REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1898

WASHINGTON.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1899. Cover

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Contents....Illustrations.

Report of the Commissioner. VII - XXIX

Report on the Propagation and Distribution of Food-Fishes. By W. de C. Ravenel. XXII-CXXII

Report on Inquiry respecting Food-fishes and the Fishing Grounds. By Hugh M. Smith. CXXIII-CXLVI

Report of the Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries. By C. H. Townsend. CXLVII-CLXXV

APPENDICES.

Report on Mackerel Investigations in 1897. By J. Percy Moore. 1-22

Report on Fishes obtained by the Steamer Albatross in the vicinity of Santa Catalina Island and Monterey Bay. By Charles H. Gilbert. 23-29

Notes on the Extent and Condition of the Alewife Fisheries of the United States in 1896. By Hugh M. Smith. 31-43

Report on the Oyster Beds of Louisiana. By H. F. Moore. 45-100

The Shad Fisheries of the Atlantic Coast of the United States. By Charles R. Stevenson. 101-269

List of Fishes collected at the Revillagigedo Archipelago and Neighboring Islands. By David Starr Jordan and R. C. McGregor. 271-284

Report on Investigations by the U. S. Fish Commission in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas in 1897. By Barton W. Evermann. 285-310

List of Publications of the U. S. Fish Commission available for Distribution March 1, 1899. 311-327

Report on the Exhibit of the U. S. Fish Commission at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897. By W. do C. Ravenel. 329-339

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