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River, and as a collecting vessel for the Woods Hole laboratory. 



The Curlew was employed on the Mississippi River, especially in 

 collecting fishes from the overflowed lands. 



PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY. 



The collection of special books maintained by the Bureau for pur- 

 poses of reference and technical investigation has received 260 acces- 

 sions in Washington from gifts, purchases, and exchanges, and over 

 200 accessions at the laboratories and stations elsewhere. The intimate 

 relations maintained with other libraries result in exchanges and 

 transfers which are mutually profitable, and particularly advan- 

 tageous to the Bureau in view of the limited funds available for the 

 purchase of books and periodicals. The use of the library has been 

 much facilitated by the progress made during the year on the system- 

 atic subject catalogue. 



The continued interest of the public in the work of the Bureau is 

 shown by the facts that during the year 2,916 bound volumes and 

 21,832 pamphlets of its publications were sent out on request, 45,890 

 were required for the regular mailing list, and 2,020 issued to authors. 

 There were received from the Government Printing Office for dis- 

 tribution 87 new reports and bulletins published by the Bureau and 

 5 reprints of important documents the supply of which had been 

 exhausted. The titles of the new issues (No. 646 to No. 732) may be 

 found in the Bureau's list of publications available for distribution. 



APPROPRIATIONS. 



The total appropriations for the Bureau for the fiscal year 

 amounted to $823,490, or $16,610 less than the aggregate for the 

 previous year. 



Salaries : 



General $316, 860 



Agents at Alaska salmon fisheries 4, 500 



Agents at seal fisheries 11,430 



Miscellaneous expenses: 



Administration 8, 000 



Propagation of food fishes 275,000 



Inquiry respecting food fishes 30,000 



Statistical inquiry 7. 500 



Maintenance of vessels 55,000 



Supplies for native inhabitants, seal islands 19,500 



Specials : 



Establishment of fish-cultural stations on Puget Sound or its 



tributaries 50, 000 



Establishment of a fish-cultural station in the upper Mississippi 



Valley 25, 000 



Purchase of a steamboat, Put-in-Bay, Ohio 15,000 



Construction of roadway. Greenlake, Me 2,700 



Repairs to buildings, Pribilof Islands 3,000 



