REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XXXI 



York to render every facility for their speedy transfer from the vessel 

 to the cars of the Commission. 



Light-House Board. — The valued service rendered for so many years 

 by the Light-House Board in authorizing the use of the buoy station 

 at Wood's Holl as a central station of operations has been continued, 

 during the year, and the quarters originally fitted up by the Commis- 

 sion in 1875 were occupied for the third time. 



The Board also continued its assistance in forwarding blanks and 

 thermometers furnished by the Commission to various light-ships and 

 light-houses, and in collecting and forwarding returns. The importance 

 of this co-operation on the part of the Board cannot be overestimated, 

 as it enables the Commission to reach a class of intelligent men whose 

 opportunities for observation are of course unrivaled. 



The Board has also kept the Commission and its vessels fully sup- 

 plied with lists of stations and other documents for use in connection 

 with the navigation of the coast. 



The Coast Survey. — The Coast Survey has met promi)tly all demands 

 upon it for maps and charts required for the service of the vessels of 

 the Fish Commission. 



The War Department. — Engineer Bureau. — The co-operation of 

 the War Department has been exhibited, through the Engineer Bureau, 

 in connection with the work of river and harbor improvements in the 

 vicinity of the stations of the Commission at Havre de Grace, Saint 

 Jerome, and Wood's Holl. A considerable amount of work was done 

 by the bureau in the improvement of the channel and the approaches 

 to the Havre de Grace and Saint Jerome's stations, adapting them 

 more particularly to the operations of the Commission ; the cost being 

 defrayed partly, where this could legitimately be done, from the appro- 

 priations for rivers and harbors, and partly from those of the Commis- 

 sion. 



The Signal Office. — As heretofore, the Chief Signal Officer has been 

 always ready to co-operate in the scientific work of the Commission, es- 

 jjecially in securing records of temperatures of river and sea waters. 

 What he has done in the past will be found fully acknowledged in 

 previous reports, and the records of 1882 show a continuance of his 

 favor. In addition to supplying a full set of meteorological apparatus 

 for the station at Havre de Grace, and less complete series for the steam- 

 ers of the Commission, he has furnished the greater portion of the ther- 

 mometers supplied to light-ships and light-houses. 



Navy Depautment. — The assistance of this I)ei)artment has from 

 the very beginning been of the utmost moment to the Commission in 

 nearly all branches of its operations. The officers and crew of all the 

 vessels of the Commission are furnished by the Navy Department, in- 

 cluding those of the Albatross, the Fish Hawk, the Lookout, and the 

 launches ; while all the facilities of the navy-yards, especially that of 

 Washington, have been freely extended. 



