UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



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13. Clackamas river, Oregon. A station on Colum- 

 bia river for collecting and hatching eggs of the Cali- 

 fornia salmon (Oncorkynchus chomcha). 



Appropriations and Prizes. The following state- 



ment of the money appropriated for the work 

 of the United States Fish Commission, from its 

 organization in 1871 to the fiscal year 1882-'83, 

 is from the records of the commissioner : 



APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



* Of this amount, $1,500 was for rent of offices. 



Besides the ahove, Congress appropriated 

 $20,000 to enable the United States to partici- 

 pate in the International Fisheries Exhibition 

 at Berlin in 1880, and $50,000 for our repre- 

 sentation at the International Exhibition in 

 London in 1883, and in both cases the highest 

 honors were awarded to the exhibits of the 

 United States. An inspection of the table will 

 show that more than one third of all the mon- 

 ey disbursed by the United States Fish Com- 

 mission has been devoted to permanent im- 

 provements. 



At the International Fisheries Exhibition 

 held in London from May 10 to November 1, 

 1883, which was the largest representation ever 

 made of a single industry, the United States re- 

 ceived more than one fifth of all the awards 

 given to foreign and colonial government dis- 

 plays. A much larger proportion of gold med- 



INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION, LONDON, 1888. 



Ju/ry Awards to Foreign and Colonial Countries. 



t Including $8,000 for a car and $1,500 for office-rent. 



als fell to our lot than was received by any 

 other country. This result was due mainly to 

 the participation of the United States Fish 

 Commission and National Museum, whose ex- 

 hibits called forth the highest praise and were 

 awarded the most substantial honors. The ta- 

 ble in the preceding column, showing the rela- 

 tive standing of the competing countries, is 

 based upon the official list of jury awards. 



Publications of the Commission. The regular 

 official publications of the Fish Commission 

 are in two octavo series : 1. The report of the 

 commissioner, issued in yearly parts. Each 

 volume consists of two sections, the first be- 

 ing the report proper, containing the com- 

 missioner's summary of the year's work, to- 

 gether with his recommendations, practical 

 suggestions, and the announcement of his 

 plans for future activity. This is issued in 

 advance of the full volume, which usually 

 appears about two years later than its date. 

 The second part, five or six times as large as 

 the first, contains the contributions and re- 

 ports of the officers and collaborators of the 

 commission, together with translations of simi- 

 lar writings by European authorities. 



The " Bulletin of the Fish Commission" was 

 established in 1881. One volume of about 500 

 pages is distributed each year. 



The commission is now publishing a report 

 in quarto volumes, with illustrations, upon the 

 fishery industries of the United States, the re- 

 sult in part of the alliance with -the Census 

 Office in 1880. The statistical results of this 

 alliance will occupy a volume of the census 

 series. A special bulletin was published in 1880, 

 consisting of the original edition of Elliott's 

 monograph on the seal islands of Alaska. Much 

 material collected by and relating to the work 

 of the commission is published in the Proceed- 

 ings and Bulletins of the United States National 

 Museum. Bulletin 27, now (April, 1884) going 

 through the press, is a catalogue of the collec- 

 tions exhibited by the United States at the 

 London Fisheries Exhibition, arid contains a 



