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meeting- at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., with a view to giving the 

 members an opportunity to inspect the newly completed government 

 fish hatchery at that place. 



In conjunction with the meeting, most of the station superintendents 

 were ordered to report for a conference with the administrative 

 officers of the Bureau. All the superintendents are members of the 

 society, and, besides taking active part in the proceedings, they were 

 enabled to compare methods and experiences, and to receive instruc- 

 tions looking to the more complete systematization and coordination 

 of the work between stations and stations and between stations and 

 the central office. Such gatherings of the station superintendents are 

 productive of much good to the service, and should be held annually, 

 preferably in conjunction with the meetings of the American Fisheries 

 Society. 



INTERNATIONAL FISHERY CONGRESS. 



An international fishery congress was held at Vienna in June, 1905, 

 under the patronage of the Austrian fishery society. About 20 

 countries were officially represented, and nearly 400 delegates were in 

 attendance, including the most distinguished fishery, fish-cultural, and 

 ichth} r ological authorities of Europe. The United States was repre- 

 sented by the deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Fisheries. The 

 proceedings of the congress covered a wide range of subjects and 

 proved of great practical interest. On behalf of the Secretary of Com- 

 merce and Labor and of the Commissioner of Fisheries an official invi- 

 tation was extended to the congress to hold its next meeting in the 

 United States. The invitation was unanimously accepted, the time for 

 the meeting was fixed for the latter part of September, 1908, and the 

 place selected was Washington, D. C. 



APPROPRIATIONS. 



The appropriations for the Bureau of Fisheries for the fiscal year 

 1905 were as follows: 



Salaries $271,660 



Miscellaneous expenses: 



Administration 12, 500 



Propagation of food fishes 230, 000 



Inquiry respecting food fishes 25, 000 



Statistical inquiry 7, 500 



Maintenance of vessels 50, 000 



Protection of salmon fisheries in Alaska 7, 000 



For the establishment of one or more salmon hatcheries in Alaska 50, 000 



For the purchase of additional land, for improvements, and for completion 

 of stations at — 



Boothbay Harbor, Me 10,000 



White Sulphur Springs, W. Va 1 1, 000 



Tupelo, Miss 7, 500 



Neosho, Mo 11,000 



