REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XXIII 
had been used in the Philadelphia exhibition were also available, hav- 
ing originally been made portable. These were also sent off. In great 
part, however, before shipment, the specimens were arranged in their 
intended cases and photographed, so as to show their relative position, 
and the more readily to admit of arrangement on reaching Berlin. Mr. 
Goode and his assistants, among whom may be mentioned Mr. F. W. 
True and Capt. H. C. Chester, worked day and night, sending off the 
first load on the 28th February, and the last one on the 24th March, or 
only twelve and thirty-seven days respectively after the passage of the 
act. The shipments from Washington were made by way of Baltimore, 
and those from the north were concentrated at New York, under the 
charge of Mr. E. G. Blackford, the well-known fish-dealer of New York, 
of 80 Fulton Market, at his establishment, and forwarded from that 
point. 
With unexampled liberality the great railroads between Washington, 
New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, namely, the Pennsylvania 
Railroad, the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, and 
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, agreed to transport these packages 
to the point of shipment and return them to Washington free of ex- 
pense. The North German Lloyd Company was equally generous, car- 
rying them from New York and Baltimore to Bremen and back free of 
cost, so that. the entire mass of nearly 12,000 cubic feet cost nothing 
whatever for transportation between Washington and Bremen. The 
charges from, Bremen to Berlin were paid for out of the appropriation. 
Mr. Goode and his party left Washington on the 16th March, he 
being accompanied by Mr. G. H. Hobbs and J. E. Rockwell, as general 
assistants; Mr. F. W. True, in charge of a portion of the exhibition; 
Mr. Fred. Mather, as an expert in fish culture; Capt. J. W. Collins, in 
charge of the ocean fishery apparatus, and Mr. Joseph Palmer, in 
charge of the models and stuffed specimens. Reduced rates of trans- 
portation were given to the party by the North German Lloyd, on the 
vessels of which company they were taken to Bremen. Owing to the 
great care in packing and precaution in shipping at the various points 
of the journey, the collections, including a large series of plaster casts 
of fishes, reached Berlin in safety, and the entire exhibit was in place 
by the 20th April, the opening day of the exhibition. 
The American display received universal attention, and was generally 
considered as by far the most interesting feature of the exhibition. Its 
various divisions were constantly thronged by admiring visitors, and 
furnished the text of many eulogistie and critical notices. 
It was originally intended to continue the exhibition for one month 
only, or until the 20th May. The interest, however, of the public was 
such that it was determined to maintain it in active existence until the 
Ist July, or nearly six weeks longer than was originally calculated upon. 
This of course necessitated an unexpected delay in the return of the 
party and the collections; and it was not until the middle of July that 
