REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 3 



The following papers, published at the expense of the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass., and covering reports of the 

 results of the investigations carried on during 1891 by the U. S. Fish 

 Commission Hteajinar Albatross, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S.N., 

 and under the charge of Prof. Alexander Agassiz, off the west coast of 

 Central America and Mexico, were published during the year. 



Vorliiufiger Bericbt iiber die erbeuteten Holotliuvieu, by Hubert Ludwig. (Bulletin 

 of the Museum of Comijarative Zoology at Harvard College, vol. xxi v, No. 4. ) 



On a peculiar type of Arenaceous Foraminifer from the American tropical Pacific, 

 Nensiua afiasshi, by A. Goes. (Bulletin of Museum of Comparative Zoology at 

 Harvard College, vol. xxiu, No. 5.) 



SPECIAL REPORTS. 



On July 2, 1892, in response to a resolution of the United States Senate 

 for information concerning the salmon fisheries of Alaska, a report was 

 transmitted to the Senate (Mis. Doc. 192, Fifty-second Cougress, first 

 session) discussing the origin and development of the fisheries, statis- 

 tics of the fisheries, present condition of the fisheries, methods and 

 apparatus employed, the protective regulations of the fisheries, and 

 recommendations as to further legislation in reference thereto. This 

 report will also be found in the Bulletin of the United States Fish Com- 

 mission for 1892. 



LIBRARY. 



The accessions to the library, which were mainly by donation and in 

 exchange for the publications of the Commission, embraced 1,0/34 books, 

 of which about one-fourth related directly to fish and fisheries, and the 

 balance to zoology, natural history, and kindred subjects. 



OFFICE OF ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. 



While under orders to make investigations of certain localities in 

 Montana offering advantages for the location of a fish-cultural station, 

 Mr. Charles E. Gorham, the architect and engineer of the Commission, 

 died at Bozeman, Mont., jSTovember 13, 1892. For the purpose of secur- 

 ing a competent engineer to fill the position thus made vacant, the 

 United States Civil Service Commission held a special examination for 

 applicants, and upon tlieir certification Mr. Hector von Bayer was 

 appointed thereto on March 1, 1893. 



The following is Mr. Von Bayers report, showing the work of con- 

 struction at the different stations of the Commission during the year: 



Green Lake Station, Maine. — The two settling reservoirs vpere finished; a number 

 of new rearing ponds were excavated ; a branch box flume was laid, which taps 

 the main supply flume, for feeding the new ponds, and a system of outdoor rearing- 

 troughs and tubs; new drains from the ponds and troughs were laid; a number of 

 buoys were placed in Green Lake for safer navigation; a new screen-gate was put 

 at the foot of Green Lake to prevent the escape of fish ; a portion of the road leading 

 through the grounds was graded; a brick cistern was built in the superintendent's 

 quarters and one in the foreman's quarters; minor repairs were made to the superin- 

 tendent's cottage, such as strengthening the first floor by additional posts, strengthen- 

 ing the roof construction by additional collar-beams, and walling up the foundation 

 of the earth closet; the siding and roof of the ice-house were repaired; the dam at 

 Mountainey Pond was strengthened and leaks in the main supply flume were stopped. 



