XLVIII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
8.—COURTESIES AND ASSISTANCE RECEIVED BY THE FISH COMMIS- 
SION. 
A.—FROM THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.—Secretary’s Office.—In planting young cod- 
fish at Pensacola it was very desirable to have the use of asteamer. The 
revenue cutter Yorward, by direction of the honorable Assistant Secre 
tary, C. 8. Fairchild, transported the fish and messenger in charge of the 
shipment to the point selected for depositing the fish. 
Bureau of Statistics—This Bureau has issued circulars an@ letters of 
instruction to collectors of customs, at ports where fishing-vessels are 
documented, with the result of furnishing the Fish Commission much sta- 
tistical material. 
Light-House Board.—The assistance of this Board in securing ocean 
temperature observations at thirty-five of the principal light-houses and 
light-ships upon the Atlantic coast has been continued. 
Coast and Geodetic Survey.—The Commissioner has received a large 
supply of maps and charts published by this Survey; especially upon 
the fitting out of the Grampus in May a complete set was furnished for 
her use. 
Life-Saving Service.—The keepers and patrolmen of this service, by di- 
rection of Superintendent J. H. Kimball, continue to report the stranding 
of marine animals upon the sea-coast. Among the specimens thus ob- 
tained were the following: 
In March Mr. D. M. Etheridge, keeper of the Currituck Inlet Station, 
forwarded a rare shark, Hexanchus griseus, the first of this species seen 
on the United States coast. 
Mr. E. H. Bunkers, Fletcher’s Neck Station, Biddeford Pool, Me., sent 
a specimen of Argentina silus,a fish which is extremely rare on our coast, 
although not uncommon in Norway. 
On July 5 Captain Edwards, of the Amagansett Station, forwarded a 
torpedo, or cramp-fish, to be mounted for exhibition. 
WAR DEPARTMENT.—Permission for using the buildings and grounds 
at Fort Washington for the purpose of hatching shad was continued. 
Signal Office—During the occupancy of the Wood’s Holl Station in 
July, August, and September, the Signal Office furnished weather pre- 
dictions and special warnings of approaching storms. Copies of tem- 
perature reports made by observers at certain points of interest were 
also furnished as during preceding years. 
Engineer Office—Col. Peter C. Hains, engineer in charge of Potomac 
River flats improvements, gave authority to cut sods from the flats for 
turfing about the carp ponds. 
Navy DEPARTMENT.—The officers and crews of the Albatross, Fish 
Hawk, and Halcyon have been furnished by the Navy Department, and 
the facilities of various navy-yards, particularly those at Washington 
and Norfolk, have been extended to the Commission. 
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