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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 
The library of the Bureau is strictly technical, and is maintained 
for the use of the office staff, the laboratories and stations, and out- 
side collaborators. The accessions in 1909 numbered about 450. By 
exchange, the library receives all the fishery publications of foreign 
governments and societies, as well as those of the States and local 
organizations. 
APPROPRIATIONS. 
The resources of the Bureau for the fiscal year 1909 were $840,100, 
including a number of special appropriations ; of this amount there 
was turned back into the Treasury from the annual appropriations 
an unexpended balance of $23,302.35. In accordance with law, the 
detailed expenditures under the different items will be reported to 
Congress. The appropriations were as follows : 
Salaries : 
General $305, 820. 00 
Agents at Alaska salmon fisheries 4, 500. 00 
Agents at seal fisheries 11, 430. 00 
Miscellaneous expenses : 
Administration 8, 000. 00 
Propagation of food fishes 275, 000. 00 
Inquiry respecting food fishes 30, 000. 00 
Statistical inquiry 7, 500. 00 
Maintenance of vessels 70, 000. 00 
Supplies for native inhabitants of Alaska on the seal islands 19, 500. 00 
Specials : 
Repairs for steamer Albatross 18, 000. 00 
Purchase of steam vessel for Alaska salmon inspection service- 20, 000. 00 
Establishment of a biological station in the Mississippi Valley- 25, 000. 00 
Construction and repair of buildings and other improvements 
for stations at — 
Baird, Cal 850.00 
Duluth, Minn 9, 000. 00 
Leadville, Colo 7, 500. 00 
Construction and repair of buildings and other improvements, 
and purchase of land for stations at — 
Mammoth Spring 1 , Ark 12, 000. 00 
Erwin, Tenn 9, 000. 00 
Cape Vincent, N. Y 7, 000. 00 
RECOMMENDATIONS. 
SALARIES. 
In the estimate for appropriations required for the conduct of 
the work of the Bureau for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1910, 
provision is made for the elimination of 5 low-grade clerkships and 
the substitution therefor of one senior clerk at $2,100 per annum, 
one at $1,980 per annum, and one at $1,800, thus leaving $900 per 
