﻿XXXIV 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  No. 
  2, 
  constructed 
  in 
  1882, 
  now 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  George 
  H. 
  H. 
  Moore. 
  

  

  No. 
  3, 
  constructed 
  in 
  1884, 
  now 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  J. 
  F. 
  Ellis. 
  

  

  These 
  cars 
  are 
  in 
  active 
  service 
  about 
  six 
  months 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  Dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  they 
  are 
  stored 
  in 
  a 
  shed 
  erected 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  near 
  Central 
  Station, 
  and 
  the 
  crews 
  furloughed. 
  In 
  all 
  the 
  

   miles 
  of 
  travel, 
  now 
  aggregating 
  many 
  thousand, 
  no 
  serious 
  accident 
  has 
  

   ever 
  happened 
  to 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  cars, 
  if 
  we 
  may 
  except 
  a 
  slight 
  "smash- 
  

   up" 
  in 
  Canada 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  ago, 
  which 
  damaged 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  one 
  car, 
  

   but 
  injured 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  occupants. 
  

  

  As 
  has 
  been 
  stated 
  on 
  a 
  previous 
  page, 
  the 
  experiment 
  of 
  using 
  a 
  car 
  

   as 
  a 
  temporary 
  hatchery 
  was 
  tried 
  at 
  Lambert 
  ville, 
  N. 
  J., 
  with 
  good 
  

   results. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  cars 
  was 
  displayed 
  at 
  the 
  New 
  Orleans 
  Exhibition, 
  with 
  

   its 
  load 
  offish 
  and 
  eggs, 
  and 
  excited 
  great 
  interest. 
  

  

  6. 
  — 
  COURTESIES 
  EXTENDED 
  TO 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  FISH 
  COMMISSION. 
  

   A.— 
  By 
  the 
  Government. 
  

  

  Treasury 
  Department 
  — 
  Secretary's 
  Office. 
  — 
  The 
  Acting 
  Secretary, 
  

   C. 
  S. 
  Fairchihl, 
  granted 
  a 
  permit 
  May 
  1 
  for 
  taking 
  seals 
  at 
  the 
  Priby- 
  

   lov 
  Islands. 
  On 
  September 
  5 
  he 
  directed 
  the 
  collector 
  of 
  customs 
  at 
  the 
  

   port 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  to 
  render 
  facilities 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  landing 
  of 
  

   soles 
  imported 
  from 
  England 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  propagation. 
  On 
  the 
  

   6th 
  of 
  November 
  the 
  order 
  to 
  the 
  collector 
  at 
  New 
  York 
  was 
  made 
  

   general 
  to 
  cover 
  all 
  importations 
  offish 
  and 
  eggs 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Fish 
  Commission. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  16th 
  of 
  December 
  the 
  Department 
  issued 
  a 
  circular 
  to 
  all 
  col- 
  

   lectors 
  of 
  customs 
  at 
  ports 
  where 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  are 
  documented, 
  re- 
  

   questing 
  them 
  to 
  co-operate 
  with 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  in 
  obtaining 
  

   statistics 
  of 
  the 
  ocean 
  fisheries. 
  

  

  Light-House 
  Board. 
  — 
  This 
  Board 
  has 
  continued 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  securing 
  

   ocean-temperature 
  observations 
  at 
  thirty-five 
  light-houses 
  and 
  light- 
  

   vessels 
  along 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  these 
  light-houses 
  will 
  be 
  

   appended 
  to 
  this 
  report. 
  On 
  June 
  15 
  the 
  Board 
  granted 
  for 
  the 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  laboratory 
  building 
  at 
  the 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  buoy 
  

   department, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  previously 
  of 
  much 
  service 
  to 
  the 
  Commis- 
  

   sion. 
  With 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  buildings, 
  however, 
  the 
  present 
  

   season 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  last 
  that 
  this 
  courtesy 
  will 
  be 
  desired. 
  

  

  Coast 
  Survey. 
  — 
  Frequent 
  calls 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  upon 
  the 
  Coast 
  Sur- 
  

   vey 
  for 
  tide-tables, 
  maps, 
  and 
  charts 
  for 
  use 
  on 
  the 
  different 
  vessels 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  stations 
  of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  supplied 
  very 
  cour- 
  

   teously. 
  On 
  July 
  2 
  it 
  lent 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  hydrographic 
  charts, 
  to 
  be 
  copied 
  

   and 
  used 
  in 
  studying 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  mackerel, 
  menhaden, 
  and 
  other 
  

   fish 
  along 
  the 
  coast, 
  thus 
  saving 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  original 
  work. 
  The 
  

   Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Survey 
  on 
  May 
  14 
  offered 
  to 
  lend 
  the 
  schooner 
  

   Matchless, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  unnecessary 
  to 
  accept 
  the 
  offer. 
  

  

  