New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-24
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
c,rurRING FISHERY STATISTICS.

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.,r Po,rMAsTER-GENERAL's REroRr-A PRESENT
FROM THE oUaEN-THE LOCAL LICENSE oUEs-
rox-FIRsT AUDITORS EXPORT.
A. ;p,nortont branch of the work of the
corsus Bureau is that of gathering statistics
- ,be fishery interests of the United States.
Tho postmaster-G General has submitted his
annual report TO the President. He recon-
~. the adoption of postal savings banks
.nd Of a postal telegraph system similar 10
.so, of Great Britain. Queen Victoria has
'.,t = present to the President OF fine
.rr;rg-desk. General Garfield has arrived at
s1o Camtal. No public demonstration was
rsde. in Difference to his wishes.
NATIONAL FISHERY INTERESTS.
r,,r,EtE INfORMAIION BEING PREPARED ~ con-
~rcrroV WITH The CENsUS-THE FISHERY ~
DrsreY TO BIZ FULLY De CRIBED.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUNE.l
v.s,,,xaToN. Nov 22.-One of the MOST import
~ r,s1lts of the census of 1850 will be the statis-
.;o.I and other information gathered and pub
''shi -ccar9lng the fish fisheries of the United
et.,,s The incomplete returns made 20 the
,,,, of Statistics showed that in the year ending
,rno 20 1870. the value Of the products taken
~, ,merical vessels and fohormen and brought
40 the United states was about SU,oOO,Ooo. In
a;l.rtaIv considerable statistical work was done
Nv +h~ Fish Commission during the nrst six or
a.r rears of It's operations. but no systematic IN
..;.otion WAS attempted until three years ago.
- Professor Baird and hls assistants were
- |.,,c.4 as exrerts before the Halifax Fishery
C.-,,,;.sfo, which was to decide how much the
80 sta.es oucht 10 pay Canada for the prlvi-
lao ot fishing twelve years in Canadian waters.
0a tbat occasion statistics showing the value OF
~ american fisheries for the current year we're
s,1 necessary TO offset the Canadian reports
,rtich had been regularly published from year to
or for q decade. No complete American status
= ,vert N existence. and the Commission was
,;,..5 70 accent estimates. Professor Baird i'll
So established q statistical division of the Fish
c,,a,oi.s;ou and began to collect accurate and conf
,lsta rcports. The limited amount of money
a,,ilable however, greatly restricted this work
',,rnc tbe first two years. In 1879 complete
nan of statistical investigation had been adopted
a,i stems taken toward beginning the work
At this time General Walker beginning the
census work and he proposed to share with FRO
tes,or Baird the expense Of conducting the lnvesi-
oations and also to share the results by publishing
the matter relating to fish and the fisheries IN sep
arafe volume of the census reports. The plan was
at once put IN operation under the Joint auspices
OF General Walker and Professor Baird. The work
is under the immediate direction of Professor q.
Brown Goode OF the Smithsonian Institution, as a
speclal agent Of the Census Bureau. Professor
Goode is aided by competent and sufficient corps
of trained experts and canvassers. The held OF
statistical inquiry embraces the entire United
Slates including the lake and river products az well
rs the coast fisheries and the whale fishery. More
than 1000 returns relating TO the fisheries OF
different localities have already been received at
the office in Washington, and the information
which they contain is being RAPIDLY placed III
form for publication. The scheme of investigation
is very comprehensive. and the results of the in
ou,ics will be presented in q detailed and elaborate
manner.
The first part will Oe devoted to the natuIai ms
tory of all marine products including seals, whales
oysters clans sponges. etc. as well as fishes The
srrond part will embrace description OIL al places
,vbeTe each kind OF fish or Oth marine pTodnct u
f,nud In the third part Will be comprised all ID
formation regarding the history ana 0eVelopmeh
90 r.h,nr towns The fourth part Will be de
voted 10 tine subject of fishing vessels. ana the uS
Of f.hin0 9puarttus. Sixty different branches o
fisheries are enumerated. each OF when must ID
sDecIaiIv investigated. The fifth part. which vii
Lc mainly statistical. Will show rs far as prac
tieahI the quantity and value OF each kind OF isl
taken IN 1880. Statistics VIII also be gwen 10
each Vt tie last fifty years he slXth part reialG
10 the care and preparation fOi market OI al pfoi
nets of the fisheries. The seventh part Will EN-
brace inform alton relating TO the economy OF th'
fisheries showing the amount OF capital lhVestet
and The labor employed, with details OF prOhts
insurance prices. tariffs, e&pUrtS' ana imports o
t;snar, nrolucts and the distribution OF nsh prod
MS throughout the United States. In the eigAtl
part are 10 be considered the protection ol tne Sh
eries. fish culture, fishery laws. bountieS. lisher'
It, afies and their results, ana the statistics o
public and private fish Gu .ture. II is expected
That tie report will be published as early as nexi
June.