﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIVISION 
  OF 
  STATISTICS 
  AND 
  METHODS 
  

   OF 
  THE 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  By 
  Hugh 
  M. 
  Smith, 
  Assistant 
  in 
  Charge. 
  

  

  PERSONNEL 
  AND 
  RESOURCES. 
  

  

  The 
  regalar 
  force 
  of 
  this 
  division 
  duriug 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  

   30, 
  1896, 
  consisted 
  of 
  an 
  assistant 
  in 
  charge, 
  C 
  clerks, 
  5 
  statistical 
  field 
  

   agents, 
  and 
  2 
  local 
  agents. 
  The 
  field 
  force 
  was 
  angmeuted 
  by 
  the 
  tem- 
  

   porary 
  detail 
  of 
  employees 
  from 
  other 
  divisions 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  employment 
  

   for 
  short 
  periods 
  of 
  persons 
  ontside 
  the 
  service. 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Barnum, 
  

   of 
  the 
  Commissioner's 
  office, 
  was 
  assigned 
  to 
  field 
  work 
  in 
  Idaho, 
  Utah, 
  

   Oregon, 
  and 
  Washington; 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Tulian, 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  station 
  at 
  Leadville, 
  Colo., 
  was 
  detailed 
  

   for 
  duty 
  in 
  Colorado 
  and 
  Utah; 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Alexander, 
  fishery 
  expert 
  on 
  

   the 
  Albatross, 
  was 
  ordered 
  to 
  make 
  some 
  inquiries 
  in 
  Nevada 
  and 
  Cal- 
  

   ifornia; 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  E. 
  Ingersoll, 
  of 
  Cambridge, 
  Mass., 
  a 
  former 
  emi)loyee 
  of 
  

   the 
  division, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Burnside 
  Clapham, 
  of 
  Fort 
  Wayne, 
  Ind., 
  were 
  

   employed 
  for 
  several 
  months 
  in 
  investigating 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio 
  

   Valley. 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  C. 
  James, 
  of 
  the 
  car 
  and 
  messenger 
  service, 
  was 
  employed 
  

   for 
  several 
  months 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  on 
  general 
  clerical 
  work 
  x^ending 
  

   repairs 
  to 
  the 
  car 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  in 
  charge. 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Roberts, 
  field 
  

   agent, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  detailed 
  in 
  May, 
  1895, 
  for 
  duties 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  

   the 
  Atlanta 
  Exposition, 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  division 
  in 
  April, 
  1896. 
  

  

  The 
  appropriation 
  for 
  the 
  field 
  inquiries 
  and 
  miscellaneous 
  expenses 
  

   of 
  this 
  division 
  was 
  $5,000. 
  This 
  sum 
  was 
  expended 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Field 
  iuvestigations 
  $4, 
  578. 
  58 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  112. 
  09 
  

  

  Total 
  4, 
  690. 
  67 
  

  

  Balance 
  unexpended 
  -. 
  309. 
  33 
  

  

  5, 
  000. 
  00 
  

   FIELD 
  INVESTIGATIONS. 
  

  

  INTKRIOR 
  WATERS. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  the 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  

   of 
  the 
  minor 
  interior 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  begun 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  year 
  and 
  suspended 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  lack 
  of 
  funds, 
  

   was 
  resumed 
  and 
  actively 
  pushed 
  during 
  the 
  entire 
  year. 
  The 
  order 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  major 
  investigations 
  were 
  taken 
  up 
  had 
  special 
  reference 
  to 
  

   the 
  seasons. 
  During 
  the 
  warmer 
  months 
  the 
  field 
  force 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  

   the 
  States 
  drained 
  by 
  the 
  upper 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  and 
  Ohio 
  

  

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