872 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Appointment of auditor and disbursing officer. — In compliance with 
the provision of the law regarding the audit and payment of the ex- 
penses of the Government in connection with the exposition, and soon 
after the passage of the bill, the President designated Hon. Anthony 
Eickhoff, Fifth Auditor of the Treasury Department, as special auditor 
to make final audit of the accounts, and directed that Maj. John S. 
Witcher be detailed as disbursing officer. 
PREPARATION OF THE FISH COMMISSION EXHIBIT. 
The following is a list of persons connected with the preparation and 
conduct of the exhibit of the IT. S. Fish Commission : 
Marshall McDonald, U. S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 
Joseph William Collins, representative of the U. S. Fish Commission, in general 
charge. 
COLLABORATORS. 
Richard Rathbun, assistant, in charge of the division of scientific inquiry, U. S. 
Fish Commission, Washington, D. C. 
John A. Ryder, ph. d., professor of comparative embryology, University of Penn- 
sylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Dr. William H. Dali, curator of the department of mollusks, U. S. National Mu- 
seum, Washington, D. C. 
Dr. R. E. C. Stearns, adjunct curator, department of mollusks, U. S. National 
Museum, Washington, D. C. 
Stephen G. Worth, superintendent of Central station/ U. S. Fish Commission, 
Washington, D. C. 
I. S. K. Reeves, passed assistant engineer, U. S. Navy, consulting engineer of the 
U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C. 
James A. Henshall, M. d. , secretary Cincinnati Society of Natural History, Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 
Charles H. Gilbert, professor of natural history, University of Cincinnati, Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 
S. P. Bartlett, m. d., secretary Illinois State fish comnjission, Quincy, 111. 
George H. H. Moore, superintendent of distribution, U. S. Fish Commission, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 
Herbert A. Gill, disbursing agent, U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C. 
Newton W. Simmons, in charge of car No. 1, U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, 
D. C. 
Frank L. Donnelly, messenger, U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C. 
John B. Williams, superintendent of Baird station, U. S. Fish Commission, Baird, 
California. 
Sherman F. Denton, artist, U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C. 
Charles B. Hudson, artist, U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C. 
H. R. Center, U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C. 
P. T. Yeatman, U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C. 
Henry Horan, superintendent U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. 
C. A. Steuart, assistant superintendent U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. 
W. J. Huddleston, game warden, Hamilton County, Ohio. 
IN CHARGE OF SPECIAL EXHIBITS. 
Fishes and mollusks: Tarleton H. Beau, m. d., ichthyologist of the U. S. Fish Com- 
mission . 
Aquarial exhibit: William P. Seal, aquaria! expert, U. S. Fish Commission. 
