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 964 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 542. 1891. rrsucsmmsam. FISH COMMISSION. Gcmmimicmr- UNITED STATES COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES: For compensation of the Commissioner, five thousand dollars. rmpsgsusuez reed PROPAGATION or roon FISHES: For the introduction by the United “““· "“· States Fish Commission into and the increase in the waters of the United States of food fishes and other useful products of the waters, including lobsters, oysters, and other shellfish, and for such general and miscellaneous expenditures as the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries may find necessary to the prosecution of his work, including salaries or compensation of all nece sary employees, one hundred and Efty five thousand dollars., nnnmuumorm. DIsT1uBU·rIoN or roon msnns: For the distribution of the eggs and young of the whitefish, salmon, Shad, carp, lobster, the fishes indigenous to the valley of the Mississippi River, and other useful inha itants of the waters, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, fifty thousan dollars. mmmmum MAINTENANCE or VESSELS: For the maintenance of the vessels ‘¥“ and steam launches of the United States Fish Commission, and for boats, apparatus, machinery, and other facilities required for use ‘ with the same, including salaries or compensation o all necessary civilian employees forty-five thousand dollars. · B¤1=•*¤¤¤*¤•¤¤¤•· For repairs to vessels Albatross, Fish Hawk, and Grampus, ten thousan dollars. . 1¤v¤¤¤•¤¤¤¤- INQUIRY nEsI>EcTING FOOD FISHE8: For continuing the inquiry into the causes of the decrease of food fishes in the lakes, rivers, and cout waters of the United States, and for the study of the waters of the IlI1l38l'l01' in the interests of fish culture; for continuing the investigation of the fishing grounds of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, with the view of determining their food resources in the interest of the development of the commercial fisheries, and for the preparation of reports relative to the inquiry, including salaries or compensation ‘ and field expenses of expert assistants, and other necessary employees, twenty thousand dollars. m_¤¤¤¤¤¤·¤i¤¤•¤¤¢•· Snrrsrxoxn INQUIRY: For the study of the methods, relations, and statistics of the fisheries, with a view to their improvement; for the study of the resources of the fishing grounds of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, and the determination of methods for the development of the same; for the collection and compilation of the statistics of the fisheries of all portions of the United tates, including persons enployed, capital invested, and the quantity and value of products · for the lpreparation of reports relating to the inquiry, an for such genera and miscellaneous expenditures as the Commissioner may End necessary in the prosecution of this work, including salaries or compensation and field expenses of experts and other necessary employees, twenty thousand dollars. ,,{‘L· ¤·°·=¤¤¤ ¤ Frsn Hnonmnr, CRAIG’S Bnoox AND GREEN Lam; Mauna; For ' completion of construction and equipment at Green Lake, Maine, including all buildings, ponds, flumes, dams, pipes, wharf and boats, roads, grading, engineering, and repairs fifteen thousand three hundred and ninety-three dollars and ten cents, of which the sum of ten thousand dollars shall be immediately available m',;_*$ij¤·*°h°¤*¤V¤· _ FISH Hyrcnnnv IN VEmmNT: For purchase of site and establishing a fish hatchery at a suitable place In the State of Vermont, five thousand dollars. Nfglpgatcbcry in _ FISH HATCHERY IN NEW YORK : For purchase of site and estab- ' lishing a fish hatcheiiyaat a suitable place in the State of New York, _ on or near the Saint wrence River, five thousand dollars. m¥;ég¤uPL¤*¤¤¤*!¤ FISH Hnrcunnv, Nsosno, Mrssomuz For the completion and equipment of building, for the construction of outbuildmgs, roads.