REPORT OP COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. LXXIIT 



Statement showing the kinds and number of eggs and fish furnished to State fish eommis- 

 sions during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1802 — Coutiuned. 



♦Fry. 

 COURTESIES EXTENDED AND RECEIVED. 



RELATIONS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 



Acknowledgments are due the Coast and Geodetic Survey for charts 

 and sounding books dud the loan of instruments. 



The War Department, through Maj. C. E. L. B. Davis, in charge of 

 the improvement of the Potomac River, for the use of scows to transfer 

 buildings and equipment from Fort Washington to Bryan Point. 



The Interior Department for continuing the authority issued by the 

 War Department for the use of a portion of the reservation at Fort 

 Gaston, Cal., as a fish-cultural station. 



The Navy Department for the extension of the facilities of the navy- 

 yards for the outfit and repair of the Commission's ships. Passed Assist- 

 ant Engineer W. B. Bayley was detached April 1, 1892, as consulting 

 engineer, and Passed Assistant Engineer I. S. K. Reeves detailed in his 

 stead. The steamer Albatross was transferred to the Navy Department 

 for use in making a survey for a telegraphic cable between the United 

 States and the Hawaiian Islands. 



By direction of the President the steamer Albatross was detailed to 

 convey to Bering Sea Drs. T. C. Mendenhall and C. Hart Merriam, 

 agents of the State Department to investigate the seal fisheries of 

 Alaska. 



At the request of the Superintendent of the Eleventh Census the 

 appointment of Dr. H. M. Smith as special agent of the census in charge 

 of fish and fisheries was sanctioned. 



The steam launch Blue Wing was lent to the Commissioners of the 

 District of Columbia while the police boat was being repaired. 



For use during the shad-hatching season at Bryan Point, loan of tents 

 and equipment was made by Gen. Albert Ordway, commanding the 

 District of Columbia militia. 



