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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [40] 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  records 
  of 
  search 
  by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission. 
  The 
  first 
  in 
  

   1880, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  vessel 
  failed 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  grounds, 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  in 
  

   1S82, 
  after 
  the 
  destruction 
  and 
  disappearance 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  from 
  their 
  former 
  

   haunts. 
  The 
  vessel 
  reached 
  the 
  grounds 
  and 
  carried 
  on 
  the 
  investiga- 
  

   tions 
  for 
  several 
  days, 
  but 
  failed 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  trace 
  of 
  tile-fish. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  engineer's 
  department' 
  the 
  principal 
  work 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  boilers, 
  

   which 
  required 
  several 
  new 
  patches, 
  renewal 
  of 
  old 
  ones, 
  &c. 
  Coun- 
  

   terbalances 
  were 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  main 
  engines, 
  which 
  make 
  them 
  run 
  more 
  

   smoothly 
  and 
  enables 
  us 
  to 
  turn 
  them 
  over 
  much 
  slower 
  while 
  dredg- 
  

   ing, 
  thus 
  bringing 
  the 
  speed 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  desired 
  limit 
  

   for 
  deep-water 
  work. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  important 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  engineer's 
  department 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  " 
  Baird's 
  annunciators," 
  which 
  are 
  

   fully 
  described 
  in 
  his 
  report. 
  They 
  are 
  designed 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  

   the 
  engines 
  to 
  the 
  officer 
  on 
  the 
  bridge 
  or 
  the 
  quartermaster 
  in 
  the 
  pilot- 
  

   house. 
  It 
  is 
  desirable 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  to 
  know 
  whether 
  engine 
  signals 
  have 
  

   been 
  rightly 
  understood 
  and 
  answered, 
  but 
  doubly 
  so 
  when 
  sounding 
  or 
  

   dredging. 
  The 
  annunciators 
  show 
  at 
  a 
  glance 
  what 
  the 
  engines 
  are 
  

   doing. 
  

  

  Personnel. 
  — 
  Many 
  changes 
  have 
  occurred 
  among 
  the 
  officers 
  during 
  

   the 
  year. 
  Ensigns 
  E. 
  H. 
  Miner 
  and 
  L. 
  M. 
  Garrett 
  were 
  detached 
  on 
  

   the 
  22d 
  of 
  April 
  ; 
  Lieut. 
  H. 
  S. 
  Waring 
  reported 
  for 
  duty 
  October 
  11 
  ; 
  

   Ensign 
  Franklin 
  Swift 
  was 
  detached 
  on 
  November 
  4; 
  Lieut. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Baker 
  

   on 
  November 
  10 
  ; 
  Lieut. 
  C. 
  J. 
  Boush 
  on 
  December 
  12 
  ; 
  and 
  Lieut. 
  B. 
  O. 
  

   Scott 
  reported 
  for 
  duty 
  on 
  December 
  21. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  this 
  report, 
  December 
  31, 
  the 
  Albatross 
  was 
  practically 
  

   ready 
  for 
  sea. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  officers 
  were 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  vessel 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   year 
  : 
  

  

  Z. 
  L. 
  Tanner, 
  lieutenant-commander, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  commanding. 
  

   Seaton 
  Schroeder, 
  lieutenant, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  executive 
  officer 
  and 
  navi- 
  

   gator. 
  

  

  H. 
  S. 
  Waring, 
  lieutenant, 
  U. 
  S. 
  K 
  

  

  Bernard 
  O. 
  Scott, 
  lieutenant, 
  U. 
  S. 
  K 
  

  

  J. 
  M. 
  Flint, 
  surgeon, 
  U. 
  S. 
  K 
  

  

  C. 
  D. 
  Mansfield, 
  paymaster, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  

  

  G. 
  W. 
  Baird, 
  passed 
  assistant 
  engineer, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  

  

  