XXX EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



F.— Catalogue of the collections of fishes exhibited by the U. S. National Museum. 

 By Tarleton H. Bean, curator of the department of fishes in the U. S. National Mu- 

 seum. 



G.— Descriptive cataloguje of the collection illustrating the scientific investigation 

 of the sea and fresh waters. By Richard Rathbun, curator of the department of ma- 

 rine invertebrates in the U. S. National Museum. 



H.— Catalogue of the aquatic mammals exhibited by the U. S. National Museum. 

 By Frederick W. True, curator of the department of mammals, U. S. National Mu- 

 seum. 



I. — Catalogue of the collection illustrating the fishing vessels and boats, and their 

 equipment; the economic condition of fishermen; anglers' outfits, &c. By Capt. J. 

 W. Collins, assistant, U. S. Fish Commission. 



' J. — Catalogue of the apparatus for the capture offish, exhibited by the U. S. National 

 Museum. By R. Edward Earll, curator of the fisheries collections, U. S. National Mu- 

 seum. 



K. — Catalogue of fishery products and of the apparatus used in their preparation. 

 By A. Howard Clark, assistant in the department of art and industry, U. S. National 

 Museum. 



L. — Catalogue of the fish-cultural exhibit of the U. S. Fish Commission. By R. 

 Edward Earll, curator of the fisheries collections, U. S. National Museum, and assist- 

 ant, U. S. Fish Commission. 



The great superiority of the exhibit made by the TJ. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion at this exhibition, and the profound impression which the explana- 

 tions of its methods and purposes of fish-culture produced upon Euro- 

 pean fish-culturists, induced the Scottish fishery board to seud to the 

 United States Prof. J. Cossar Ewart, one of its members, for the pur- 

 pose of becoming practically acquainted with the systems in use in this 

 country. 



Professor Ewart succeeded Sir Wyville Thompson, the scientific head 

 of the Challenger expedition, as professor of zoology in the University 

 of Edinburgh, and is himself highly distinguished as an investigator. 

 Every facility was afforded Professor Ewart in the examination of the 

 various stations of the U. S. Fish Commission , and the following letter 

 was written by him just before leavirg New York to return to Edinburgh. 

 He expects to revisit the United States next year in time to study the 

 operations in the hatching of shad and fresh-water herring. 



Under date of New York, November 5, 1884, he says : 



" I have just returned from visiting all the stations you suggested, 

 with the exception of Northville. I feel very grateful for the facilities 

 given me to study the work of the Fish Commission. From what I 

 have seen I am convinced that Scotland in doing her little has done best 

 to follow in your footsteps, and that although your Commission has ac- 

 complished much already, it is in reality only beginning its work, a work 

 which will be of immense national importance. There is no doubt that 

 fish-culture has a splendid future if carried on, as it has been by your 

 Commission, in a truly scientific spirit. When I saw Wood's Holl, with 

 its great facilities, I felt that I might confidently return to Scotland and 

 advise the board of fisheries to devote all the means at its disposal to 

 improving by artificial means the sea fisheries. I am extremely grate- 

 ful for your kindness, and for the courtesy extended to me by all the 

 officers of the Commission and others it has been my privilege to meet." 



