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request of the Fish Commission, Mr. Homer P. Bitter, assistant, was 

 detailed to take charge of a survey of the oyster grounds of Mobile 

 Bay and vicinity. 



The General Land Office of the Interior Department furnished copies 

 of maps of Montana, New Mexico, and Nevada. 



The Post-Office Department supplied a full mounted set of post- 

 ronte maps of the United States. 



Acknowledgments are due Gen. Albert Ordway, commanding the 

 District of Columbia militia, for the loan of tents and accessories for 

 use at the Bryan Point Station of the Commission during the shad- 

 hatching season. 



From the health officer of the District of Columbia were received 

 monthly returns of the receipts of fishery products at the Washington 

 markets. 



Acknowledgment is due to the Commercial Department of the Lon- 

 don, England, Board of Trade for statistics of the fisheries of the 

 coasts of England and Wales, and to the Fishery Board of Scotland, 

 Edinburgh, for similar statistics of the fisheries of the coast of Scot- 

 land. 



The Boston Fish Bureau, Boston, Mass., furnished daily reports of 

 the receipts of fish at the Boston markets. 



In accordance with the instructions of the President of April 9, 1894, 

 the Commission's steamer Albatross was transferred to the Navy Depart- 

 ment to assist in the patrol of Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, 

 for the enforcement of the regulations governing vessels engaged in 

 fur-seal fishing provided for by the Paris Tribunal of Arbitration. In 

 this duty she was employed till October 15, when she was returned to 

 the Commission. 



The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey was furnished with 

 hydrographic data secured by the vessels and field parties of the Com- 

 mission. 



At the request of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the 

 steam launch Blue Wing was placed at their disposal as a patrol boat 

 pending repairs to the municipal harbor boat. 



In compliance with the request of Mr. H. B. Vincent, president of 

 the Ohio Fish and Game Commission, the United States Fish Commis- 

 sion operated the State hatchery at Sandusky during the season of the 

 propagation of the pike-perch, commencing April 5, 1894. The aggre- 

 gate of eggs placed in the hatchery was 54,800,000. The output of 

 fry was 32,000,000, of which 13,700,000 were distributed in Kentucky 

 waters, and 18,900,000 placed at the disposition of the Ohio Commis- 

 sion. The last shipment of fry was made May 10. 



At the request of the governor of Virginia, the launch Petrel and 

 crew were detailed in the work of surveying the natural oyster grounds 

 of Virginia, under the direction of Mr. J. B. Baylor, assistant, United 

 States Coast and Geodetic Survey. 



