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  EEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONEE 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  Bureau 
  has 
  as 
  yet 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  acquire 
  title 
  to 
  the 
  site 
  

   selected 
  for 
  the 
  new 
  hatching 
  station 
  near 
  Saratoga, 
  Wyo., 
  for 
  which 
  

   Congress 
  made 
  provision 
  in 
  1911. 
  

  

  The 
  laboratory 
  building 
  at 
  the 
  Fairport, 
  Iowa, 
  station 
  has 
  been 
  

   completed. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  two-story, 
  frame 
  building 
  with 
  basement 
  and 
  

   attic, 
  and 
  contains 
  36 
  rooms. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  laboratory 
  

   and 
  office 
  rooms, 
  there 
  are 
  bedrooms, 
  dining 
  room, 
  and 
  kitchen 
  for 
  

   the 
  use 
  of 
  investigators 
  while 
  temporarily 
  on 
  duty 
  at 
  the 
  station. 
  

   Three 
  steam 
  turbine-driven 
  centrifugal 
  pumps 
  have 
  been 
  installed, 
  

   having 
  an 
  aggregate 
  of 
  75 
  horsepower, 
  and 
  discharging 
  2,300 
  gallons 
  

   of 
  water 
  per 
  minute 
  against 
  heads 
  varying 
  from 
  60 
  to 
  167 
  feet. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  Homer, 
  Mnn., 
  and 
  Leadville, 
  Colo., 
  stations 
  small 
  cottages 
  

   have 
  been 
  erected, 
  and 
  at 
  Homer 
  a 
  contract 
  has 
  been 
  let 
  for 
  a 
  road 
  

   across 
  the 
  station 
  grounds 
  connecting 
  with 
  the 
  county 
  highway. 
  

  

  At 
  Birdsview, 
  Wash., 
  a 
  new 
  salmon 
  hatchery 
  40 
  by 
  84 
  feet, 
  of 
  

   frame 
  construction, 
  was 
  built 
  for 
  $2,663. 
  The 
  hatchery 
  contains 
  52 
  

   troughs 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  8,000,000 
  eggs. 
  Darrington, 
  Wash., 
  

   has 
  been 
  selected 
  as 
  a 
  site 
  for 
  an 
  additional 
  auxihary 
  salmon 
  hatchery, 
  

   but 
  delay 
  has 
  been 
  experienced 
  in 
  acquiring 
  title 
  to 
  the 
  property. 
  

  

  Final 
  selection 
  of 
  a 
  point 
  for 
  the 
  biological 
  laboratory 
  on 
  the 
  Gulf 
  

   coast 
  of 
  Florida 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  made. 
  Various 
  locahties 
  have 
  been 
  

   examined, 
  and 
  every 
  effort 
  will 
  be 
  put 
  forth 
  to 
  obtam 
  a 
  site 
  that 
  will 
  

   fulfil 
  all 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  a 
  marine 
  station. 
  

  

  The 
  sundry 
  civil 
  bill 
  approved 
  June 
  23, 
  1913, 
  contained 
  provision 
  

   for 
  two 
  new 
  fish-cultural 
  stations 
  — 
  one 
  in 
  Rhode 
  Island, 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  

   Utah. 
  

  

  PUBLICATIONS. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  following 
  pamphlets 
  were 
  pubhshed 
  by 
  the 
  

   Bureau, 
  besides 
  the 
  monthly 
  statements 
  of 
  fishery 
  products 
  landed 
  

   at 
  Gloucester 
  and 
  Boston: 
  

  

  Some 
  hydroids 
  of 
  Beaufort, 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  By 
  C. 
  McLean 
  Fraser. 
  Bulletin, 
  vol. 
  

  

  XXX, 
  1910, 
  p. 
  337-388, 
  52 
  text 
  fig. 
  1912. 
  

   Preliminary 
  examination 
  of 
  halibut 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast. 
  By 
  A. 
  B. 
  

  

  Alexander. 
  With 
  introductory 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  halibut 
  fishery, 
  by 
  H. 
  B. 
  Joyce. 
  56 
  p. 
  

  

  1912. 
  

   Notes 
  on 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  flatfish 
  from 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  New 
  England. 
  By 
  W. 
  C. 
  

  

  Kendall. 
  Bulletin, 
  vol. 
  xxx, 
  1910, 
  p. 
  389-394, 
  pi. 
  Lvn. 
  1912. 
  

   Mussel 
  resources 
  of 
  the 
  Holston 
  and 
  Clinch 
  Rivers 
  in 
  eastern 
  Tennessee. 
  By 
  R. 
  E. 
  

  

  Coker. 
  1912. 
  

   Alaska 
  fisheries 
  and 
  fur 
  industries 
  in 
  1911. 
  B. 
  W. 
  Evermann, 
  Chief 
  of 
  Alaska 
  Fish- 
  

   eries 
  Service. 
  98 
  p. 
  1912. 
  

   Age 
  at 
  maturity 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific; 
  coast 
  salmon 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Oncorhynchus. 
  By 
  C. 
  H. 
  

  

  Gilbert. 
  Bulletin, 
  vol. 
  xxxii, 
  1912, 
  p. 
  1-22, 
  pi. 
  i-xvn. 
  1913. 
  

   A 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  trout 
  from 
  Lake 
  Tahoe. 
  By 
  John 
  O. 
  Snyder. 
  Bulletin, 
  vol. 
  

  

  XXXII, 
  1912, 
  p. 
  23-28. 
  1912. 
  

   Condition 
  and 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  oyster 
  beds 
  and 
  barren 
  bottoms 
  of 
  Mississippi 
  

  

  Sound, 
  Alabama. 
  By 
  H. 
  F. 
  Moore. 
  61 
  p., 
  5 
  pi., 
  1 
  chart. 
  1913. 
  

  

  