18 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



EXPOSITIONS. 



At the close of the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, November 

 1, 1901, it was desired by those interested to have the Government 

 exhibits sent to the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Expo- 

 sition, which was to open at Charleston, S. C, December 1. Con- 

 gress at that time had provided no funds for the purpose, but with 

 the approval of the President the heads of the Executive Departments 

 directed that such parts of their respective exhibits as might be desired 

 should be sent to Charleston for display there, provided that all the 

 expenses should be borne by the exposition authorities. Accordingly, 

 the Commission sent its entire exhibit directly from Buffalo to Charles- 

 ton, where it was installed in a building constructed for the purpose, 

 with an amount of space equal to that in Buffalo, except that the 

 aquarium was much smaller. 



By an act approved January 21, 1902, Congress appropriated 190,000 

 to defray the expense of the Government exhibit. At the close of the 

 exposition, on the 31st of May, 1902, the material was returned to 

 Washington. 



The board of directors of the Pan-American Exposition awarded 

 commemorative diplomas to the Commission for its exhibits as follows: 

 The collective exhibit; the aquarium; the hatching and transporting 

 apparatus; fishing apparatus and accessories; scientific researches: 

 products of fisheries; sponges; collection of pearls and pearl-bearing 

 shells; reports and bulletins. The Interstate and West Indian Expo- 

 sition awarded a diploma and gold medal. 



By an act approved March 3, 1901, Congress appropriated $5,250,000 

 for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held in St. Louis in 1903. 

 The act directed the appointment by the President of a national com- 

 mission and also that the Executive Departments and bureaus, includ- 

 ing this Commission, should take part. The Government exhibit, as 

 usual, is to be under the direct control of a board of management con- 

 sisting of a representative from each establishment participating. Mr. 

 W. de C. Ravenel, who has represented the Commission at all the recent 

 expositions, was designated to act in a similar capacity at St. Louis. 

 The opening of the exposition has been deferred till 1904. 



Invitations to participate in the below-mentioned expositions were 

 received, but could not be accepted in the absence of specific authority 

 from Congress: 



International Exposition of Hygiene, Maritime Security, and Fishing, Ostend, 

 August Scj)tember, 1901; organized under the auspices of the Communal 

 Administration. 



International Exhibition of Fisheries, St. Petersburg, February-lMarch, 1902; 

 organized by the Imperial Society of Fisheries and Fish-Culture. 



International Fishery Exhibition, Vienna, September 6-21, 1902, on the occa- 

 sion of the eighth Austrian Fishery Conference. 



Exposition of Hydro-biology, Fish-culture, and Fishing, Moscow, March, 1903; 

 organized by the Ichthyological Section of the Imperial Society of Accli- 

 matation of Russia. 



