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has been to make the necessary arrangements for the utilization of these 

 data and for the preparation of reports for publication, and though only 

 about a month has elapsed since the establishment of the division, such 

 gratifying progress has been made that some of the smaller papers are 

 nearly completed and will soon be ready for publication, while the 

 larger work on the Lake Fisheries is well under way. 



2. Personnel and duties. — At the date of the organization of the Divi- 

 sion of Fisheries the following persons were employed in the office of 

 statistics, or were otherwise connected with its work, their duties being 

 as speci fied : 



Hugh M. Smith: Had general direction of the work ; attended to all 

 the correspondence, and was also engaged in the preparation of special 

 reports. 



W. A. Wilcox : Engaged in compiling statistics of vessel fisheries 

 from Treasury circulars. 



M. M. Snell: In charge of card catalogue and fish bureau reports; 

 assisting in the preparation of special reports. 



W. H. Abbott: Employed in miscellaneous compiling, assorting cir- 

 culars and newspaper clippings; registering circulars, etc. 



H. R. Center: Engaged in compiling statistics from Treasury circu- 

 lars, for States not covered by the compilations of Mr. Wilcox. 



S. J. Martin : Employed at Gloucester, Massachusetts, as a local sta- 

 tistical agent, his duty being to make weekly and monthly reports of 

 all vessels arriving and landing fish at that port, the receipts of all 

 fish caught in small boats, and other general information bearing upon 

 the fisheries of that place. 



Besides those mentioned above as being specially connected with the 

 work of the office of statistics, Mr. Charles B. Hudson, artist, and Mr. 

 E. C. Bryan, stenographic clerk, were permanently assigned to the di- 

 vision by the Commissioner. At that time Mr. Luther Maddocks was 

 in the field engaged, under the direction of the Commissioner, in col- 

 lecting statistics of the shad fishery from Florida to the Chesapeake. 

 A little later he was assigned to the Division of Fisheries (while the re- 

 sults of his work were also placed under its control), and he may, there- 

 fore, properly be included in the personnel of the division when it was 

 organized. 



E.— Routine work. 



There is a large amount of work in connection with the compilation of 

 statistics, etc., which may properly be characterized as routine. Under 

 this head may be placed the followiug: 



3. Worlc relating to statistical circulars. — This consists (a) in acknowl- 

 edging to collectors of customs the receipt of circulars containing sta- 

 tistics of the fisheries; {b) registering the same ; (c) examining circu- 

 lars and making comparisons for detection of errors; (d) correcting 

 errors (this sometimes involves considerable correspondence), and (e) 



