FOKTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1873-1875. " 729 



It is proposed to furnish a complete series of illustrations or models 

 of all the different kinds of vessels and boats of every grade used in 

 the various fisheries on the coast and in the interior, together with the 

 apparatus emploj^ed, of whatever kind, including not only what relates 

 to the fishes properly so called, but also to the whales, seals, oysters, 

 lobsters, sponges, etc. 



Such an exhibition has always constituted an important feature in 

 the national displays at foreign exhibitions, and unless steps are taken 

 immediately by the Government toward that object, there is no proba- 

 bilit}^ that anything of the kind will be prepared for the particular 

 occasion in question. 



The collection will also embrace specimens of the various products 

 of the fisheries, both in their crude and manufactured condition, with 

 illustrations of the objects themselves, including plaster casts, carefully 

 colored, of life-size, of such fishes as can not be otherwise properly 

 exhibited. This collection will finally form, appropriately, a portion 

 of the National Museum at Washington. 



Very respectfully, Spencer F. Baird, 



Coimnissioner of Fish and Fislieries. 



The Secretary of the Treasury. 



NATIONAL museum — APPROPRIATIONS. 



June 20, 1874. 



Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1875. 



For official postage stamps for the National Museum in the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, |>1,000. 

 (Stat, XVIII, Parts, 103.) 



June 23, 1874. 



Sundry civil act for 1875. 



Smithsonian Institution : For preservation of the collections of the 

 surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, $20,000; and 

 for fitting up and completing the cases in the new halls required for 

 the Government collections, 110,000; in all, $30,000. 



(Stat., XVIII, Parts, 216.) 

 March 3, 1875. 



Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1876. 



For official postage stamps for the National Museum in the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, $1,000. 

 (Stat., XVIII, Part 3, 364.) 



March 3, 1875. 



Sundry civil act for 1876. 



Smithsonian Institution : For preservation of the collections of the 

 surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, $20,000; 



