EEPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XXXIII 



The next work assigned to the Fish Hawk was that of laying out 

 oyster-ponds at Saint Jerome station, for which purpose she left 

 Washington IsTovember 12, and arrived at Saint Jerome the next day. 

 An account of the dredging and of the laying out of three o;^ ster-ponds 

 will be found in the appendix to this report. The vessel returned to 

 Washington November 26, where she remained until the close of the 

 year. 



■ A renewed measurement of the tonnage of the Fish Hawk was made 

 under order of the Treasury Department, the figures being 441.40 tons 

 gross measurement and 205.1 tons net measurement j signal letters G. 

 V. Q. C. 



The officers during the year were as follows : 



Lieut. W. M. Wood, U. S. N., commanding officer. 



James A. Smith, mate and executive officer. 



D. H. Oleaveland, mate. 



William L. Bailie, passed assistant engineer, acting chief engineer, 



J. Alban Kite, M. D., civilian, apothecary. 



C— The Lookout. 



The steamer Lookout, belonging to Mr. T. B. Ferguson, and used by 

 the Fish Commission since 1878 without any compensation to the owner, 

 has continued to render excellent service in the operations of the Com- 

 mission, partly in transporting supplies between Washington and the 

 stations at Saint Jerome and Havre de Grace, and partly in close re- 

 lationship with the propagation of shad, Spanish mackerel, and oysters. 



As stated in the previous report. Lieutenant Wood having been trans- 

 ferred to the command of the Fish Hawk on the 20th of November, 1882, 

 the command of the Lookout devolved upon Chief Quartermaster Will- 

 iam Hamlen, whose long service with the Fish Commission and zealous 

 performance of his duties warranted his being continued in this respon- 

 sible position during the year, especially as on so small a vessel proper 

 accommodations for a naval officer of rank could not be provided. 



Soon after the change in the command of this steamer she was trans- 

 ferred from the head of the Chesapeake Bay to the Washington navy- 

 yard, and Mr. Hamlen was detached temporarily to conduct some experi- 

 ments in hatching codfish at Fulton Market, New York City. 



Towards the end of February, the vessel having been equipped for a 

 southern cruise, Lieut. Francis Winslow was instructed to make some 

 investigations as to the oyster-beds of the Potomac River and Chesa- 

 peake Bay while the steamer was on the way to Norfolk. On the 3d of 

 March she sailed from Norfolk to Charleston, by the inland route, 

 and arrived at Beaufort, N. C, on the 6th, where she wp'^ storm-bound 

 until the latter part of the month. 



The collector of customs, by direction of the Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury, caused her to be measured while she was at Charleston, and re- 

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