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dresses on the regular mailing list was 6,405, in response to requests 

 14,290 were sent out, and the authors of the respective papers re- 

 ceived 531, the total distribution being 21,226. 



Accessions to the library numbered 325 bound volumes and 638 un- 

 bound books and pamphlets. Purchases have as usual been restricted 

 to books of reference and those bearing directly on the work of the 

 Bureau. 



INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. 



At the request of the Department of State an assistant of tlie 

 Bureau was dispatched to NcAvfoundland, as in the previous year, 

 to note the progress and condition of the American herring fishery 

 on the so-called " treaty shore " and to keep the Government informed 

 regarding the developments under the modus vivendi. The naval 

 tug Potomac was placed at the disposal of the Bureau's representa- 

 tive, and remained on the grounds during the entire season, which 

 lasted from the latter part of September to the middle of January. 

 No special complications over the fishery question arose. 



A number of requests for fish eggs were received through diplo- 

 matic channels, and 3,797,500 were thus donated to foreign govern- 

 ments. This number comprised 87,500 rainbow trout eggs, destined 

 for the private preserves of the Emperor of Japan at Nikko ; 10,000 

 steelhead trout eggs for the national fish hatchery at Nancy-Belle- 

 fontaine, France; and 2,000,000 whitefish, 1,000,000 lake cisco, and 

 500,000 chinook salmon eggs for New Zealand. The success attend- 

 ing the introduction of rainbow trout and other American fishes 

 into New Zealand is well known, and it is a matter of gi'eat economic 

 and scientific interest that runs of blueback, or sockeye, and chinook 

 salmon have recently been established in rivers of that colony. 



APPROPRIATIONS. 



The appropriations for the Bureau for the fiscal year 1907 were 

 as follows: 



Salaries $270,820 



Agents at Alaska salmon fisheries 4, 500 



Miscellaneous expenses : 



Administration 12, 500 



Propagation of food fishes 250,000 



Inquiry respecting food fishes 25,000 



Statistical iuquii'y 7, 500 



Maintenance of vessels .55,000 



Purchase of additional laud, improvements, and completion of sta- 

 tions at — 



Wytheville, Va 5, 000 



Cold Springs, Ga 2,000 



Erwin, Tenn 50 



