68 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



ENFORCEMENT OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. 



The Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, which 

 is intrusted with the enforcement of the food and drugs act of June 

 30, 1906, has from time to time forwarded to the Bureau of Fisheries 

 for examination numerous samples of fishery products of foreign 

 and domestic origin which have been collected or seized in all parts 

 of the country. Reports on such samples have been duly submitted 

 for the information and guidance of the Food and Drugs Board in 

 proceeding against violators of the law. The expert assistance of 

 the Bureau has been sought primarily for the purpose of identifying 

 fishery foods, of passing on the propriety of brands and labels, and 

 of determining the wholesomeness of special products. Represent- 

 atives of the Bureau have attended hearings, made depositions, and 

 given expert testimony in court trials. 



APPROPRIATIONS. 



The total appropriations for the Bureau for the fiscal year 1912 

 amounted to $1,132,990, as follows: 



Salaries $379, 930 



Miscellaneous expenses: 



Administration 10, 000 



Propagation of food fishes 325, 000 



Inquiry respecting food fishes 35, 000 



Statistical inquiry 7, 500 



Maintenance of vessels CO, 000 



Protecting seal and salmon fisheries 100, 000 



Protecting sponge fisheries 5, 000 



Specials: 



Steamer Fish Hawk, repairs 28, 000 



Steamer Albatross, wireless apparatus 2, 500 



Continuation of construction— ^ 



Biological station, Fairport, Iowa 50, 000 



FLsh-cultural station. Homer, Minn 27, 000 



Repairs, biological station, Beaufort, N. C 3, 000 



Establishment of fish-cultural stations — 



South Carolina 25, 000 



Kentucky 25, 000 



Wyoming 25, 000 



Establishment of biological station. Gulf coast of Florida 25, 000 



An itemized statement of expenditures authorized by the foregoing 

 appropriations has been made, as required by law. 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 



Recommendations previously made in regard to the establishment 

 of additional hatching stations are renewed. Recent experience has 

 emphasized this need, which is becoming more pressing each year. 

 Special urgency for increased fish-cultural facilities exists in the 



