REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OP FISH AND FISHERIES. XI 



RELATIONS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 



GOVERNMENT. 



The Commission has continued to receive assistance from the heads 

 of various Departments of the Government, and its operations have been 

 greatly facilitated by means of such aid. 



-To the Secretary of the Wavy, Hon. W. 0. Whitney, the Commission 

 is under special obligations for details of officers and men to its vessels 

 engaged in the Divisions of Inquiry and Fish-culture, as well as for 

 necessary facilities for outfitting and repairing its vessels in the navy- 

 yards. The Bureau of Construction and Repair lent launch No. 55 for 

 the use of the Commission in the shad propagation at Havre de Grace, 

 Maryland. A dredge was lent to the Commission by the Bureau of 

 Yards and Docks, and the Hydrographic Office furnished the charts 

 required for outfitting the schooner Grampus. 



The Treasury Department has granted the withdrawal of alcohol 

 from bonded warehouses and the free entry of coal for the use of 

 the Fish Commission vessels. The Department has also admitted free 

 of duty a submarine cable for the use of the Commission, galvanized 

 rope required for dredging, and a package of preserved fish from Scot- 

 land. The Bureau of Navigation has continued to furnish valuable data 

 concerning fishing vessels. The Light-House Board on the 9th of No- 

 vember, 1887, granted to the Fish Commission for a hatchery site, a 

 portion of Ten Pound Island, in the harbor of Gloucester, Massachu- 

 setts. It has supplied vessels of the Commission with publications of 

 the Board, which are necessary for the navigation of the coast, and has 

 forwarded temperature observations from thirty-three light-houses and 

 ships, covering almost the entire region from Maine to Florida. The 

 Life-Saving Service has contributed to the efficiency of the Commission 

 by reporting by telegraph, through the keepers and patrolmen, the 

 stranding of fish and other marine animals in the various precincts. 

 The Coast and Geodetic Survey has furnished many necessary charts, 

 time tables, etc. 



To the Secretary of War, William C. Bndicott, the Commission is 

 indebted for the privilege of quartering its employes in the comman- 

 dant's residence at Fort Washington during the season of shad hatching. 

 The U. S. Signal Office has examined and approved a submarine cable, 

 which was imported for the use of the Fish Commission, and has fur- 

 nished temperature observations from sixteen important and widely 

 separated localities in the United States. 



The IT. S. Geological Survey has lent a boiler and engine for the use 

 of the Fish Commission. 



The Commissioner of Patents has furnished copies of specifications of 

 patents relating to fishing apparatus and the fisheries. 



In the office of the District Commissioners, the Health Officer, Dr. 

 Smith Townshend, has furnished monthly statistics of the fishes in the 

 markets of Washington. 



