DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 



HERBERT HOOVER, 

 BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



[Henry O'Malley, Commissioner.] 



Chief functions.— Fropagation of useful food fishes, including 

 lobsters, oysters, and other shellfish, and their distribution to 

 suitable waters. 



Investigations relating to fish culture, fish diseases, conser- 

 vation of fishery resources, and development of commercial 

 fisheries. - , " 



Study of methods of fisheries and fishery industries and 

 utilization of fishery products. 



Collection of statistics of fisheries. 



Administration of Alaska salmon fisheries, Pribilof Islands 

 fur-seal herd, and law for protection of sponges off Florida 

 coast. 



BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 



[D. B. Carson, Commissioner.] 



Chief /ttwciiom.— General superintendence of commercial 

 marine and merchant seamen. 



Supervision of registration, licensing, numbering, etc., of 

 vessels under the United States flag and annual publication of 

 list of such vessels. ^ . 



Enforcement of navigation and steamboat inspectiofi laws 

 and laws governing radio communication, ^ well as duties 

 connected with fees, refunds, taxes, fines, etc., originating 

 under such laws. 



COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY. 



[E. Lester Jones, Director.] 



Chief functions.— Snrvej of coasts of United States and Terri- 

 tories and publication of charts. Among other things, this 

 includes base measure, triangulation, topography, and hydrog- 

 raphy; deep-sea soundings, temperature, and' current obser- 

 vations;> magnetic obsei-vations and researches; gravity re- 

 searches, etc. 



Publication of results of this work in annual reports and 

 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.] 



Chief functions. — Decennial census covering population, agri- 

 culture, manufactures, mines and quarries, and forest products. 



Decennial report on wealth, public debt, and taxation. 



Decennial statistics relating to inmates of Institutions, in- 

 cluding paupers, insane, prisoners, and juvenile delinquents. 



Census of agriculture in each mid-decennial year, a biennial 

 census of manufactures, quinquennial, census of electrical 

 public utilities, statistics of marriage and divorce. 



Annual financial statistics of State and mimicipal govern- 

 ments. . 



Annual statistics of births, deaths, causes of death, etc., in 

 the registration area of the Uniteid States. 



Quarterly statistics ofleaf-tobacco stocks ai^d of production, 

 stocks, and consumption of fats and oils. 



Monthly Or semimonthly statistics of cotton giiming, cotton 

 stocks and consumption, the production, stocks and consump- 

 tion of hides and leather, the production of shoes, and of aciive 

 textile machinery. 



Compilation and publication, in Survey of Current Business, 

 oi monthly commercial and industrial statistics. 



Secretary of Commerce. 



BUREAU OF STANDARDS. 



[George K. Bitrgess, Director.] 

 Chief functions.— Cu&tody of standards adopted or recognized 



by the Government. 

 Construction of standards when necessary. Toting and 



calibration of apparatus and comparison of standards used by 



scientific or other institutions with those in custody of bureau. 

 Determination of physical constants and properties of 



materials. 



Testing of materials and establishm,ent of standards and 

 processes in cooperation with commercial firms or organiza- 

 tions. 



Collection and dissemination of information showing ap- 

 proved methods In building, planning, and construction, in- 

 cluding building materials and codes and such other matters 

 as may encourage, improve, and cheapen construction and 

 housing. 



Studies on simplified commercial practices and their estab- 

 lishment through coop^ative business organizations. 



BUREAU OF LIGHTHOUSES. 



[George R. Potnam, Commissioner.] 



Chief /ttTicttom.— Establishment and maintenance of light- 

 houses, lightships, buoys, and other aids to navigation on sea 

 and lake coasts and on rivers of the United States, including 

 Alaska, Hawaiian Islands, and Porto Rico^ 



Publication of Liglit Lists, Buoy Lists, and Notices to Mar- 

 Iners, including information regarding all aids to navigation 

 maintaiaed by Lighthouse Service. 



STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE. 



[George Uhler, Supervising Inspector General.] 



Chief functions.— Inspection of vessels, licensing of officers of 

 vessels, and administration of laws relating to such vessels 

 and their officers. Certification of able seamen who form crews 

 of merchant "vessels. 



Inspection of vessels, including hulls, life-saving equipment, 

 and t3rpes 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 information on world 

 market conditions and openings for American products in 

 foreign countries secured through commercial attaches and 

 trade commissioners of Department of Commerce and foreign 

 service of , Department of State. 



Distribution of . such information to American business 

 through weekly Commerce Reports, special bulletins, confi- 

 dential circulars, and the news and trade press. 



Maintenance of conimodity, technical, and geographical di- 

 visions in Washington to afford special service to American 

 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 offices in 33 cities 

 in the United States to expedite delivery of market informa- 

 tion to business men and to keep departments advised as to 

 more urgent requirements of American trades and industries. 



Publication of official statistics on Imports and exports of the 

 United States. 



