270 ACTS OF CONGRESS. 



intimation from that of Great Britain that it is proposed to hold an In- 

 ternational Exhibition of Fish, Fisheries, and Fish Products at London 

 in May, eighteen hundred and eighty- three, whereat tlie rejjresentation 

 of the United States is invited; and 



Whereas, also, hy its action as a Government, and by the active en- 

 terprise of merchants, fishermen, and inventors and the researches of 

 men of science in this country, the United States has attained and holds 

 a prominent place in all that relates to the development of tlie great 

 fisheries industries, the extension of the great commercial relationship 

 with other countries based on the exportation of prepared fish i)roducts; 

 which now forms an important factor in the national wealth, the artifi- 

 cial propagation of food fishes, and the re-stocking of depleted fishing 

 waters, and it is expedient that the industries and interests thus con- 

 cerned should be adequately represented on the occasion: Therefore, 



Resolved J by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled, That the invitation of the British 

 Government be accepted, and that, under the auspices of the Depart- 

 ment of State, the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries 

 be, and he hereby is, instructed to prepare or cause to be prepared a 

 complete and systematic representative exhibition of the fisheries of 

 the United States, in which shall be shown the following: A series of 

 fivshing grounds; a full series of the principal sea and fresh water fishes, 

 shell-fish, sponges, and so forth, and other useful inhabitants of the 

 waters of the country (either as specimens, casts, or illustrations) ; speci- 

 mens of models of the various kinds of gear, apparatus, boats, and so 

 furrii, used in their capture; a full collection of articles showing the 

 commercial and economic uses of the fishes and other water animals, 

 which shall include, besides the samples and specimens, models and 

 other representations of appliances used in their preparation and pres- 

 ervation for food as well as for puqioses of use and ornament, such as 

 dried, smoked, and canned fish, and so forth ; oils, fertilizers, manufact- 

 ured shells, corals, sponges, and so forth; also a full series of articles, 

 or models ttiereof, showing the economic condition of our fishermen, 

 such as clothing and other personal outfit, models of dwelling houses, 

 and so forth; a collection of documents showing the present condition 

 of fishery legislation; also specimens, models, and illuslrations of the 

 apparatus used in artificial hatching and bi«}eding of fish, oy-sters, and 

 so forth; models of hatcheries, ponds, flshways, transportation cars, 

 vessels, and so forth ; statistical maps showing the range, abundance, 

 and so forth, of our fishes, and so forth; also such other facts, appara- 

 tus, models, sjiecimens, and so forth, as may be needed to convey a cor- 

 rect idea of this branch of the nation's industries. 



Seo. 2. That with the approval of the Director of the National Mu- 

 seum, any cognate portion of the collections thereof may be used in the 

 preparation of the exhibit herein pro\'ided for, permission to remove 



