REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1894

WASHINGTON.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1896. COVER

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Contents and List of Illustrations.

Report of the Commissioner 1-19

Report on the Propagation and Distribution of Food-fishes. By Tarleton H. Bean 20-80

Report upon the Inquiry respecting Food-fishes and the Fishing grounds. By Richard Rathbun 81-114

Report of the Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries. By Hugh M. Smith. 115-175

APPENDICES.

1. Report of the Representative of the U. S. Fish Commission at the World's Columbian Exposition. By Tarleton H. Bean 177-196

2. Report upon the Operations of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross for the year ending June 30, 1894. By Z. L. Tanner 197-278

3. Description of a Closing Tow-net for Submarine Use at all Depths. By C. H. Townsend 279-282

4. The Whitefishes of North America. By Barton W. Evermann and Hugh M. Smith 283-324

5. A Report upon the Fishes of the Missouri River Basin. By Barton W. Evermann and Ulysses O. Cox 325-429

6. A Review of the Foreign Fishery Trade of the United States. By Charles H. Stevenson 431-571

7. Remarks on the Movements and Breeding-grounds of the Fur-seal, based on Observations made while on the United States Naval Patrol of Bering Sea in 1894. By J. J. Brice 573-577

8. An Annotated Catalogue of the Fishes known from the State of Vermont. By Barton W. Evermann and William C. Kendall 579-604

9. A Report upon tho Fishes of Southwestern Minnesota. By Ulysses O. Cox 605-616

10. List of Publications of the U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries from its establishment in February, 1871, to February, 1896. By Charles W. Scudder. 617-706

INDEX

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