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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  repairs 
  and 
  improvements 
  at 
  the 
  varions 
  

   fish-cultural 
  stations, 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  architect 
  and 
  engineer 
  

   of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  constructing 
  the 
  new 
  stations 
  at 
  San 
  

   Marcos, 
  Tex., 
  Bozeman, 
  Mont,, 
  and 
  Mancliester, 
  Iowa, 
  was 
  continued. 
  

  

  The 
  artesian 
  well 
  at 
  San 
  Marcos 
  has 
  been 
  completed, 
  and 
  furnishes 
  

   an 
  ample 
  supply 
  of 
  water, 
  the 
  volume 
  of 
  liow 
  being 
  about 
  1,000 
  gallons 
  

   per 
  minute. 
  Excavations 
  for 
  ponds 
  were 
  continued 
  and 
  i)reparations 
  

   made 
  for 
  erecting 
  the 
  hatchoiy 
  buildings 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  new 
  fiscal 
  year. 
  

  

  At 
  Bozeman 
  the 
  hatchery 
  buildings 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  work 
  

   on 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  and 
  ponds 
  were 
  finished 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1895, 
  

   when 
  the 
  available 
  funds 
  were 
  exhausted. 
  A 
  further 
  appropriation 
  

   was 
  granted 
  June 
  8, 
  1896, 
  and 
  steps 
  were 
  at 
  once 
  taken 
  to 
  comi)lete 
  

   the 
  station. 
  

  

  Plans 
  and 
  specifications 
  for 
  the 
  proposed 
  Manchester 
  station 
  were 
  

   prepared, 
  but 
  actual 
  work 
  was 
  not 
  begun, 
  as 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  

   title 
  to 
  the 
  land 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  completed 
  by 
  July 
  1, 
  1896. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  repairing 
  the 
  damage 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  storm 
  of* 
  January, 
  

   1895, 
  to 
  the 
  breakwater 
  at 
  Woods 
  Hole 
  was 
  continued 
  by 
  the 
  Engineer 
  

   Corps 
  of 
  the 
  Army 
  until 
  August 
  21, 
  when 
  the 
  available 
  funds 
  were 
  

   exhausted, 
  leaving 
  the 
  repairs 
  still 
  incomplete. 
  

  

  The 
  naval 
  engineer 
  has 
  supervised 
  such 
  repairs, 
  alterations, 
  and 
  

   additions 
  to 
  the 
  machinery 
  at 
  the 
  various 
  stations 
  and 
  upon 
  the 
  steam 
  

   launches 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  as 
  were 
  necessary 
  for 
  their 
  economical 
  and 
  

   efficient 
  operation, 
  and 
  plans 
  were 
  prepared 
  for 
  such 
  changes 
  in 
  the 
  

   pumping 
  apparatus 
  at 
  certain 
  of 
  the 
  stations 
  as 
  would 
  provide 
  for 
  an 
  

   increase 
  in 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  fry. 
  

  

  Passed 
  Assistant 
  Engineer 
  C. 
  W. 
  Dyson, 
  IT. 
  S. 
  N., 
  was 
  detailed 
  by 
  the 
  

   Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Navy 
  as 
  consulting 
  and 
  mechanical 
  engineer 
  for 
  the 
  

   Commission 
  October 
  21, 
  1895, 
  relieving 
  Passed 
  Assistant 
  Engineer 
  I. 
  

   S. 
  K. 
  Eeeves, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  

  

  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Commission, 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   two 
  sea-going 
  steamers, 
  the 
  Albatross 
  and 
  Fish 
  Haw!:, 
  and 
  the 
  schooner 
  

   Grampus, 
  besides 
  several 
  smaller 
  steamers, 
  and 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  the 
  

   expenditures 
  necessary 
  for 
  their 
  maintenance, 
  made 
  it 
  desirable, 
  in 
  the 
  

   interest 
  of 
  economy, 
  to 
  organize 
  an 
  office 
  of 
  vessels 
  under 
  a 
  comi)etent 
  

   and 
  experienced 
  head, 
  who 
  should 
  have 
  general 
  charge 
  of 
  tlieir 
  main- 
  

   tenance, 
  repairs, 
  and 
  equii)ment. 
  At 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  

   Lieut. 
  C. 
  M. 
  McCormick, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  was 
  detailed 
  by 
  the 
  Navy 
  Department 
  

   for 
  this 
  duty, 
  and 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  this 
  office 
  June 
  29. 
  

  

  The 
  Commission 
  has 
  continued 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  turning 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  

   National 
  Museum 
  collections 
  made 
  by 
  its 
  agents 
  and 
  vessels. 
  October 
  

   19, 
  1895, 
  there 
  were 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  

   ten 
  sets 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  fishes, 
  one 
  set 
  being 
  intended 
  for 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  

   the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  for 
  distribution 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  

   institutiims: 
  Stanford 
  University. 
  Museum 
  of 
  Comparative 
  Zoology, 
  

   Indiana 
  UnivervSity, 
  Iowa 
  University, 
  Nebraska 
  [Tni 
  versify, 
  Arkansas 
  

   University, 
  Duluth 
  (Minn.) 
  High 
  School, 
  Mankato 
  (Minn.) 
  State 
  Nor-' 
  

   nial 
  School, 
  and 
  Oberlin 
  College. 
  

  

  