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APPROPRIATIONS. 



The regular appropriations for the bureau for the fiscal j'ear 

 1923 aggregated $1,262,090, as follows: 



Salaries $456,960 



Pay, officers and crews of vessels for Alaska service 31, 630 



Miscellaneous expenses : 



Administration 11, 000 



Propagation of food fishes 375, 000 



Maintenance of vessels 100, 000 



Inquiry respecting food fishes 40, 000 



Statistical inquiry 20, 000 



Protecting sponge fisheries 3, 000 



Protecting seal and salmon fisheries 165, 000 



Repairs to fish-cultural stations : 



Yes Bay, Alaska 7, 000 



Duluth, Minn 6, 000 



Gloucester, Mass 6, 500 



Establishment of station on Mississippi River '. 40, 000 



Total 1, 262, 090 



Respectfully submitted. 



Henry O'Malley, 

 Commissioner of Fisheries. 

 To Hon. Herbert Hoover, 



/Secretary of Commerce. 



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