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fry, and yeiirliuf; fish for tlie fiscal year eiidinu; .Fniio ?,(), 1X87. "was 25!l,OO(),(M)0, while 

 for the year eudiujj; Juno 30, 1890, it was 35«,()00,00(), or an increase, of ftl1,(){)0,()00. 



It should also be remembered that the amount of money available for tlie propag.a- 

 tion of l"ood-lishes and for the <reneral administration was, in 1887, $136,614.92, while 

 in 18H0it was only $160,000. We feel warranted in saying that the practical and sci- 

 entific results of the work of the Connnission exceed anything heretofore attained 

 and that with a very moderate increase in cost to the Government over former years. 



In conclusion, your committee, in view of the great import.ance to the country of 

 the work of tluj ('ommissiou and tlie urgent necessity for its continuance, ask a 

 careful exnmination of tlio testim<»ny hcrewitli presented, believing that it is snlli- 

 cientto convincr. all fair-minded persons that there is no just causf- to criticise the 

 policy of tlie Commission or tlie course of the Commissioner and his subordinates in 

 the m.itter of administration, but, on the contrary, that they deserve couimendatiou 

 for the conscientious work which they are performing. 



,fra^xis b. stockbiudcie. 

 Watson C. Squire. 

 RuFus Blodgett. 



PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY. 



The editing of the publication.s of the Ooinmissioii and their .sii))er- 

 vision thron.ii,ii the i)ress has coiitiiiued midor tlie diicctioii of Dr. T. 

 I J. Bean, the ichthyologist of the Coniiiiission. These publications 

 consist of "Keports" and ''Bulletins.'' In the former are published the 

 reports of the operations of the Coimnission ; and in the latter, such 

 articles as are "relative to new observations, discoveries, and applica- 

 tions connected with fish-culture and the fisheries." Prior to 188S the 

 Bulletin was chiefly com])osed of short articles, extracts, et<"., from the 

 oriicialcorrespoiKh'Mce, and transhitioiisof foreign ]mblications. Since 

 then, however, the increases of the operations of the Connnissioii has 

 made it jiossible to apply tin's publication almost exclusively to the 

 results of the (Jommissioifs work. The law authoriz-ing the liulletin 

 limits the number of its pages to 500, aiul ])erinits its distribution in 

 ])arts. The articles comixising the lv.e])orts have likewise been pub- 

 lished and issued prior to the comi)leti()n of the volume as a whole, 

 resulting in the early dissemination of the knowledge actjuired by the 

 investigations made by the Commission. The law authorizing these 

 two volumes ])rovide.s for their distribul ion by tiu' United States Senate 

 and House of K(']treseiitatives, and a small (piota by the Commission. 

 From the number assigned to the Commission, the policy is to sujiply 

 various j)id)lic libraries and institutions of learning, and such persons 

 who, by reason of their ])rofessions or occupations, arc specially inter- 

 ested in the subject-matter. 



])uring the fiscal year 1881)-00 the roll(»\ving jtapers were issued: 



The report proper of the (Nuumissioiirr lor ls86(h'eport Ibr 18S6, pp. i to i.vii). 



The beam-trawl tishery of (treat Brit;iiii, with notes on boam-trawling in other 

 European countries, etc. Jiy .1. W. Collins. (Mulhitin, 1887, pp. 28!t to 107.) 



The aquarium: A brief exposition of its jtriuciples and man.igcment. By Will- 

 iam P. Seal. (Bulletin, 1887, pp. 271 to 282.) 



