EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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As in the previou.s canvass of tliis region, the work of Mr. Wilcox 

 was efficiently aided by Mr. A. B, Alexander, fishery expert on the 

 Albatross, who was detached from the shij) at the beginning- of Febru- 

 ary, 1893, and assisted in the investigations in California. He obtained 

 statistics of the market fisheries of San Francisco, conducted the 

 canvass of Sonoma County and part of Santa Cruz County, and 

 cooperated with Mr. Wilcox in the examination of tlie records of the 

 customs house and the transportation companies. 



The work of Mr. Wilcox and Mr. Alexander on this coast covered all 

 phases of the fishing industry. Complete statistical and descriptive 

 data were collected for the years 188!) to 1892, inclusive. In the case of 

 certain fisheries in some localities which were visited before the close 

 of the fishing season, arrangement was made for having the informa- 

 tion necessary to complete the account of the year's work forwarded 

 by mail. 



The details of the condition of the fisheries at the time of the inves- 

 tigation and comparisons with earlier years will be shown in the report 

 of Mr. Wilcox, from which the following condensed preliminary sta- 

 tistics relating to the year 1892 are drawn : 



Persons employed. 



Vessels, boats, apparatus, shore property, and cash capital employed. 



