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all aggregate a little over an acre. A large portion of the property 

 has been fenced in, roads built, and the grounds, which were rough 

 and uneven, have been cleared and graded, marshy places filled, and 

 a system of drainage laid out and completed. In the spring plans 

 for a superintendent's dwelling were prepared, which will be a frame 

 building of two stories, 48 by 52 feet, with wide halls and porches and 

 containing seven rooms. Its construction is now in progress. 



At Edenton, N. C, five artesian wells with 2-inch pipes were driven, 

 ranging from 50 to 200 feet in depth, which furnished an average flow 

 of about 3 gallons each per minute, the temperature of the water being 

 64° F. A two-story frame dwelling, 46 by 63 feet, containing eight 

 rooms, has been completed for the superintendent, certain improve- 

 ments have been made in the hatchery supply system, a sui)ply ditch 

 leading from Pembroke Creek to the boiler house has been completed, 

 and the construction of six bass ponds has been begun. 



At Nashua, N. H., a two-story frame residence, 30 by 50 feet, con- 

 taining eight rooms, a cellar, and attic, has been erected for the super- 

 intendent, and additional drainage pipes laid. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



For several years it has been very desirable that the Commission 

 should have another steamer of sufficient size and seaworthiness for 

 cruising at considerable distances offshore, in connection with the 

 scientific and fish-cultural work of the New England stations. Accord- 

 ingly, under authority of an act of Congress approved March 3, 1899, 

 a steamer of 55 tons displacement, 82 feet long, and 16 feet beam was 

 purchased November 23, 1899, and named Phalarope. In May she was 

 put in commission, and has given satisfactory service. 



There have been added to the library during the year 130 books and 

 318 pamphlets. The Bulletin for 1898 and the following pamphlet 

 extracts from the Bulletins for 1898 and 1899, and from the Report 

 for 1899, have been issued: 



The salmon and salmon fisheries of Alaska. Report of the operations of the U. S. 

 Fish Commission steamer Albatross for the year ending June 30, 1898, by Jef- 

 ferson F. Moser. Bulletin for 1898, pp. 1-178. 



List of fishes known to inhabit the waters of the District of Columbia and vicinity, 

 by Hugh M. Smith and Barton A. Bean. Bulletin for 1898, pp. 179-188. 



Notes on the collection of tide-pool fishes from Kadiak Island, Alaska, by Clouds- 

 ley Rutter. Bulletin for 1898. pp. 189-192. 



The southern spring mackerel fishery of the United States, by Hugh M. Smith. 

 Bulletin for 1898, pp. 193-271. 



Notice of file-fish new to the fauna of the United States, by Hugh M. Smith. Bul- 

 letin for 1898, pp. 273-278. 



The pearly fresh-water mussels of the United States: their habits, enemies, and 

 diseases, with suggestions for their protection, bv Charles T. Simpson. Bul- 

 letin for 1898, pp. 279-288. 



The mussel fishery and pearl-button industry of the Mississippi River, by Hugh 

 M. Smith. Bulletin for 1898. pp. 289-814." 



The peripheral nervous system of the bony fishes, by C. Judson Herrick. Bulle- 

 tin for 1898. pp. 315-820. 



The reappearance of the tile-fish, by Hermon C. Bumpus. Bulletin for 1898, pp. 

 821-383. 



The preservation of fishery products for food, by Charles H. Stevenson. Bulletin 

 for 1898, pp. 335-568. 



