﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  XI 
  Til 
  

  

  gers 
  when 
  you 
  came 
  to 
  their 
  aid, 
  taking 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  steamer 
  and 
  landing 
  them 
  on 
  

   the 
  wharf 
  at 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  safe 
  at 
  midnight. 
  

  

  If 
  we 
  can 
  hereafter 
  serve 
  you 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  please 
  advise 
  us, 
  as 
  we 
  desire 
  to 
  show 
  our 
  

   appreciation 
  for 
  wliat 
  you 
  have 
  done 
  for 
  us. 
  

  

  Very 
  respectfully 
  yours, 
  

  

  EDW. 
  T. 
  PIERCE, 
  

  

  Agtynf. 
  

   Prof. 
  S. 
  F. 
  Baird, 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  Wood's 
  Holl. 
  

  

  9. 
  — 
  PARTICIPATION 
  IN 
  INTERNATIONAL, 
  EXHIBITIONS. 
  

  

  A.— 
  London, 
  1883. 
  

  

  The 
  history 
  of 
  our 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  great 
  International 
  Fish- 
  

   eries 
  Exhibition, 
  at 
  London, 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  given 
  in 
  preceding 
  reports. 
  

   In 
  1885 
  the 
  medals 
  and 
  diplomas 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  awarded 
  to 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Fish 
  Commission 
  arrived, 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Rigged 
  models 
  of 
  fishing- 
  vessels 
  : 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Mackerel 
  and 
  herring 
  nets 
  : 
  Diploma. 
  

  

  Exhibit 
  of 
  artificial 
  flies 
  : 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Fish 
  transporting 
  car 
  : 
  Silver 
  medal. 
  

  

  Model 
  of 
  lobster-boiling 
  establishment 
  : 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Collection 
  of 
  piscicultural 
  exhibits 
  : 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Collective 
  exhibit 
  of 
  invertebrata 
  : 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Whale-bone 
  : 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Enlargement 
  of 
  photographs 
  and 
  drawings 
  illustrating 
  fishing 
  pursuits: 
  Gold 
  

   medal. 
  

  

  Collection 
  of 
  primitive 
  fishing 
  tackle, 
  modern 
  sea-fishing 
  lines, 
  gear, 
  and 
  hooks: 
  

   Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Collective 
  exhibit 
  of 
  publications 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  fisheries 
  : 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Herring 
  smoke-house, 
  collective 
  exhibit 
  of 
  appliances 
  : 
  Silver 
  medal. 
  

  

  Model 
  of 
  menhaden 
  oil 
  and 
  guano 
  factory 
  : 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Collection 
  of 
  oils, 
  &c. 
  : 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Collective 
  exhibit 
  of 
  fishery 
  products: 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  General 
  exhibit 
  offish-eating 
  birds 
  and 
  mammals: 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Collection 
  of 
  dredge 
  exhibits 
  : 
  Silver 
  medal. 
  

  

  Photographs 
  of 
  fish-culture 
  : 
  Silver 
  medal. 
  

  

  Collective 
  exhibit 
  of 
  deep-sea 
  exploration 
  apparatus: 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Collective 
  exhibit 
  of 
  boats 
  : 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Builders' 
  models 
  of 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  : 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Purse-seine 
  net 
  : 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  Collection 
  of 
  dry-salted 
  fish 
  : 
  Diploma. 
  

  

  Collective 
  exhibit 
  of 
  fish 
  : 
  Gold 
  medal. 
  

  

  B.— 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  1885. 
  

  

  The 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  in 
  1885, 
  participated 
  in 
  the 
  World's 
  In- 
  

   dustrial 
  and 
  Cotton 
  Centennial 
  Exposition 
  at 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  sending 
  

   exhibits 
  to 
  illustrate 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  fish-culture, 
  and 
  deep-sea 
  research. 
  

  

  The 
  Board 
  of 
  Government 
  Commissioners, 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  President 
  

   in 
  1884 
  to 
  make 
  arrangements 
  for 
  a 
  general 
  Government 
  display 
  at 
  the 
  

   Louisville, 
  Cincinnati, 
  and 
  New 
  Orleans 
  exhibitions, 
  included 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  

  

  