JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Public Printer to print reports of the United States Fish Commissioner upon new discoveries in regard to fish culture. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Public Printer be, and he hereby is, instructed to print and stereotype, from time to time, any matter furnished him by the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries relative to new observations, discoveries, and applications connected with fish culture and the fisheries, to be capable of being distributed in parts, and the whole to form an annual volume or bulletin not exceeding five hundred pages. The extra edition of said work shall consist of five thousand copies, of which two thousand five hundred shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, one thousand for the use of the Senate, and one thousand five hundred for the use of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. ADVERTISEMENT. UNITED STATES COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES, Washington, D. C. For the purpose of utilizing and of promptly publishing the large amount of interesting correspondence of the Fish Commission in reference to matters pertaining to fish culture and to the apparatus, methods, and results of the fisheries, Congress, on the 14th day of February, 1881, by joint resolution (H. Res. 372), authorized the publication annually of a Bulletin, a portion of the edition to be distributed signature by signa ture, and the remainder in bound volumes. The present volume is the fourth of this series, and contains many announcements which are believed to be of great importance in relation to the subject in question. CHAS. W. SMILEY, A. M., is the Editor of this volume. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Ancher, Ernst, 82. The Kurren and Keitel (fishing vessels) of the Courland Haff 188. Ten Questions concerning the Habits and Breeding of Landlocked Salmon, with Replies Atwater, W. O., 107. Tables illustrative of the Nutritive Value of Fish 167 85 170 341 383 203 128. Report of Analysis of a Sample of Fish Guano made from Salmon Offal, by Mr. Joseph Spratt, of Victoria, British Columbia..... 238 Baird, G. W., 72. Report on the Working of the Boilers and Engine of the United States 75. Annual Report on the Electric Lighting of the United States Steamer Albatross, December 31, 1883.. Baird, S. F., 90. On the Specimens received by the Smithsonian Institution from the 145 153 177 352 52 41 Baldwin, Charles H., 175. Notes on the Fish and Fisheries of Japan Bean, Tarleton H., 154. Brook Trout from Monadnock Lake and Cristine Lake, New 293 Blackford, E. G., 49. Carp in an Installment of Shad from James River. 112 115 83. Wooden Tank for the Transportation of Living Fish 168 116. Spawning in Germany of the Large-mouthed Black Bass sent from the United States in 1882 219 189. Report on Black Bass sent from America to Germany in 1883....... Bottemanne, C. J., 84. Penning of Salmon in Order to secure their Eggs Brocchi, P., 46. Report on the Condition of Oyster Culture in France in 1881. 97 Brumme, Dr., 165. Great Results obtained with Little Water 329 Butcher, E. Z., 108. How to Avoid a Soft or Muddy Taste of Carp. 205 295 Carr, T. F. Robertson, 24. Notes on the Scotch Herring Fisheries.. Casella, Louis P., 201. Treatment of the Casella-Miller Thermometer. 415 Certes, A., 210. Notes upon the Effect of High Pressures on the Vitality of Minute Freshwater and Salt-water Organisms... 433 Chapman, sr., Pearson, 26. Habits of the Shad and Herring, as they Appear in the 61 Christensen, R., 146. Notes on the History of the Fish-hook..... 282 Clark, A. Howard, 198. Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Mass 401 15 6. A large Squid.. 15 16. A Search for Mackerel off Block Island, Montauk, and Sandy Hook, in November, 1883 49 23. Some Observations on the Cod Gill-net Fisheries and on Preservatives for Nets.. 38. Inauguration of the Frozen Herring Trade.. Collins, J. W., 113. An Adventure with a Whale in the River Tay, Scotland. 207. On the Scarcity of Mackerel in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 211. On the Scarcity of Mackerel in the Gulf of St. Lawrence..... 125 Dall, W. H., 57. Notes on Fishing Products exported from San Francisco, Cal., during the d'Homergue, Louis C., 100. Brief of the Objections made before Leon Abbott, Governor of New Jersey, to the "Act to Prohibit Fishing by Steam Vessels with Shirred or Purse Seines in any of the Waters within the Jurisdiction of the State of New Jersey.". Duke, R. T. W., S. A four-pound Carp lives Eight Hours out of Water by being Packed Dukchart, J. P., 69. Transfer of Soft-shell Teriapin from the Ohio to the Potomac Dunning, Philo, 212. Two hundred tons of dead Fish, mostly Perch, at Lake Mendota, Earll, R. E., 202. Hatching Blackfish and Spanish Mackerel. Elliott, Henry W., 157. The Destraction of Carp by the Muskrat (Fiber zibethicus).— Methods of Trapping the Rodent Ewart, J. Cossar, 103. On the Natural "nd Artificial Fertilization of Sea-herring Eggs. Ferguson, T. B., 133. Extracts from a Report of Investigations of the Shad Fisheries and Rivers south of Charleston, S. C., with a view to establishing Stations for Artificial Finély, Chas. I., 44. Shad in Oregon Waters. A new Salmon Hatchery. —, 86. Further Report of R. D. Hume's Salmon Hatchery, Oregon Fisher, Wm. J., 60. Statement of the Catch of the several Companies engaged in the Forbes, R. B., 94. Loss of Life and Property in the Fisheries. Forbes, S. A., 13. Destruction of Fish-food by Bladderwort (Utricularia). Friedlaender, Oscar O., 14. Notes on the Menbaden Fishing of 1883 .. Fuller, Thomas. 4. Carp in England in the Seventeenth Century. Garman, Samuel, 5%. In regard to the Sea-serpent" of Literature. Goode, G. Brown, 222. The Oyster Industry of the World Greenfield, Alfred, 101. Report upon the Receipt and Hatching of American Whitefish Ova and Planting of the Fry in Australia. Haack, Director. 183. Trapping Kingfishers, Rodents, and other Enemies of Trout... Habersham, William Ney A., 18. Note on the Use of the Male Salmon Hook, and Hamlen, Wm., 109. Reconnaissance of Florida Rivers, with a view to Shad hatching Harrell, J. Dock, 215. Trapping Gaspereau in Tangipahoa River - 119. Report upon the Shad and Herring Fisheries of the Potomac River for 1884.... Heusman, John T., 81. American Black Bass placed in the River Nene, England. Herndon, C. G., 200. Sanitary Report on Old Providence Island, United States of Co- |