REPORT OF THK COMMISSIONER OK FISHERIES. 61 



TRANSFER OF .) HRKSDICTION. 



Tlio act makin*; appropriations for the Department of Af^riculture 

 for tlie fiscal year 19'21. approved May '51, 1920, contained a i)r()vision 

 that the jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the Secretary of Com- 

 merce over land fnr-bearin<j: animals in Alaska, the Pribilof Islands 

 excepted, be transferred to the Secretary of A«rriculture. This trans- 

 fer has for several years been advocated by the Bureau of Fisheries. 

 The act further provides that jurisdiction in the matter of leasing 

 certain islands in Alaska for the proi)agation of foxes and other fur- 

 bearing animals be also transferred from the Secretary of Commerce 

 to the Secretary of Agriculture. At the same time the jurisdiction 

 over walruses and sea lions previously vested in the Secretary of 

 Agriculture was transferred to the Secretary of Commerce. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 APPROPRIATIONS. 



The regular appropriations for the support of the Bureau of Fish- 

 eries for the fiscal year 1920 aggregated $1,206,190. The specific 

 puri)oses for which the appropriations were made and the amount 

 thereunder were as follows: 



Salaries $434,190 



Miscellaneous expenses: 



Administration 11, 000 



Propagation and distribution of food tislies 400,000 



^laintenance of vessels 120,000 



Inquiry respecting food lislies 45, 000 



Statistical inquiry 15,000 



Protecting sponge fisheries 3,000 



Protecting seal and salmon fisheries of Alaska 125,000 



Officers and crew of vessels for Alaska fisheries service 26, 000 



Special appropriations : 



Cape Vincent (N. Y.) fish hatchery, general repairs 8,000 



Duluth (Minn.) fish hatchery, foreman's cottage 4,000 



Wytheville (Va.) fish hatchery, general improvements to water 



.supply 5, 000 



Fairport (Iowa) biological station, additional amount for re- 

 building laboratory 10,000 



The following deficiency appropriations, amounting to $132,500, 

 became available during the year : 



Maintenance of vessels $5,000 



Inquiry respecting food fishes 500 



I'rotecting seal and salmon fisheries of Alaska 2,000 



Baker Lake (Wash.) hatchery, replacing buildings destroyed by fire 50,000 



Woods Hole (Mass.) station, replacing machine shop and power plant 70,000 



Fairport (Iowa) biological station, equipment 1,000 



Wytheville (Va.) station, improvement to water supply 4,000 



In accordance with law. a detailed statement of the expenditures 

 under the regular and deficiency appropriations will be duly 

 submitted. 



BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS. 



The special appropriation for the construction of a foreman's cot- 

 tage at the Duluth, Minn., station has not been used. Proposals were 

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