﻿XLIV 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Brown 
  Goode, 
  Assistant 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  IT. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  who 
  

   was 
  charged 
  with 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  an 
  exhibit 
  from 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   Institution, 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  and 
  the 
  IT. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1881 
  the 
  collections 
  were 
  shipped 
  from 
  Washington 
  and 
  

   duly 
  installed 
  at 
  New 
  Orleans 
  soon 
  after 
  the 
  opening 
  on 
  December 
  10, 
  

   1884. 
  The 
  exposition 
  continued 
  till 
  May 
  31, 
  1885. 
  Mr. 
  Goode 
  being 
  

   obliged 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  Washington, 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  was 
  given 
  

   to 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  Edward 
  Earll, 
  of 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  who 
  was 
  assisted 
  by 
  

   Colonel 
  McDonald 
  and 
  others. 
  

  

  The 
  exhibit 
  of 
  fisheries 
  and 
  fish-culture 
  occupied 
  2,345 
  square 
  feet 
  of 
  

   the 
  24,750 
  square 
  feet 
  allotted 
  in 
  the 
  Government 
  buildings 
  to 
  the 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  display 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian, 
  National 
  Museum, 
  and 
  Fish 
  Commis- 
  

   sion. 
  The 
  collection 
  included 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  exhibits 
  which 
  had 
  previously 
  

   done 
  service 
  at 
  Berlin 
  and 
  London. 
  Among 
  the 
  objects 
  displayed 
  were 
  

   about 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  photographs, 
  size 
  30 
  by 
  40 
  inches, 
  illus- 
  

   trating 
  the 
  apparatus 
  and 
  methods 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  sea 
  and 
  river 
  fish- 
  

   eries 
  of 
  this 
  country, 
  and 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  models 
  in 
  plaster 
  of 
  the 
  prin- 
  

   cipal 
  fresh 
  and 
  salt-water 
  food-fishes 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  A 
  series 
  of 
  diagrams 
  and 
  tabulated 
  statements, 
  prepared 
  by 
  Prof. 
  

   W. 
  O. 
  Atwater, 
  showed 
  in 
  an 
  instructive 
  manner 
  the 
  relative 
  food 
  

   qualities 
  of 
  the 
  leading 
  food-fishes 
  compared 
  with 
  other 
  foods. 
  

  

  A 
  full-sized 
  whale-boat, 
  with 
  complete 
  outfit 
  ready 
  for 
  the 
  chase, 
  was 
  

   an 
  attractive 
  exhibit. 
  

  

  Colonel 
  Marshall 
  McDonald, 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  had 
  the 
  

   direction 
  of 
  the 
  fish-cultural 
  exhibit, 
  which 
  consisted 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  six 
  

   tables 
  containing 
  hatching 
  apparatus 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  embryos 
  of 
  white- 
  

   fish, 
  salmon, 
  and 
  other 
  species 
  were 
  kept 
  during 
  their 
  development, 
  

   and 
  small 
  aquaria 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  newly 
  hatched 
  fry 
  were 
  exhibited. 
  

   There 
  were 
  also 
  six 
  large 
  aquaria 
  containing 
  trout, 
  salmon, 
  carp, 
  and 
  

   several 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  fish 
  from 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  ponds 
  at 
  Wash- 
  

   ington. 
  There 
  was 
  also 
  a 
  series 
  containing 
  numerous 
  forms 
  of 
  hatch- 
  

   ing 
  apparatus 
  used 
  at 
  the 
  hatcheries 
  of 
  the 
  IT. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  

   and 
  models 
  of 
  various 
  kinds 
  of 
  fish-ladders 
  or 
  fish 
  ways. 
  

  

  Arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  management 
  of 
  the 
  exposition 
  

   for 
  a 
  supply 
  of 
  pure 
  water 
  for 
  conducting 
  the 
  hatching 
  operations, 
  and 
  

   at 
  intervals 
  during 
  the 
  continuance 
  of 
  the 
  exposition, 
  eggs 
  of 
  different 
  

   species 
  were 
  shipped 
  to 
  New 
  Orleans 
  and 
  x^laced 
  in 
  the 
  hatching 
  ap- 
  

   paratus, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  allowed 
  to 
  remain 
  until 
  hatched. 
  This 
  ex- 
  

   hibit 
  was 
  perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  popular 
  in 
  the 
  entire 
  exhibition, 
  and 
  during 
  

   the 
  time 
  when 
  clear 
  water 
  could 
  be 
  obtained, 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  fish 
  were 
  

   hatching, 
  a 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  attending 
  the 
  exposition 
  found 
  their 
  

   way 
  to 
  the 
  space, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  lingering 
  hour 
  after 
  hour. 
  

  

  On 
  February 
  18 
  Colonel 
  McDonald 
  arrived 
  with 
  IT. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commis- 
  

   sion 
  Car 
  No. 
  3, 
  containing 
  a 
  full 
  equipment 
  of 
  hatching 
  and 
  transport- 
  

   ing 
  apparatus. 
  This 
  car 
  was 
  placed 
  on 
  a 
  side 
  track 
  at 
  the 
  Prytania 
  

   street 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  exhibition 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  space, 
  

  

  