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prominence and he was called to Washington as chief 

 clerk of the Fishery Investigation of the Tenth Census; 

 then raised to the position of Chief of the Division of 

 Records and Publications of the United States Fish 

 Commission, aud editor of the Annual Reports and Bull- 

 etins. For the Eleventh Census his services were again 

 called for and he was named Special Agent in charge of 

 the Fishing Industry and Chief of Division of the United 

 States Census office. The mose important writings of 

 Professor Smiley published during those years are : 

 "The Spanish Mackerel and its Artificial Propagation," 

 "Changes in the Fishei-ies of the Great Lakes," "Re- 

 moval of Bass from Indiana to North Carolina by the 

 United States Fish Commission," "Results of Planting 

 Shad in the Muskingum River," ''The proposed use of 

 Steamers in the Mackerel Fishery," "Descriptive List of 

 the Publications of the United States Fish Commission." 



I find Professor Smiley's name as editor on the "Berean 

 Bible Lessons" and the "Berean Tract" from 1875 to 1878 

 and on the "Diamond" in 1880. He is also the author 

 of the pamphlet "Altruism Considered Economically." 



Since 1887 Prof. Smiley has been the editor and pro- 

 prietor of this Journal and since 181)1 of the Microscope. 



He is a member of many scientific societies, among 

 them, the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, the American Fish Cultural Association, the 

 Philosophical Society of Washington, D. C, the Biolog- 

 ical Society and the Anthropological Society, also of 

 Washington. 



Professor Smiley of late years spends each summer 

 abroad ; in 1891 he travelled in England and France ; in 

 1892 he visited Scotland, London and Paris ; in 1895 he 

 spent the summer in Switzerland wiiii a brief stay in 

 Holland, Belgium and the Rhine Valley. This year he 

 went 10 Switzerland, passing through Belgium and going 

 up the Rhine. 



