DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 

 HERBERT HOOVER, Secretary of Commerce. 

 BUREAU OF FISHERIES. BUREAU OF STANDARDS. 



[Henry O'Malley, Commissioner.] 



Chief /itnct'ions.---Pr6pagatioii of useful food 

 fishes, includin^^ lobsters, oysters, and other 

 shellfish, and their distribution to suitable waters. 



Investigations relating to fish CT;ilture, fish 

 diseases, conservatioji of fishery_ resources, and 

 developiHent of commercial fisheries. 



Study of methods of fisheries and fishery in- 

 dustries and utilization of fisher}'' products. 



Collection of statistics of fisheries. 



Administration of Alaska salnion fi.sheries, 

 Pribilof Islands fur-seal herd, and law for pro- 

 tection of sponges off Florida coast. , 



BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 



[D. B. Carson, Commissioner.] 



Chief functions.— Genersbl superintendence of 

 commercial marine and merchant seamen. 



Supervision of registration, licensing, number- 

 ing, etc., of vessels under the United States flag 

 and annual publication of list of such vessels. 



Enforcement of navigation and steamboat in- 

 spection laws and laws governing radio communi- 

 cation, as well as duties connected with fees, 

 refunds, taxes, fines, etc., originating under such 

 laws. 



COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY. 



[E. Lester Jones, Director.] 



Chief functions. — Survey of coasts of United 

 States and territories and publication of charts. 

 Among other things, this includes base measure, 

 triangulation, topography, and hydrography; deep- 

 sea soundings, temperature^ and current observa- 

 tions; magnetic observations and researches; 

 gravity researches, etc. 



Publication of results of this work in annual 

 reports and in special publications, including 

 charts of coasts and harbors. Tide tables are 

 published annually in advance, as well as ,other 

 information of use to navigators. 



BUREAU OF THE CENSUS. 



[William M. Steuart, Director.] 



()hief /%nciwns.— Decennial census covering 

 population, agriculture, manufactures, mines and 

 quarries, and forest products. 



Decennial report on wealth, pubHc debt, and 

 taxation. 



Decennial statistics relating to inmates of in- 

 stitutions, including paupers, insane, prisoners, 

 and juvenile delinfc[uents. 



Census of agriculture in each middecennial year, 

 biennial census of manufactures, quinquennial 

 census of electrical pub He utilities, statistics of 

 marriage and divorce. 



Annual financial statistics of State and municipal 

 governments. 



Annuar statistics of births, deaths, causes of 

 death, etc., in the registration area of the United 

 , States. 



Quarterly statistics of leaf- tobacco stocks and of 

 production, stocks, and consumption of fats and 

 oils. ' ■ 



^Monthly or semimonthly statistics of cotton 

 ginning, cotton stocks and consuraption, the pro- 

 duction, stocks, and consujnption of hides and 

 leather, the production of shoes, and of active 

 tex;tile machinery . 



Compilation and publication, in Survey of 

 Current Business, of monthly commercial and in- 

 dustrial statistics. 



[George K. Burgess, Director.] 



Chief functic/ns.— Custody of standards adopted 

 or recognized by the Government. 



Construction of standards when necessary. 

 'Testing and calibration of apparatus and the com- 

 parison of standards used by scientific or other in- 

 stitutions with those in custody of bureau. 



Determination of physical constants and proper- 

 ties of materials. 



Testing of materials, and establishment of stand- 

 ards and processes in cooperation with commercial 

 firms or organizations. 



Collection' and dissemination of information 

 showing approved methods in building, planning, 

 and construction, including building materials and 

 codes and such other matters as may encourage, 

 improve, and cheapen construction and housing. 



Studies on simplified commercial practices and 

 their establishment through cooperative business 

 organizations. 



BUREAU OF LIGHTHOUSES. 



[George R. Putnam, Commissioner.] 



Chief functions. — Establishment and inainte- 

 nance of lighthouses, lightships, buoys, and others 

 aids to navigation on sea and lake coasts and on 

 rivers of the United States^ including Alaska, 

 Hawaiian Islands, and Porto Rico. 



Publication of Light Lists, Buoy Lists, and 

 Notices to Mariners, including information regard- 

 ing all aids to navigation maintained by Lighthouse 

 Service. ' 



STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE. 



[George Uhler, Supervising Inspector General.] 



Chief functions. — Inspection of vessels, licensing 

 of ofiicers of vessels, and administration of laws 

 relating to such vessels and their ofiicers. Certifi- 

 cation of able seamen who form crews of merchant 



Inspection of vessels, including hulls, liie-saving 

 equipment, and types of boilers; testing of all 

 materials subject to tensile strain in marine boilers. 



BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 

 COMMERCE. 



[Julius Klein, Director.] 



Chief functions. — Compilation of timely informa- 

 tion on World market conditions and openings for 

 American products in foreign countries secured 

 through commercial attaches and trade commis- 

 sioners of Department of Commerce and foreign 

 service of Department of State. 



Distribution of such information to American 

 business through weekly Commerce Reports, special 

 bulletins, confidential circulars, and news and 

 trade press. 



The maintenance of commodity, technical, and 

 geographical divisions^ in Washington to afford 

 special service to Anaerican export industries. 



Compilation and distribution of names of possible 

 buyers and agents for American products in all 

 parts of the world and publication of weekly lists 

 of specific sales opportunities abroad. 



Maintenance of 33 district and cooperative 

 office's ii^ 33 cities in the United States to expedite 

 delivery of market information to business men 

 and to keep department advised as to more urgent 

 requirements of American trades and industries. 



PubLLcation of official statistics on imports and 

 exports of the United StatPR. 



