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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 models, 

 maps, and charts showing the location and extent of the various 

 fishing grounds; a full series of the principal sea and fresh-water 

 fishes, shellfish, sponges, etc., and other useful inhabitants of the 

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

 specimens of models of the various kinds of gear, apparatus, boats, 

 etc., 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 purposes of use and ornament, such as 

 dried, smoked, and canned fish, etc.; oils, fertilizers, manufactured 

 shells, corals, sponges, etc.; also a full series of articles, or models 

 thereof, showing the economic condition of our fishermen, such as 

 clothing and other personal outfit, models of dwelling houses, etc. ; a 

 collection of documents showing the present condition of fishery 

 legislation; also specimens, models, and illustrations of the apparatus 

 used in artificial hatching and breeding of fish, oysters, etc. ; models 

 of hatcheries, ponds, fishways, transportation cars, vessels, etc. ; statis- 

 tical maps showing the range, abundance, etc., of our fishes, etc.; also 

 such other facts, apparatus, models, specimens, etc., as may be needed 

 to convey a correct idea of this branch of the nation's industries. 



Sec. 2. That with the approval of the Director of the National 

 Museum, any cognate portion of the collections thereof may be used 

 in the preparation of the exhibit herein provided for, permission to 

 remove the same from the National Museum being hereby granted. 

 And the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries is hereby authorized to 

 obtain, by exchange or otherwise, such procurable objects from other 

 exhibits in London as may tend to perfect the permanent fishery 

 exhibit of the United States National Museum. 



Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the United States Commissioner 

 of Fish and Fisheries to present to Congress a detailed report of the 

 present condition of the European fisheries, with information as to 

 any methods by which those of the United States can be modified or 

 improved, as well as any suggestions he may deem pertinent in regard 

 to increasing the exportation of fishery products from the United 

 States to foreign countries. 



Sec. 4. That the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries 

 is hereby authorized to represent the United States at the exhibition 

 in question, either in person or by a deputy to be appointed by the 

 President of the United States, together with such assistants as he may 

 recommend as useful in carrying out the proposed participation of the 

 United States at the exhibition. 



