January 28, 1921] 



SCIENCE 



mainly in order to get local administration, 

 which the Forest Service has followed since 

 1908, when district headquarters were estab- 

 lished in six western cities for the protection 

 and administration of the national forests. 



The announcement of the establishment of 

 the new district is made at the Portland office 

 almost simultaneously with the news from 

 "Washington that the President has authorized 

 an Inter-Departmental Committee to coordi- 

 nate federal activities in Washington having 

 to do with Alaska. E. A. Sherman, asso- 

 ciate forester of the Forest Service, who si)ent 

 some time in Alaska, represents the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture on the new Alaska com- 

 mittee. 



FISHERY MATTERS IN CONGRESS 



Appropriations for the Bureau of Fisheries 

 for the fiscal year 1922, as carried in the sun- 

 dry civil appropriation bill reported to the 

 House of Eepresentatives on December 29, 

 aggregate $1,240,460, an increase of $29,150 

 over the appropriations for the current year. 

 The increase is made up chiefly of additions 

 of $12,500 for the division of fishery industries 

 and $15,000 for the Alaska service. No new 

 position is created except that of engineer at 

 the Cape Vincent station, no special appro- 

 priations are made, and no increases in sal- 

 aries are provided except in the case of nat- 

 uralist of the steamer Albatross. 



Congressman Esch, of Wisconsin, has intro- 

 duced a bill (H. E. 14676) providing for the 

 establishment of a fish-rescue and fish-cultural 

 station on the Mississippi River in Wisconsin. 

 The bill carries an appropriation of $75,000 

 and creates a staff of 15 persons, with annual 

 salaries aggregating $22,800. 



Senator McNary, of Oregon, has introduced 

 a joint resolution (S. J. Res. 211) requesting 

 the President to negotiate a treaty or treaties 

 to protect from unnecessary destruction, 

 through wasteful practises, devices, and meth- 

 ods, the salmon in waters of the Pacific Ocean 

 off the coasts of the United States and 

 Canada, both within and beyond the territorial 

 limits of the two countries. 





THE WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



At the annual meeting of the Washington 

 Academy of Sciences on January 11, oAcers 

 were elected for the year 1921. The board of 

 managers for the year is as follows : 



Dr. A. H. Brooks, Geological Survey, President, 

 Member Executive Committee. 



Dr. Robert B. Sosman, Geophysical Laboratory, 

 Corresponding Secretary, Member Executive 

 Committee. 



Mr. Wm. E. Maxon, National Museum, Recording 

 Secretary, Member Executive Committee. 



Mr. E. L. Faris, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Treas- 

 urer, Member Executive Committee, Vice-presi- 

 dent from Society of Engineers. 



Dr. J. MoKeen Oattell, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y., 

 Non-resident Vice-president. 



Professor E. B. WUson, Mass. Inst. Tech., Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., Non-resident Vice-president. 



Dr. C. G. Abbot, Smithsonian Institution, Member 

 of Board of Managers (1922). 



Dr. W. P. Hillebrand, Bureau of Standards, Mem- 

 ber of Board of Managers (1922). 



Dr. L. A. Bauer, Department of Terrestrial Mag- 

 netism, Member of Board of Managers (1923). 



Dr. T. Wayland Vaughan, Geological Survey, Mem- 

 of Board of Managers (1923). 



Professor H. S. Graves, 3454 Newark Street, Mem- 

 ber of Board of Managers (1924). 



Mr. Sidney Paige, Geological Survey, Member of 

 Board of Managers (1924). 



Dr. W. J. Humphreys, Weather Bureau, Vice- 

 president from Philosophical Society. 



Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, National Museum, Vice-presi- 

 dent from Archeological Society. 



Mr. N. HoUister, Zoological Park, Vice-president 

 from Biological Society. 



Dr. A. S. Hitchcock, Smithsonian Institution, Vice- 

 president from Botanical Society. 



Dr. William Blum, Bureau of Standards, Vice- 

 president from Chemical Society. 



Dr. P. B. Silsbee, Bureau of Standards, Vice-presi- 

 dent from Electrical Engineers, Member of 

 Executive Committee. 



Mr. S. A. Rohwer, East Palls Church, Va., Vice- 

 president from Entomological Society. 



Mr. Raphael Zon, Forest Service, Vice-president 

 from Foresters Society. 



Mr. F. V. Coville, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 Vice-president from Geographic Society, Member 

 of Executive Committee. 



Dr. David White, Geological Survey, Vice-president 

 from Geological Society. 



