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At other stations for which there are special appropriations build- 

 ings and ponds have been constructed or repaired, water systems 

 have been extended, and other improvements tending to enhance 

 efficiency and increase facilities have been made. 



The sundry civil bill approved March 4, 1911, authorized new 

 fish-cultural stations in the States of Wyoming and South Carolina 

 and in Jefferson County, Ky. An act approved March 1, 1911, 

 authorized a marine biological station on the Gulf coast of Florida, 

 provided that State donates to the United States the necessary land 

 and water rights. Investigations will be undertaken as soon as prac- 

 ticable with a view to selecting sites for these stations. 



MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. 



During the summer of 1910 the steamer Albatross was placed at 

 the disposal of the Secretary, who, accompanied by the Attorney 

 General, visited Alaska for the purpose of inspecting the Government 

 activities in which the Department of Commerce and Labor is inter- 

 ested, including the seal fisheries of the Pribilof Islands. The latter 

 part of the winter and early spring were occupied by a scientific expe- 

 dition to the Gulf of California in cooperation with the American 

 Museum of Natural History; and in May, 1911, the vessel sailed 

 from San Francisco for the purpose of conducting an investigation 

 of certain of the halibut and cod grounds of the North Pacific Ocean. 



At the beginning of the fiscal year the steamer Fish Hawk was 

 engaged in an oyster survey in Delaware River and Bay, and on the 

 conclusion of this work went to Woods Hole for service in connec- 

 tion with the scientific work of the laboratory at that place. During 

 the winter the vessel was utilized in a survey of the oyster grounds of 

 Alabama and Mississippi, operating chiefly in Mississippi Sound. 

 As the Fish Hawk was in need of extensive repairs, on her return 

 from the Gulf waters arrangements were made for a thorough 

 refitting. 



The schooner Grampus was engaged as usual in fish-cultural work 

 for the marine stations on the New England coast, and the other ves- 

 sels of the Bureau were utilized for the same purpose in connection 

 with the several stations to which they are attached. 



PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY. 



During the year 28,473 of the Bureau's publications were sent 

 out on special requests and 10,605 were distributed by means of 

 the regular mailing list. 



In addition to reprints of 7 papers on important subjects in 

 which there is much popular interest, the following documents de- 

 scriptive of the Bureau's work or of investigations carried on in its 

 behalf were issued during the year: 



