228 EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



of filling in between the radial lines run by the Albatross on July 29 

 and 30 and August 10, 1893. 



The position at noon June 30 was latitude 50° 59' N., longitude 

 163° 02' W. 



The end of the fiscal year finds the Albatross engaged in patrol work 

 connected with the Bering Sea squadron and making occasional sound- 

 ings for hydrographie information. The confidential orders under 

 which the vessel is performing patrol duty prevent legitimate work in 

 the interest of the Fish Commission. Observations in this section in 

 the study of seal life and the collection of data relative thereto, as well 

 as the further development of the fishery resources of this region, can 

 not be executed by the ship and her staff with any degree of satisfaction 

 where sudden and frequent changes of base are ordered in the patrol 

 work assigned, which is entirely foreign to the method and manner of 

 investigation necessary in the study of the seal and its habits. 



The following is a brief summary of the movements and operations 

 of the Albatross during the year: 



No. ; No. 

 Days steaming and under way. 138 j Hauls of intermediate tow-net, Tan- 

 Nautical miles ran by log 17,269.1 [ ner 13 



Ports and anchorages made 61 



Hauls of beam-trawl 102 



rake dredge 5 



dredge 12 



mud bag 23 



tanules 2 



surface tow-net 40 



Fishing trials, band-line 79 



Bottom temperatures taken 236 



Serial temperatures taken, sets 95 



Water densities taken 230 



The following is the list of officers and assistants June 30, 1891: 

 Lieut. Commander F. J. Drake, United States Navy, commanding; 

 Lieut. A. F. Fechteler, United States Navy, executive officer and nav- 

 gator; Ensign Houston Eldredge, United States Navy; Ensign W. E. 

 Shoemaker, United States Navy; Ensign C. M. Fahs, United States 

 Navy; Ensign Philip Williams, United States Navy; Passed Assistant 

 Surgeon E. S. Bogert, jr., United States Navy; Assistant Paymaster 

 Eugene D. Ryan, United States Navy; Passed Assistant Engineer 

 Howard Gage, United States Navy. Captain's clerk, Harry Clifford 

 Fassett. C. H. Townsend, resident naturalist; A. B. Alexander, fishery 

 expert; N. B. Miller, general assistant; Capt. James E. Lennan, seal 

 hunter. 



