FISHERIES OF TI1E UNITED STATES. 79 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY : 



Exhibit of apparatus and publications, etc. — Continued. 



D. — Life-Saving- Apparatus. 



I. Merryman's Bubber Suit. 



II. Life-Preserving Apparatus. 



E. — Old and new types of beach ordnance used in making con- 

 nections with wrecks.* 

 F. — The illustrations of the patrol system, including patrol 



checks and other outfits. 

 G. — Shot lines and other cordage used in the service. 

 H. — Drawings and specifications of Life Boat Stations at vari- 

 ous points on the coasts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and 

 Great Lakes.t 

 I. — Medicine chest and other appliances for resuscitating the 



wrecked. 

 K. — Papers and documents used in the service or explanatory 



of its work. 

 L. — A collection of paintings, illustrating the operations of the 

 service ; exhibited by the Century Company of New 

 City. 

 United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, J. E. Hilgard, 

 Superintendent. 

 Collection of about one hundred and twelve charts published 

 by the Survey, being charts of the Atlantic and Pacific 

 coasts of North America. (6.) 

 Divisions A, B, and 14 of the Atlantic Coast Pilot. (6.) 

 Apparatus for the scientific investigation of the waters — densi- 

 meter and salinometer — invented by Professor J. E. Hil- 

 gard. (40.) 

 Light-House Board. 



Map showing the positions of the Life Saving and Light Sta- 

 tions of the United States. (9.) 

 Charts of the following Light-House Districts: First, second, 

 third (including Lake Champlain), fourth, fifth, sixth, 

 seventh, eighth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth. (6.) 

 Eeports of the Light-House Board for the years 1872, 1873, 

 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, and 1882. (60.) 

 Drawings and Specifications for Light-Houses, Beacons, Buoys, 

 Light-Vessels, and Light-House and Buoy Tenders. 6 

 volumes. (6.) 



*This gun was the first ever fired in the American Life-Saving Service, and was in- 

 strumental in saving 251 lives from the English ship "Arychat." 



t The location of these s!atious is marked with green circles on the large map 

 furnished by the Treasury Department. 



