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which they were pursued and captured or obtained; the machinery of 
utilization; the raw material and the manufactured products derived 
from such objects; and the methods and appliances of the production 
and multiplication of the species, whether by artificial means or other- 
wise. To these were added various subsidiary subjects, such as the 
clothing and the social condition of the fishermen, ete. 
6.—PARTICIPATION BY THE UNITED STATES. 
While many countries promptly responded to this invitation and 
sent their cordial acceptances, no action was at first taken by the 
United States, and it was not until the winter of 1879~’80 that the sub- 
ject came actually before Congress forits consideration. At that period, 
in consequence of what was understood to be the urgent desire of the 
German Government for the participation of the United States, a bill 
was passed, becoming a law in February, making an appropriation of 
$20,000 to enable the United States Fish Commission to prepare an 
exhibit for the United States. I was notified to appear in connection 
with the subject, first, before the Secretary of State, and then before 
the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. 
Although the exhibition was to open on April 20, 1880, the bill in- 
troduced into Congress only became a law in February. 
As may readily be imagined, but a very short time was left for the 
preparation of the exhibit and the cases to contain it, packing, ship- 
ment to Berlin, installation in the buildings in that city, and a general 
participation in the exhibition. 
The law provided that the United States Fish Commissioner should 
represent the United States at Berlin, either in person, or by deputy to 
be appointed by the President, and, not being able to take part, I nomi- 
nated Mr. G. Brown Goode as said deputy. This was promptly acceded 
to; Mr. Goode received his commission from the President, and imme- 
diately commenced the work of preparation. 
Invitations were sent to the principal dealers in fishing-tackle and 
fishery supplies, to the manufacturers of articles of fish food and other 
economical substances derived directly or indirectly from fish, and gen- 
erally to all those who were supposed to have anything to contribute 
on the occasion in question. 
The large collections of a similar character prepared by the United 
States Fish Commission for exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876 were all 
available for the purpose, and were, for the most part, still packed in 
the boxes in which they had been returned from Philadelphia. 
The next step was to prepare a detailed schedule of the articles nec- 
essary to constitute a fishery exhibition, and fortunately most of the 
articles found in the collection were available for the purpose. Addi- 
tional articles were secured, especially of fish products, a field in which 
much progress had been made since the Centennial of 1876, and the 
collections were all properly packed and shipped. The cases which 
