist, by 

 Professor E.^'llamsay Wright, M.A., LL.D., &c.. Professor of Biology, 

 University of Toronto, Assistant Director of the Marine Biological 



Station of Canada (Plates I.-VII.) 1 



II. — ^ The Effects of Dynamite Explosions upon Fish Life,' by Professor 



A. P. Knight, M.A., M.D., &c.. Professor of Animal Biology, Queen's 

 University, Kingston 21 



III. — ' On the Fauna of the Atlantic Coast of Canada,' an introductory report 



by Dr. Joseph Stafford, Lecturer in Zoology, McGill University, Mont- 

 real, Curator of the Marine Biological Station of Canada -31 



IV. — ' A Further Report upon the Effects of Sawdust on Fish-Life,' by Pro- 



fessor A. P. Knight, M.A., M.D., &c., Queen's L^niversity, Kingston 



(5 figures in text) 37 



V. — ' The Diatomacese of Canso Harbour, Nova Scotia ' — A provisional list, 

 by Dr. A. H. MacKay, Superintendent of Education for the Province 



of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S 55 



VI. — ' Report on the Flora of Canso, Nova Scotia,' by Professor James Fowler, 



M.A., LL.D., Professor of Botany, Queen's University, Kingston ^ 59 



YII. — ' The Sea Weeds of Canso,' being a contribution to the study of eastern 

 Nova Scotia Algse, by C. B. Robinson, B.A., Pictou Academy, Pictou, 

 N.S 71 



VIII. — ' Report on the Marine Polyzoa of Canso, N.S.,' by George A. Cornish, 



B. A, University of Toronto. 75 



IX. — ' Notes on the Fishes of Canso,' by George A. Cornish, B.A., University 



of Toronto. 81 



X. — ' Preliminary Report on the Trematodes of Canadian Marine Fishes,' 

 by J. Stafford, M.A., Ph.D., Lecturer upon Zoology, McGill University, 

 Montreal 91 



XI. — ' The Eggs and Early Life-History of the Herring, Gaspereau, Shad and 

 other Clupeoids,' by Professor Edward E. Prince, F.R.S.C., &c.. Dom- 

 inion Commissioner of Fisheries and General Inspector of Fisheries for 

 Canada, Director of the Marine Biological Station (Plates VIII.-X.) . . 95 

 XII. — ' Sawdust and Fish-Life — Final Report,' by Professor A. P. Knight, 



Queen's University, Kingston , Ill 



XIII. — 'Professor Macallum on the Chemistry of Medusse,' by Professor El E. 



Prince, Ottawa 121 



PLATES. 



Plates I., II., III., IV., v., VI., VII., illustrating Professor R. Ramsay Wright's 

 report on ' The Plankton of Eastern Nova Scotia Waters.' 



Plates VIII., IX., X., illustrating Professor E. E, 'Prince's report on ' The Eggs 

 and early Life-History of the Herring, Shad and other Clupeoids.' 



FIGURES IN THE TEXT. 



Figs. 1 to 5, illustrating Professor A. P. Knight's report on ',The Effects of 

 Sawdust on Fish-Life.' 



