REPORT 



OF THE 



UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES 



FOR THE 



FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1895. 



During the period covered by this report, owiug to tbe ill health of 

 Oonimissioner Marshall McDonald, who died September 1, 1895, the 

 work was for a portion of the time under the direction of the chief 

 clerk, Mr. Herbert A. Gill. The late Commissioner was unable to pre- 

 pare a report for the year under consideration, and the work of the 

 Commission is shown in the following reports of the several assistants 

 in charge of divisions. 



The money available for the work of the Commission during this 

 period was as follows : 



Salaries $168, 020. 00 



Miscellaneous expcuses : 



Administration 9, 000. 00 



Propagation of food-fishes 92, 181. 94 



Maintenance of vessels 30, 500. 00 



Inquiry respecting food-fishes 13, 800. 00 



Statistical inquiry 3, 500. 00 



For completion of fish-hatcheries : 



Vermont 12, 554. 15 



New York 11, 509. 60 



Colorado 7,159.25 



Texas 17, 526. 53 



Iowa 15, 000. 00 



Montana 11,731.95 



Tennessee 12, 000. 00 



The expenditures under the above appropriations, a detailed report 



of which, in accordance with the law, was made to Congress December 13, 



1895 (House Doc. 69, Fifty-fourth Congress, first session), were as follows : 



Salaries $163, 381. 51 



Miscellaneous expenses : 



Administration 8, 885. 78 



Propagation of food-fishes 92, 814. 79 



Maintenance of vessels 29, 990. 65 



Inquiry respecting food-fishes 13, 559. 91 



Statistical inquiry 3, 610. 02 



Fish-hatcheries : 



Vermont 9,580.95 



New York 234.91 



Colorado 539. 43 



Texas 9, 596. 25 



Iowa 793.15 



Montana 1,264.16 



F. R. 95 1 1 



