BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 131 



"Xo. 191.] Consulate of the Fnited States, 



Leith, Scotland, July 15, 1881. 



Sir: I have the honor to inclose two communications I have received 



regardiu;;- the international fisheries exhibition to be held in Edinburgh 



in the month of April next, and I shall be obliged by your furnishing 



me with the information asked for in the circular by the exhibition 



committee. 



I ha%"e the honor to be, sir, your most obedient servant, 



A. McCASKIE, 



United States Vice-Consul. 

 The Hon. Jajmes G. Blaine, 



Secretary of State, Washington, I). C. 



[ In closures. ] 



1. Circular by Archibald Young, commissioner of Scotch salmon fish- 

 eries, dated July 7, 1881. 



2. Circular by the committee of the international fisheries exhibition, 

 Edinburgh, dated July 7, 1881. 



No. 1. 



Edinburgh, 22 Eoyal Circus, Jtily 7, 1881. 

 Sir : I beg to inclose a circular drawn up by me and apj^roved by the 

 Joint committees of the town council, the Highland Society, and the 

 Scottish Fisheries Improvement Association, who are making arrange- 

 ments for holding an international fisheries exhibition in Edinburgh in 

 April next. 



That circular, as you will see, is intended for the heads of fisheries 



departments in foreign countries, and I shall be much obliged if you will 



kindly inform me who is at the head of the fisheries in the country 



which you represent, in order that I may send him one of the circulars. 



I am, your obedient servant, 



ARCH. YOUKG, 

 Commissioner of Scotch Fisheries. 



No. 2. 



International Fisheries Exhibition, 



Edinburgh, 22 Royal Circus, July 7, 1881.  

 Sir : We have the honor to inform you that an international fish- 

 eries exhibition will be held in Edinburgh in the mouth of April next. 

 The exhibition will be open to exhibitors from all countries, and is in- 

 tended to include, as far as possible, objects illustrative of or connected 

 with the fisheries of the world, such, for example, as models, drawings, 

 and photographs of boats used in fishing and of steam-eng-ines adapted 

 for fishing-boats J models of fishing-boat harbors and of fishermen's 



