Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 1884, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 1884, Vol. 4 For several years a careful inspection of the marine products brought into the District of Columbia has been made under the direction of the health officer of the District. Five years ago an arrangement was perfected by Prof. S. F. Baird, Commissioner of Fisheries, with Hon. Smith Townshend, M. D., health officer, whereby the daily receipts of fresh fish, oysters, &c., should be tabulated and transmitted in monthly tables to the Fish Commission. These monthly tables have all been footed and transferred to yearly tables in this office. I am able herewith to present annual tables for 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, and 1883 (Tables I, II, III, IV, V). The yield of shad and herring may be supposed to have been influenced somewhat by the artificial propagation under the direction of the United States Fish Commission, which has been carried on at the Potomac for a number of years. The run of shad and herring is also affected by the temperature, which varies somewhat for the same date in different years. This is presented in Tables VII to X, inclusive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.