20 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
11. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 
I take pleasure in acknowledging courtesies and assistance received 
from the following parties: 
The U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey has furnished charts upon 
which annotations of fishing grounds, etc., v^re made, and which served 
as a basis for the maps accompanying this report. 
The Fish Commission is under obligation to the various custom-house 
officials on the Pacific coast for courtesies rendered to statistical agents. 
I desire to acknowledge in an especial manner the courtesies extended 
to Fish Commission officials by the transportation agencies, fish-dealers, 
canners, and others connected with the fishing business of the Pacific 
slope. The intelligent, appreciative interest shown by many gentlemen 
in placing their records at the disposal of the Commission made it 
possible to obtain accurate data in numerous instances where reliable 
returns could not otherwise have been secured. The agents of the Com- 
mission were frequently transported free of charge, and their work 
facilitated by the generous action of the parties referred to. 
In the preparation of the report, particularly of the statistical tables, 
•I have received much valuable assistance from Messrs. H. M. Smith and 
E. C. Bryan. 
The maps have mostly been made, under my direction, by Mr. C. E. 
Gorham; the other drawings for illustration have been prepared by 
Messrs. C. B. Hudson and A. H. Baldwin. 
