L EEPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHEEIES. 



A detailed list of prize-winners both at London and Aalborg is given 

 in the appendix to this report. 



In closing the account of the fisheries exhibition it seems proper to 

 mention by name the persons who contributed to its success, since in 

 every instance their efforts were exerted far more strenuously than was 

 required by their of&cial duty. The following officers of the Musuem, 

 some of whom were also on the staff of the exhibition, were directly en- 

 gaged in selecting, labeling, and installing the collections : Mammals, 

 Frederick W. True ; aquatic birds, Robert Eidgway ; aquatic reptiles 

 and batrachians. Dr. H. 0. Yarrow ; fishes. Dr. Tarleton H. Bean ; mol- 

 lusks, Lieut. Francis Winslow, U. S. IST. ; aquatic invertebrates, fishing 

 grounds, and scientific research, Richard Rathbun; apparatus and prod- 

 ucts of fishing, W. V. Cox and A. Howard Clark ; boats and vessels, 

 Capt. J. W. Collins ; aboriginal fishing apparatus, J. King Goodrich ; 

 fish-culture, R. Edward Earll. 



Mr. Henry W. Elliott, Mr. A. Z. Shindler, and Mr. Leopold Moeller, 

 artists ; Mr. T. W. Smillie, photographer ; Messrs. Hornaday, Marshall, 

 and Lucas, taxidermists ; Messrs. Joseph and William Palmer and Mr. 

 Hendley, modelers ; Messrs. Hawley and Sweeney, preparators; and Mr. 

 Curet, printer, also contributed largely to the success of the collection 

 by their enthusiastic co-operation. 



The co-operation of Messrs. Ferguson, McDonald, Atkins, Stone, and 

 Clark in the preparation of the fish -cultural work was of great impor- 

 tance, as was also that of Messrs. Thomas Donaldson, E. Gr. Blackford, 

 Barnet Phillips, W. A. Wilcox, A. R. Crittenden, James G. Swan, C. 

 W. Smiley, and Henry Horan in various matters connected with the 

 administration. 



The important services of all those so briefly mentioned here will be 

 described more fully in the special report on the exhibition; they are 

 here referred to in order that formal acknowledgment may be made for 

 their energetic and disinterested services in behalf of our display at 

 the London Exhibition. 



General E. H. Merritt and Col. L. G. Mitchell, consul-general and 

 vice-consul of the United States in London, and Mr. W. J. Hoppin, 

 secretary of legation, and Mr. William Wesley, should also be men- 

 tioned as having rendered important aid. 



The official catalogue of the United States sections forms Bulletin 27 

 of the JSTamonal Museum. It has been printed in parts, six of which 

 were issued during the exhibition, viz : 



Pages. 



A. Preliminary catalogue and synopsis '. 107 



B. Collection of'economic crustaceans, worms, echinoderms, and sponges, by Eich.- 



ard Eathbun 31 



C. Aquatic and fisb-eating birds, by Eobert Eidgway 46 



D. Tbe wbale fishery and its appliances, by J. T. Brown 116 



E. Collection of fisbes, by Tarleton H. Bean 124 



F. Economic moUusca, apparatus and appliances used in tbeir capture and prep- 



9,ration for market, by Lieut. Francis Winslow » 81 



