64 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
fry, and yearling fish for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, was 259,000,000, while 
for the year ending June 30, 1890, it was 358,000,000, or an increase of 99,000,000. 
It should also be remembered that the amount of money available for the propaga- 
tion of food-fishes and for the general administration was, in 1887, $136,614.92, while 
in 1890 it was only $160,000. We feel warranted in saying that the practical and sci- 
entific results of the work of the Commission exceed anything heretofore attained 
and that with a very moderate increase in cost to the Government over former years. 
In conclusion, your committee, in view of the great importance to the country of 
the work of the Commission and the urgent necessity for its continuance, ask a 
careful examination of the testimony herewith presented, believing that it is suffi- 
cient to convince all fair-minded persons that there is no just cause to criticise the 
policy of the Commission or the course of the Commissioner and his subordinates in 
the matter of administration, but, on the contrary, that they deserve commendation 
for the conscientious work which they are performing. 
FRANCIS B. STOCKBRIDGE. 
WATSON C. SQUIRE, 
Rurus BLoDGETT. 
PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY. 
The editing of the publications of the Commission and their super- 
vision through the press has continued under the direction of Dr. T. 
H. Bean, the ichthyologist of the Commission. These publications 
consist of “Reports” and ‘¢ Bulletins.” In the former are published the 
reports of the operations of the Commission; and in the latter, such 
articles as are ‘relative to new observations, discoveries, and applica- 
tions connected with fish-culture and the fisheries.” Prior to 1883 the 
Bulletin was chiefly composed of short articles, extracts, etc., from the 
official correspondence, and translations of foreign publications. Since 
then, however, the increase of the operations of the Commission has 
made it possible to apply this publication almost exclusively to the 
results of the Commission’s work. The law authorizing the Bulletin 
limits the number of its pages to 500, and permits its distribution in 
parts. The articles composing the Reports have likewise been pub- 
lished and issued prior to the completion of the volume as a whole, 
resulting in the early dissemination. of the knowledge acquired by the 
investigations made by the Commission. The law authorizing these 
two volumes provides for their distribution by the United States Senate 
and House of Representatives, and a small quota by the Commission. 
From the number assigned to the Commission, the policy is to supply 
various public libraries and institutions of learning, and such persons 
who, by reason of their professions or occupations, are specially inter- 
ested in the subject-matter. 
During the fiscal year 1889-90 the following papers were issued: 
The report proper of the Commissioner for 1886 (Report for 1886, pp. I to LVI). 
The beam-trawl fishery of Great Britain, with notes on beam-trawling in other 
European countries, ete. By J. W. Collins. (Bulletin, 1887, pp. 289 to 407.) 
The aquarium: A brief exposition of its principles and management, By Will- 
iam P. Seal. (Bulletin, 1887, pp, 274 to 282.) 
