﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  XLV 
  

  

  and 
  was 
  constantly 
  open 
  for 
  inspection 
  from 
  8 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  until 
  6 
  

   in 
  the 
  evening. 
  In 
  it 
  were 
  shown, 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  processes 
  of 
  hatching, 
  

   but 
  the 
  methods 
  employed 
  in 
  transferring 
  the 
  fry 
  to 
  waters 
  very 
  remote 
  

   from 
  the 
  hatchery. 
  After 
  the 
  fish-cultural 
  exhibition 
  had 
  been 
  installed 
  

   Colonel 
  McDonald 
  returned 
  to 
  Washington, 
  and 
  J. 
  Frank 
  Ellis 
  was 
  

   placed 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  car, 
  and 
  James 
  Carswell 
  assumed 
  control 
  of 
  

   the 
  fish-cultural 
  display 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  space 
  in 
  the 
  Government 
  

   building. 
  The 
  car 
  remained 
  until 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  May, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  re- 
  

   called 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  shad 
  from 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  

   hatcheries 
  in 
  Washington 
  and 
  Maryland. 
  

  

  The 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  steamer 
  Albatross 
  was 
  engaged 
  during 
  the 
  

   winter 
  of 
  18S4-'S5 
  in 
  scientific 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  currents, 
  tempera- 
  

   tures, 
  and 
  marine 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  and 
  in 
  portions 
  

   of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico. 
  She 
  was 
  stationed 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  at 
  New 
  Or- 
  

   leans. 
  On 
  her 
  arrival 
  in 
  that 
  city 
  the 
  exposition 
  mauagement 
  placed 
  

   a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  exposition 
  wharf 
  at 
  her 
  disposal. 
  She 
  soon 
  occupied 
  

   the 
  place 
  assigned, 
  and 
  was 
  thrown 
  open 
  for 
  inspection 
  by 
  persons 
  vis- 
  

   iting 
  the 
  exposition 
  as 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  exhibit 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Com- 
  

   mission. 
  The 
  apparatus 
  employed 
  in 
  her 
  scientific 
  investigations 
  was 
  

   arranged 
  on 
  deck, 
  and 
  interesting 
  forms 
  of 
  marine 
  life 
  recently 
  taken 
  

   in 
  the 
  deep 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico 
  were 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  tanks 
  

   and 
  placed 
  in 
  glass 
  bottles 
  in 
  the 
  steamer's 
  laboratory, 
  where 
  they 
  could 
  

   be 
  viewed 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  might 
  be 
  interested. 
  At 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Capt. 
  

   Z. 
  L. 
  Tanner, 
  an 
  efficient 
  corps 
  of 
  officers 
  and 
  scientists 
  remained 
  con- 
  

   stantly 
  on 
  duty 
  to 
  inform 
  visitors 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  steamer 
  was 
  engaged, 
  and 
  to 
  explain 
  the 
  workings 
  of 
  the 
  ap- 
  

   paratus. 
  After 
  a 
  stay 
  of 
  ten 
  days, 
  during 
  which 
  time 
  she 
  was 
  visited 
  

   by 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  people, 
  she 
  left 
  the 
  exposition 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  

   resume 
  her 
  work, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  temporarily 
  interrupted. 
  

  

  10.-—MEETING- 
  OF 
  THE 
  AMERICAN 
  FISHERIES 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  The 
  fourteenth 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Fisheries 
  Society 
  

   (formerly 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  American 
  Fish-Cultural 
  Association) 
  was 
  held 
  

   at 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  in 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  on 
  May 
  5 
  and 
  6, 
  1885, 
  

   under 
  the 
  presidency 
  of 
  Hon. 
  Theodore 
  Lyman, 
  of 
  Massachusetts. 
  

   During 
  the 
  meeting 
  twenty-seven 
  names 
  of 
  gentlemen 
  were 
  proposed 
  

   and 
  elected 
  to 
  membership. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  paper 
  read 
  was 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Eobert 
  E. 
  C. 
  Stearns, 
  on 
  " 
  The 
  giant 
  

   clams 
  of 
  Puget 
  Sound," 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  habits, 
  size, 
  and 
  edible 
  qualities 
  

   of 
  the 
  geoduck 
  clam 
  (Glyeimeris 
  gencrosa) 
  were 
  described. 
  This 
  was 
  

   followed 
  by 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  "Hibernation 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  bass," 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   James 
  A. 
  Henshall, 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  held 
  that 
  the 
  hibernation 
  of 
  fishes 
  is 
  

   iqfluenced 
  more 
  by 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  food 
  than 
  by 
  temperature, 
  and 
  that 
  

   both 
  species 
  of 
  black 
  bass 
  hibernate 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  sections 
  of 
  America. 
  

   Mr. 
  Fred 
  Mather 
  presented 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  " 
  Protecting 
  and 
  hatching 
  the 
  

   smelt," 
  which 
  contained 
  some 
  interesting 
  statements 
  regarding 
  the 
  

  

  