NOTE 
The first section of this volume, entitled “Bureau of Fisheries,’ constitutes 
what was known in years prior to 1933 as “Report of the Commissioner of 
Fisheries.” Since then, in the interests of economy, it is a reprint from the 
“Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce.” The pagination, therefore, 
is the same as that of the Secretary’s Report, rather than beginning with page I. 
The Bureau of Fisheries was transferred on July 1, 1939, from the Department 
of Commerce to the Department of the Interior; on June 30 1940, it was con- 
solidated with the Bureau of Biological Survey to form the Fish and Wildlife 
Service. 
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