REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 7 
agents for canvassing the fisheries; a clerk to the deputy commis- 
sioner and a clerk for the Seattle office; change in designation and 
increase in salary of the principal Government officials on the Pribilof 
Islands; provision for personnel of the station at Block Island, R. 
I.; and an alternative estimate for the segregation of the different 
grades of all field employees, in leu of detailed estimate by sta- 
tions, cars, etc., as at present, in the interest of a more elastic force 
that can be more economically employed. 
APPROPRIATIONS AND ALLOTMENTS. 
The appropriations for the Bureau of Fisheries for the fiscal year 
1918, including regular, deficiency, and special appropriations, ag- 
gregated $1,263,560, as follows: 
Salaries, including $8,000 deficiency for steamer Roosevelf___________ $440, 560 
Miscellaneous expenses: 
PANCDETRETOL SGI OTN tenes es ek ee Sra Re ee ae a 10, 000 
LEARG] OPEC GKONT AONE, a KO VOTO | BULS) OCe ISI tek ERA aR eh a Me a 375, 000 
Maimnenance , OG VieSSeIs 2s Parsee ey Sek 2h RE EE) (OOOO0 
Enquiry respecting; TOOds fishes) thts! sted tes) ee ee 50, 000 
Sisk is CGN Ta PIT Yes a ek a ere de Be 7, 500 
EEOLCCHIUE ESPON ZC nS NODC Gs a a Bam see Oe ee Seen eS See 3, 000 
Protecting seal and salmon fisheries of Alaska, including deficiency 
Oi pon OOO: he SGOT et PR PO TAGs BRECON ei 110, 000 
Developing aquatiezsounces, of leather. 2Us e807.) see) Ors) Apes» 10, 000 
Repains: Steamer? HiSi. FIG = a Se Se ete Be a Le 35,000 
PDS TS TRIO ULE Ma Cesta satr es ae Nee ns 2 eee eRe Poe pee 15, 000 
Motor vesselstor Woods Holes Mass eo ee 3, 000 
Rebuilding laboratory, Fairport, Iowa (deficiency) _~_-______-_____ 80, 000 
Improvements and purchase of land at fish-cultural stations: 
WADE: WaLTICOM ts pNP Np oe eet ig atte erg ee Foe ee 5, 500 
Gen tO wINa = oe oe es Soc aa eS ee ae te Cee 3, 500 
NSRLEEE EL aT COS URL Narre ae mene ema er one eer ee ee eaten eee, 7, 500 
Improvements at fish-cultural stations: 
ISOZ ERPS Ti (ieee ere seers rd Ad ed eee eth a OSs eT eR 7, 500 
Oran eb une t Sit Cie P et aaa ee eee Bie oe ee a ph ae Sd 3, 500 
URUUPO SV Vie ae ee a te ea ee a et aa 7, 000 
A detailed statement of the expenditures under the foregoing ap- 
propriations will be submitted in accordance with law. 
In addition to the amounts appropriated by Congress, there were 
provided for the extension of the Bureau’s activities certain allot- 
ments from the fund for the national security and defense. These 
allotments, approved and authorized by the President on the recom- 
mendation of the Secretary, have enabled the Bureau to undertake 
important work that otherwise would have been altogether impossible 
or possible on only a limited scale. 
The first allotment, amounting to $30,000, was made on January 2, 
1918, for the purpose of securing an immediate increase in the pro- 
duction of aquatic foods on all parts of the United States coast, 
through such educational and publicity methods as have heretofore 
proved successful. 
The second allotment, of $20,000, was given on February 27, 1918. 
to enable the Bureau to cooperate with the Food Administration and 
the State fishery authorities in increasing the production of food fish 
in the Gulf States. 
On April 9, 1918, an allotment of $25,000 was provided for the 
purpose of enabling the Bureau to install at the Pribilof Islands a 
plant for the utilization of seal carcasses in producing a commercial 
