REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. LIX 



ASSIGNMENT OF DUTIES. 



The work of the Division of Scientific Inquiry has been directed by 

 Mr. Eichard Rathbun, who has been intimately associated with this 

 branch of the service since 1874. Systematic investigations of various 

 problems having either direct or ultimate economic importance have 

 been projected or are now in progress under his supervision, and 

 promise results alike valuable to science and its economic applications. 



The work of the Division of Fisheries has been directed by Capt. J. 

 W. Collins. 



The Commissioner retains charge, for the present, of the Division of 

 Fish Culture. 



Marshall McDonald, 



Commissioner. 



