﻿IGO 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  Commission 
  is 
  indebted 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   Institution 
  for 
  loan 
  of 
  material 
  and 
  cases 
  forming 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  exhibit; 
  

   also 
  to 
  the 
  following- 
  parties, 
  who 
  contributed 
  largely 
  toward 
  its 
  success: 
  

  

  Hon. 
  J. 
  1). 
  Edmundson, 
  superintendent 
  of 
  fisheries 
  for 
  Georgia, 
  for 
  

   assistance 
  rendered 
  in 
  collection 
  of 
  fishes 
  for 
  the 
  aquarium. 
  

  

  Col. 
  II. 
  H. 
  Payne, 
  secretary 
  Union 
  Tank 
  Line 
  Company, 
  for 
  loan 
  of 
  

   tank 
  cars 
  for 
  hauling 
  salt 
  water 
  from 
  Morehead 
  City 
  to 
  the 
  Exposition. 
  

  

  Judge 
  Hillyer, 
  president 
  Atlanta 
  Water 
  Works, 
  for 
  permission 
  to 
  

   take 
  fish 
  from 
  lake 
  controlled 
  by 
  his 
  company, 
  and 
  for 
  aid 
  in 
  keeping 
  

   a 
  uniform 
  pressure 
  of 
  water 
  for 
  operating 
  the 
  pumps. 
  

  

  Cajit. 
  E. 
  L. 
  Tyler, 
  chief 
  of 
  transportation, 
  for 
  loan 
  of 
  water 
  carts 
  for 
  

   hauling 
  salt 
  water. 
  

  

  M. 
  M. 
  Sullivan 
  & 
  Son, 
  Savannah, 
  Ga., 
  for 
  assistance 
  in 
  collecting 
  

   fishes 
  and 
  gift 
  of 
  turtle. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  director 
  general 
  and 
  supervising 
  architect 
  of 
  the 
  Cotton 
  States 
  

   and 
  International 
  Exi)osition,for 
  assistance 
  rendered 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  

   the 
  installation 
  of 
  the 
  aquarium. 
  

  

  W. 
  IT. 
  Baldwin, 
  jr., 
  second 
  vice-president 
  Southern 
  Eailroad 
  Com- 
  

   pany, 
  for 
  free 
  transportation 
  of 
  tank 
  cars 
  containing 
  salt 
  water, 
  and 
  

   special 
  facilities 
  provided 
  for 
  their 
  movement 
  without 
  delay; 
  also 
  for 
  

   free 
  transportation 
  of 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  Car 
  No. 
  4, 
  and 
  crew 
  from 
  

   Washington 
  to 
  Goldsboro, 
  N, 
  C, 
  thence 
  to 
  Atlanta 
  and 
  return. 
  

  

  Gen. 
  George 
  C. 
  Smith, 
  president 
  and 
  general 
  manager 
  of 
  the 
  Ala- 
  

   bama, 
  Atlanta 
  and 
  West 
  Point 
  Railway, 
  for 
  hauling 
  car 
  and 
  crew 
  from 
  

   Atlanta 
  to 
  Montgomery 
  and 
  return, 
  two 
  trips. 
  

  

  Hon. 
  Milton 
  H. 
  Smith, 
  president 
  Louisville 
  and 
  Nashville 
  Railroad 
  

   Company, 
  for 
  hauling 
  car 
  from 
  Montgomery 
  to 
  Pensacola 
  and 
  return, 
  

   two 
  trips. 
  

  

  The 
  South 
  Carolina 
  Railroad 
  Company, 
  for 
  free 
  transportation 
  over 
  

   its 
  line 
  to 
  Branchville, 
  S. 
  C, 
  and 
  return. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  J. 
  Jette, 
  superintendent 
  of 
  transportation, 
  Central 
  Railroad 
  

   of 
  Georgia, 
  for 
  transportation 
  of 
  car 
  and 
  crew 
  from 
  Atlanta 
  to 
  Albany, 
  

   Ga., 
  and 
  return. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  cost 
  of 
  preparation, 
  maintenance, 
  and 
  return 
  of 
  the 
  exhibits 
  

   of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  including 
  the 
  aquarium, 
  was 
  $20,089.80. 
  The 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  statement 
  shows 
  the 
  objects 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  money 
  was 
  expended 
  : 
  

  

  Items. 
  

  

  Exhibits 
  and 
  furniture 
  

  

  Transportation 
  

  

  Installation 
  and 
  nuiintenance 
  

  

  Tacking 
  and 
  repacking 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  expenses 
  

  

  Construction 
  of 
  ii(|navium 
  

  

  Installation 
  and 
  maintenance 
  of 
  afinnriui 
  

   Stocking 
  of 
  aquarium 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Amounts. 
  

  

  $605. 
  12 
  

   2, 
  475. 
  95 
  

   3,367.48 
  

   1, 
  935. 
  22 
  

   191. 
  52 
  

   10. 
  898. 
  78 
  

   2, 
  372. 
  35 
  

   843. 
  38 
  

  

  20, 
  689. 
  80 
  

  

  