﻿22 
  EEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  cester, 
  Mass. 
  At 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  lobster 
  work 
  she 
  proceeded 
  to 
  

   Woods 
  Hole 
  and 
  was 
  there 
  emplo3^ed 
  for 
  a 
  while 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  

   in 
  connection 
  with 
  tlie 
  biological 
  laboratory. 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1902 
  the 
  

   vessel 
  made 
  the 
  usual 
  trips 
  to 
  Nantucket 
  Shoals 
  to 
  obtain 
  brood 
  cod- 
  

   fish 
  for 
  the 
  Woods 
  Hole 
  station, 
  and 
  later 
  the 
  crew 
  proceeded 
  to 
  Maine 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  gathering 
  cod 
  eggs 
  for 
  the 
  Gloucester 
  hatcher3^ 
  In 
  

   the 
  spring 
  the 
  Grcwtpus 
  resumed 
  the 
  collecting 
  of 
  brood 
  lobsters 
  on 
  

   the 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine 
  and 
  was 
  thus 
  engaged 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  3^ear. 
  

  

  MISCELLANEOUS. 
  

   CHANGES 
  IN 
  PERSONNEL. 
  

  

  The 
  position 
  of 
  deput}^ 
  commissioner, 
  created 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  session 
  of 
  

   Congress, 
  was 
  filled 
  by 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Hugh 
  M. 
  Smith, 
  to 
  

   take 
  effect 
  July 
  1, 
  1903. 
  Doctor 
  Smith 
  held 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  assistant 
  

   in 
  charge 
  of 
  scientific 
  inquiry 
  from 
  January, 
  1897, 
  until 
  June 
  30, 
  

   1903, 
  and 
  prior 
  to 
  that 
  service 
  was 
  assistant 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  statistics 
  and 
  

   methods 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  four 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  Commission 
  regrets 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  H. 
  

   Townsend, 
  assistant 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  statistics 
  and 
  methods 
  of 
  the 
  fish- 
  

   eries, 
  who 
  on 
  November 
  11, 
  1902, 
  resigned 
  to 
  become 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  Aquarium. 
  Mr. 
  Townsend 
  entered 
  the 
  Commission 
  as 
  

   scientific 
  assistant 
  in 
  1883, 
  and 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  prior 
  to 
  his 
  appoint- 
  

   ment 
  as 
  chief 
  of 
  division 
  was 
  naturalist 
  on 
  the 
  Albatross. 
  In 
  addition 
  

   to 
  his 
  other 
  duties, 
  Mr. 
  Townsend 
  was 
  prominenth^ 
  identified 
  with 
  

   the 
  fur-seal 
  investigations 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Pacific 
  Ocean 
  and 
  Bering 
  Sea, 
  

   under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Treasury 
  Dei^artment. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Barton 
  W. 
  Evermann, 
  principal 
  scientific 
  assistant, 
  was, 
  on 
  

   November 
  13, 
  1902, 
  appointed 
  to 
  the 
  position 
  made 
  vacant 
  b}^ 
  Mr. 
  

   Townsend's 
  withdrawal 
  from 
  the 
  service, 
  and 
  was 
  subsequently 
  ap- 
  

   pointed 
  assistant 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  scientific 
  inquir}^, 
  to 
  take 
  effect 
  Jidy 
  1, 
  

   1903. 
  

  

  The 
  position 
  of 
  scientific 
  assistant, 
  vacated 
  b^^ 
  Doctor 
  Evermann, 
  was 
  

   filled 
  b}^ 
  the 
  promotion, 
  on 
  November 
  17, 
  1902, 
  of 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  F. 
  Moore, 
  

   naturalist 
  on 
  the 
  AIhat7'oss^ 
  who, 
  on 
  November 
  19, 
  1902, 
  was 
  suc- 
  

   ceeded 
  as 
  naturalist 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Cloudsley 
  Rutter, 
  scientific 
  assistant. 
  

  

  The 
  position 
  of 
  assistant 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  statistics 
  and 
  methods 
  of 
  the 
  

   fisheries 
  was 
  filled 
  b}^ 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Alexander, 
  fishery 
  

   expert 
  on 
  the 
  Adatross., 
  to 
  take 
  effect 
  July 
  1, 
  1903. 
  

  

  The 
  propagation 
  and 
  distribution 
  of 
  food-fishes 
  have 
  continued 
  

   under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  Mr. 
  John 
  W. 
  Titcomb. 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Frank 
  Ellis, 
  

   who 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  has 
  been 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  car 
  and 
  messen- 
  

   ger 
  service, 
  has 
  remained 
  in 
  immediate 
  charge 
  of 
  that 
  branch. 
  

  

  