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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 
NEW OFFICE BUILDING. 
The recommendation for a new building for the accommodation of 
the Bureau’s offices in Washington is urgently renewed and empha- 
sized. The present obsolete, unsuitable, cramped, unsafe, and un- 
sightly quarters interfere with efficient administration and retard 
progress along important lines. Besides office quarters, there are 
required laboratory facilities, proper storage for collections, and a 
modern public aquarium which, while serving a most useful purpose 
in connection with the experimental work of the Bureau, would be 
one of the chief educational attractions of Washington. 
Respectfully, 
Geo. M. Bowers, 
C ommissioner. 
To Hon. Charles Nagel, 
Secretary of Commerce and Labor. 
