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  -REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  REPRESENTATIVE 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  

   FISH 
  COMMISSION 
  AT 
  THE 
  COTTON 
  STATES 
  AND 
  INTERNA- 
  

   TIONAL 
  EXPOSITION 
  AT 
  ATLANTA, 
  GEORGIA, 
  IN 
  1895. 
  

  

  By 
  W. 
  deC. 
  Ravenel. 
  

  

  TlDcler 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  Congress 
  approved 
  August 
  18, 
  1894, 
  providing 
  for 
  

   the 
  i^articipatiou 
  of 
  the 
  Executive 
  Departments, 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Insti- 
  

   tution, 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  and 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  in 
  the 
  Cotton 
  

   States 
  and 
  International 
  Ex])osition 
  at 
  Atlanta, 
  Ga., 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   illustrating 
  the 
  functions 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  Departments 
  and 
  Bureaus, 
  the 
  

   Commissioner 
  designated 
  Dr. 
  Tarleton 
  H. 
  Bean, 
  assistant 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  

   the 
  division 
  of 
  tish-culture, 
  as 
  the 
  representative 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  on 
  

   the 
  board 
  of 
  management. 
  Upon 
  the 
  resignation 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Bean, 
  May 
  23, 
  

   1895, 
  to 
  accept 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  atjuarium 
  at 
  Castle 
  

   Garden, 
  New 
  York, 
  W. 
  deC. 
  Kavenel 
  was 
  designated 
  as 
  his 
  successor. 
  

  

  PLAN 
  AND 
  SCO"PE 
  OF 
  THE 
  EXHIBIT. 
  

  

  The 
  plan 
  of 
  the 
  exhibit, 
  as 
  laid 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  representative 
  and 
  approved 
  

   by 
  the 
  Commissioner, 
  was 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  (1) 
  The 
  scientific 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  to 
  be 
  illustrated 
  

   by 
  models 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  employed, 
  with 
  full-sized 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  appa- 
  

   ratus 
  used 
  ; 
  by 
  charts 
  illustrating 
  the 
  results 
  obtained 
  and 
  jjublications 
  

   covering 
  the 
  different 
  investigations; 
  by 
  casts 
  of 
  fish 
  colored 
  from 
  life; 
  

   collections 
  of 
  sponges, 
  corals, 
  oysters, 
  and 
  other 
  shellfish, 
  crabs, 
  lobsters, 
  

   sea 
  lilies, 
  sea-pens, 
  and 
  various 
  other 
  material 
  obtained 
  by 
  dredging 
  

   and 
  trawling 
  apparatus. 
  

  

  (2) 
  The 
  fish-cultural 
  operations 
  to 
  be 
  shown 
  by 
  models 
  and 
  photo- 
  

   graphs 
  of 
  hatching 
  stations; 
  models 
  and 
  full-size 
  specimens 
  of 
  appa- 
  

   ratus 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  collection, 
  transportation, 
  and 
  hatching 
  of 
  eggs; 
  

   apparatus 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  transportation 
  of 
  fish; 
  charts 
  showing 
  a 
  sum- 
  

   mary 
  of 
  work 
  done 
  since 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  Commission; 
  results 
  

   obtained 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  special 
  fisheries 
  and 
  results 
  at 
  the 
  different 
  

   stations 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1891-95; 
  also 
  by 
  the 
  

   practical 
  hatching 
  of 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  salmon, 
  whitefish, 
  and 
  fronts. 
  

  

  (3) 
  Methods 
  and 
  statistics 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  to 
  be 
  illustrated 
  by 
  models 
  

   of 
  vessels 
  and 
  boats 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  tlie 
  United 
  States, 
  with 
  

   special 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  Gulf 
  regions; 
  models 
  and 
  

   full 
  size 
  specimens 
  of 
  seines, 
  gill 
  nets, 
  pound 
  nets, 
  lines, 
  trawls, 
  spears, 
  

   and 
  accessories; 
  charts 
  showing 
  the 
  extent 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  

  

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