XLVI REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



XV. Coast of California, Oregon, and Wasliiugtou: Prof. D. S. Jor- 

 dan and Mr. C. II. Gilbert, January, 1880, to January, 1881. 



XVI. Puget Sound : Mr. James G. Swan, January, 1880, to January, 

 1881. 



XVII. Alaska Fisheries : Dr. T. H. Bean, June to October, 1880. 



XVIII. Great Lakes Fishery : Mr. LudwigKumlien, August, 1870, 

 to August, 1880. 



XIX. River Fisheries of Maine: Mr. C. G. Atkins, January 1, 1880, 

 to July 3, 1882. 



XX. The Shad and Alewife Fisheries : Col. Marshall McDonald, Octo- 

 ber, 1879, to January 1, 1883. 



XXI. Oyster Fisheries : Mr. Ernest Ingersoll, October 1, 1879, to July 

 1, 1881. (?) 



XXII. Lobster and Crab Fisheries : Mr. Richard Rathbun, January 

 1, 1880, to January 1, 1882. 



XXIII. Turtle and Terrapin Fisheries: Mr. F. W. True, October 1, 

 1880, to January 1, 1882. 



XXIV. The Seal, Sea-Elephant, and Whale Fisheries : Mr. A. How- 

 ard Clark, November 1, 1880, to February 1, 1881. 



In addition to the field assistants already mentioned, a staff of ofdce 

 assistants was employed in carrying on correspondence, searchiug past 

 records, and preparing the report for publication. Mr. Chas. W. Smiley, 

 Mr. James Temple. Brown, and Mr. G. S. Hobbs were connected with 

 the work from its start, and from a later date Mr. J. E. Rockwell, Mr. 

 C. W. Scudder, Mr. R. I. Geare, Mr. George P. Merrill, and others were 

 thus employed. A number of clerks have also been detailed for this 

 work by the Superintendent of the Census, at one time as many as 

 twenty. 



A large part of the clerical force was under the direction of Mr. Chas. 

 W. Smiley, who had in si)ecial charge the distribution of circulars and 

 the compilation of their results, and the compilation of summary tables 

 from the records of the Treasury Department. 



The exi)ense of the field-work from July 1, 1879, to July 1, 1881, was 

 for the most part borne by the Census, together with that of a large 

 amount of compilation ofiice work carried on by clerks detailed from the 

 Census Olfice in Washington. 



The expense of the preparation of the report, final tabulation of sta- 

 tistics of production, and preparation of illustrations, has been mainly 

 at the cost of the Fish Commissiou. Since February, 1881, Mr. Goode's 

 connection with the Census Office has been in the capacity of a volun- 

 teer; his services in the preparation of the reports and in connection 

 with their publication, having been rendered without compensation, in 

 addition to his regular duties as Assistant Director of the National 

 Museum. In the same manner a large share of the most important 

 work upon special parts of the report has been done as volunteer labor 

 by officers of the National Museum and Fish Commission in addition 



