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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  f¥sh 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Territories 
  have 
  been 
  represented 
  during 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  commissioners 
  indicated 
  : 
  

  

  State. 
  

  

  Alabama 
  ... 
  

  

  Arizona 
  

  

  Arkansas. 
  .. 
  

   California 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Colorado 
  

  

  Connecticut 
  

   Delaware... 
  

  

  Georgia 
  

  

  Illinois 
  

  

  Indiana 
  

  

  Iowa 
  

  

  Kansas 
  

  

  Kentucky 
  .. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  State. 
  

  

  Maine 
  

  

  Maryland 
  

  

  Massachusetts 
  . 
  

  

  Michigan 
  

  

  Minnesota 
  

  

  Missouri 
  

  

  Nebraska 
  

  

  Nevada 
  

  

  New 
  Hampshire 
  

  

  New 
  Jersey 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  

  

  North 
  Carolina 
  . 
  

   Ohio 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  State. 
  

  

  Pennsylvania 
  . 
  

   Rhode 
  Island 
  . 
  , 
  

   South 
  Carolina 
  

  

  Tennessee 
  

  

  Vermont 
  

  

  Virginia 
  

  

  Washington 
  ... 
  

   "West 
  Virginia 
  

  

  "Wisconsin 
  

  

  Wyoming 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  There 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  hearty 
  co-operation 
  with 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  investiga- 
  

   tion 
  by 
  various 
  men 
  of 
  science, 
  notably 
  by 
  those 
  connected 
  with 
  Gov- 
  

   ernment 
  bureaus 
  of 
  this 
  and 
  other 
  countries, 
  and 
  with 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  lead- 
  

   ing 
  colleges 
  and 
  educational 
  organizations 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  To 
  the 
  

   latter 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  possible 
  for 
  the 
  Commission 
  to 
  supply, 
  in 
  return, 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  of 
  marine 
  forms 
  and 
  other 
  material 
  of 
  great 
  value 
  for 
  class-room 
  

   instruction, 
  and 
  for 
  museum 
  purposes. 
  These 
  collections 
  involve 
  no 
  

   expense 
  to 
  the 
  recipients 
  beyond 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  freight, 
  of 
  alcohol, 
  and 
  of 
  

   suitable 
  receptacles 
  for 
  exhibition 
  and 
  storage, 
  and 
  are 
  assigned 
  to 
  

   schools 
  and 
  colleges 
  upon 
  recommendation 
  of 
  the 
  member 
  of 
  Congress 
  

   from 
  the 
  district 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  institutions 
  are 
  located. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  usual 
  routine 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  during 
  

   the 
  year, 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  general 
  administration, 
  of 
  inquiry, 
  and 
  of 
  propa- 
  

   gation 
  of 
  food-fishes, 
  the 
  following 
  specially 
  noteworthy 
  points 
  may 
  be 
  

   indicated 
  as 
  having 
  engaged 
  its 
  attention. 
  These 
  will 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  

   more 
  fully 
  hereafter: 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  suite 
  of 
  buildings 
  at 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  and 
  their 
  

   occupancy, 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  investigation 
  and 
  fish 
  production. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  exploration 
  of 
  the 
  fishing-grounds 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico 
  by 
  

   the 
  steamer 
  Albatross, 
  and 
  the 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  snapper 
  and 
  

   other 
  fisheries. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  appropriation 
  of 
  $14,000 
  for 
  building 
  the 
  schooner 
  Grampus, 
  

   the 
  construction 
  of 
  plans, 
  and 
  the 
  award 
  of 
  the 
  contract 
  for 
  building 
  to 
  

   Messrs. 
  Bobert 
  Palmer 
  & 
  Sons, 
  of 
  Noank, 
  Conn. 
  

  

  4. 
  Participation 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  Orleans 
  Cotton 
  Centennial 
  Exposition, 
  at 
  

   which 
  were 
  exhibited 
  the 
  steamer 
  Albatross, 
  with 
  her 
  appliances 
  for 
  

   research 
  and 
  practical 
  work, 
  and 
  a 
  hatching 
  car 
  fully 
  equipped 
  with 
  

   eggs 
  and 
  live 
  fish. 
  

  

  5. 
  The 
  taking 
  of 
  a 
  census 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  for 
  pur- 
  

   poses 
  of 
  comparison 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  five 
  years 
  ago. 
  

  

  0. 
  The 
  co-operation 
  of 
  the 
  Treasury 
  Department 
  in 
  obtaining 
  statistics 
  

   of 
  the 
  sea 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Ocean, 
  

  

  