XII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



RELATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS. 



Acknowledgment is due to Mr. Marshall E. Morris, of Bridgeport, 

 Connecticut, for the use of his steamer for the oyster investigation in 



1887. Mr. S. J. Seneca, of Havre de Grace, Maryland, allowed the 

 Commission to use a part of his counting house, which was fitted up 

 with 100 shad-hatching jars, besides furnishing all the water needed 

 for hatching. 



To Capt. L. L. Blake and Purser Adams, of the steamer W. W, Cor- 

 coran, of Washington, District of Columbia, thanks are due for aid in 

 the shipment of shad eggs ; and to Mr. George L. Sheriff, of Washing- 

 ton, District of Columbia, for the free use of his wharf for the Fish Com- 

 mission launch. 



The Commission has received some distinguished visitors from foreign 

 countries on missions of inquiry concerning fisheries and fishery investi- 

 gations. Count Kmoda, an official of the Japanese Court, w r as provided 

 with information on the utilization of fish products; and Mr. K. Ito, 

 Superintendent of Fisheries of Japan, was given many facilities for 

 investigating the subjects in which he is interested. In September, 



1888, Rev. W. S. Green, of Dublin, Ireland, visited the Wood's Holl 

 Station of the Commission, and obtained many data of practical utility 

 concerning the fisheries. 



In the account of the division of scientific inquiry will be found refer- 

 ences to persons who were engaged in the laboratory at Wood's Holl, 

 Massachusetts, and in collaborating reports for the Commission. 



RELATIONS TO INSTITUTIONS. 



On the 6th of January, 1887, Mr, Vinal N. Edwards, of Wood's Holl, 

 on behalf of the Commission, shipped a live seal to the Zoological Gar- 

 dens, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



RELATIONS TO TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. 



To the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company the Commission is 

 indebted for granting the right of way over its grounds for a water 

 flume, and for the privilege of suspending the same from one of its 

 bridges at Duluth. The Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, at 

 the request of the Commission, has made Wytheville Station a flag 

 station for all local freight trains. 



In the work of distribution from January 1, 1887, to June 30, 1888, 

 inclusive, 170,027 miles were traveled by the cars of the Commission 

 and the detached messengers engaged in the service. Of this mileage, 

 free transportation was furnished the Commission cars by railroads of 

 the country, as follows : 



