REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XXV 



eggs; 10,000 trout eggs, and 20,000 eggs of the quiuuat salmon. The 

 resultant fry, after being placed on exhibition, were planted in suitable 

 waters in Tennessee. 



An act of Congress approved June 10, 189G, provided for the partici- 

 pation of the Executive Departments of the Government, the Smithsonian 

 Institution, the United States Fish Commission, and the National 

 Museum in the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition to be 

 held in Omaha, ^ebr., from June 1 to November 1, 1898. Mr. W. de C. 

 Eavenel, already in charge of the exhibit at Nashville, was appointed, 

 on July 27, 1897, the representative of the Fish Commission on the 

 Government board for the Omaha Exposition, and at the close of the 

 exposition at Nashville arrangements were made to ship much of the 

 material there collected to Omaha, and the other work of preparation 

 for the latter exposition was promptly begun. The Omaha exposition 

 is now in progress, and the exhibit of the Fish Commission, as on former 

 occasions of this nature, is designed to show the character of the work 

 of its branches, the methods pursued, and the results obtained. 



By a joint resolution approved February 17, 1898, an invitation of 

 the Government of Norway to take part in an international fisheries 

 exposition, to be held at the city of Bergen, Norway, from May 10 to 

 September 30, 1898, was accepted by this Government. The Commis- 

 sioner of Fish and Fisheries was directed, in person, or by a deputy to 

 be appointed by the President, to cause a suitable and proper exhibi- 

 tion and display to be made at this exposition of the food- fishes of the 

 United States, and the methods of catching, salting, curing, and pre- 

 serving them, and of the appliances used in carrying on the fishery 

 industries of the United States. He was further authorized to use, 

 with the consent of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, any 

 portion of the fisheries collection in the National Museum. In accord- 

 ance with this resolution Capt. J, W. Collins, of Massachusetts, was 

 designated to represent the United States at the exposition, and was 

 duly appointed by the President on March 1, 1898. The work of col- 

 lecting the necessary material for the exhibit was promptly begun, and 

 on April 20 Captain Collins sailed for Norway. The scope of the expo- 

 sition is designed to be very extensive in its illustration of the fishery 

 industries, and, in accordance with law, at its close a full report will be 

 submitted of the participation of the United States and of all informa- 

 tion and results acquired by means of the exposition touching the 

 fishery industries throughout the world. 



FISHERIES CONGRESS. 



On the invitation of the governor of Florida this Commission partici- 

 pated in the National Fisheries Congress, which convened in Tampa, 

 Fla., to consider the propagation and protection of fish in the waters 

 of the United States, and devise means and methods of protection for 

 valuable food-fishes. The governors of the various States were requested 

 to send delegates, and the convention, which was in session from Jan- 

 uary 19 to 24, was attended by many persons interested in the fisheries, 



