REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1895

WASHINGTON.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1896.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Report of the Commissioner 1-5

Report on the propagation and Distribution of food-fishes 6-72

Report upon the inquiry respecting food-fishes and the fishing grounds. By Richard Rathbun 73-92

Report of the Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries. By Hugh M. Smith 93-123

APPENDICES

1. Report upon the Investigations of the U.S. Fish Comission steamer Albatross, for the year ending June 30, 1895. (Abstract.) By Lieut. Commander F.J. Drake U.S.N., Commanding, 125-168

2. Noted on Biscayne Bay, Florida, with reference to its adaptability as the site of a Marine Hatching and Experiment Station. By Hugh M. Smith 169-191

3. The Transplanting of Eastern Oysters to Wilapa Bay, Washington, with notes on the Native Oyster Industry. (One Plate) By C. H. Townsend 193-202

4. Description of New Species of Shad (Alosa alabamae) from Alabama. By Barton W. Evermann. Actual date of publication December 28, 1896) 203-205

5. A Check List or the Fishes and Fish-like Vertebrates of North and Middle America. By David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Everman (Actual date of publication December 28 1896) 207-584

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