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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  iudustry, 
  besides 
  illustrations 
  of 
  tlie 
  various 
  fisheries 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  

   photographs, 
  oil 
  paintings, 
  etchings, 
  etc. 
  

  

  (4) 
  An 
  aquarium 
  for 
  showing 
  the 
  economic 
  food 
  and 
  game 
  fishes 
  of 
  

   the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  Gulf 
  States 
  and 
  the 
  fishes 
  reared 
  by 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  at 
  its 
  various 
  stations, 
  including 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  ornamental 
  fishes 
  and 
  other 
  marine 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  preparatioNkS 
  for 
  the 
  exhibit. 
  

  

  As 
  soon 
  as 
  practicable 
  after 
  the 
  formal 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  

   and 
  allotment 
  of 
  funds 
  and 
  space 
  had 
  been 
  made, 
  steps 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  

   prepare 
  the 
  plans 
  for 
  the 
  aquarium, 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  most 
  diflicult 
  and 
  

   expensive 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  exhibit. 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Von 
  Bayer, 
  the 
  architect 
  of 
  the 
  

   Commission, 
  was 
  detailed 
  to 
  assist 
  the 
  representative, 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  

   pressure 
  of 
  other 
  duties 
  he 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  give 
  his 
  time 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  

   and 
  it 
  became 
  necessary 
  to 
  employ 
  L. 
  F. 
  Graether 
  as 
  architect. 
  He, 
  

   with 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Von 
  Bayer, 
  prepared 
  the 
  plans, 
  which 
  were 
  

   approved 
  May 
  1, 
  1895. 
  

  

  In 
  Ai>ril 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  collecting, 
  preparing, 
  and 
  packing 
  the 
  material 
  

   for 
  the 
  exhibit 
  was 
  begun, 
  and 
  a 
  building 
  was 
  rented 
  as 
  a 
  temporary 
  

   workshop 
  and 
  storehouse. 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  P. 
  Sauerhoff, 
  fish-culturist, 
  was 
  

   detailed 
  to 
  take 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  fish-cultural 
  materiid 
  

   and 
  the 
  packing 
  of 
  the 
  exhibit, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  July 
  most 
  of 
  it 
  had 
  

   been 
  prepared 
  and 
  shipped 
  to 
  Atlanta. 
  

  

  The 
  material 
  for 
  illustrating 
  the 
  scientific 
  investigations 
  of 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  was 
  designated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Eichard 
  Eatlibun, 
  assistant 
  in 
  charge 
  

   of 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  scientific 
  inquiry, 
  and 
  prepared 
  for 
  exhibit 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   James 
  E. 
  Benedict. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Hugh 
  M. 
  Smith, 
  assistant 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  statistics 
  

   and 
  methods 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  assisted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Abbott, 
  designated 
  

   and 
  prepared 
  the 
  material 
  illustrating 
  the 
  methods 
  and 
  statistics 
  of 
  

   the 
  fisheries. 
  

  

  INSTALLATION. 
  

  

  Messrs. 
  W. 
  P. 
  Sauerhoif 
  and 
  John 
  L. 
  Leary 
  left 
  Washington 
  for 
  

   Atlanta 
  on 
  August 
  11 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  unpacking 
  the 
  material 
  and 
  

   placing 
  the 
  cases 
  in 
  position. 
  On 
  September 
  1 
  the 
  representative 
  

   arrived 
  and 
  commenced 
  the 
  installation, 
  with 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  W. 
  H. 
  

   Abbott, 
  to 
  whose 
  ingenuity 
  and 
  skill 
  in 
  exposition 
  work 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  

   success 
  attained 
  is 
  due. 
  The 
  total 
  space 
  allotted 
  to 
  the 
  Commission 
  

   was 
  8,000 
  square 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  southwest 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  Government 
  build- 
  

   ing. 
  Two-thirds 
  of 
  this 
  was 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  aquarium 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  

   by 
  fish-cultural 
  apparatus 
  and 
  material 
  illustrating 
  scientific 
  investi- 
  

   gation 
  and 
  methods 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  accompanying 
  floor 
  

   plan. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  deemed 
  necessary 
  to 
  prepare 
  a 
  complete 
  descriptive 
  

   catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  exhibited, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  

   publications 
  of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  but 
  the 
  plan 
  and 
  scope 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  

   sections 
  are 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  synopsis: 
  

  

  