REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIKS. 19 
dresses on the regular mailing list was 6,405, in response to requests 
14,290 were sent out, and the authors of the respective papers re- 
ceived 531, the total distribution being 21,226. 
Accessions to the library numbered 325 bound volumes and 638 un- 
bound books and pamphlets. Purchases have as usual been restricted 
to books of reference and those bearing directly on the work of the 
Bureau. 
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. 
At the request of the Department of State an assistant of the 
Bureau was dispatched to Newfoundland, as in the previous year, 
to note the progress and condition of the American herring fishery 
on the so-called “ treaty shore” and to keep the Government informed 
regarding the developments under the modus vivendi. The naval 
tug Potomac was placed at the disposal of the Bureau’s representa- 
tive, and remained on the grounds during the entire season, which 
lasted from the latter part of September to the middle of January. 
No special complications over the fishery question arose. 
A number of requests for fish eggs were received through diplo- 
matic channels, and 3,797,500 were thus donated to foreign govern- 
ments. This number comprised 87,500 rainbow trout eggs, destined 
for the private preserves of the Emperor of Japan at Nikko; 10,000 
steelhead trout eggs for the national fish hatchery at Nancy-Belle- 
fontaine, France; and 2,000,000 whitefish, 1,000,000 lake cisco, and 
500,000 chinook salmon eggs for New Zealand. The success attend- 
ing the introduction of rainbow trout and other American fishes 
into New Zealand is well known, and it is a matter of great economic 
and scientific interest that runs of blueback, or sockeye, and chinook 
salmon have recently been established in rivers of that colony. 
APPROPRIATIONS. 
The appropriations for the Bureau for the fiscal year 1907 were 
as follows: 
Spree Shs a lO ae gee eee eee ee Spee a ee $276, S20 
Agents at Alaska salmon fisheries___________________< ie Abn oes 4, 500 
Miscellaneous expenses: 
JNTPT TTT GG AOS Oe eek ee a Ie ee ee 12, 500 
PLO DACHMON BOD OOM EN SNeS! a= Sees se Se aa 250, 000 
nnmityarespecnme food: fishes="— = sos Ss 2 oe 25, OOO 
BS esii Shiai mn yee ee ee eee ee 7, 500 
Nia nie NAN COs OlRVESSCISe ee = gue eS ee a ee eas 55, 000 
Purchase of additional land, improvements, and completion of sta- 
tions at— 
in eivallll] Cre Vices ae ae ee ee Le ae ee 5, 000 
CG Seine. (Chia. oe UN a ee ee eee ee 2, 000 
Bhagat, Yeon So oe ee ee eee ee 50 
