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General review of the year's work.
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The Curator was ordered to investigate and report upon the fishes of Great Egg Harbor Bay, New Jersey, and accordingly left Washington early in July (1887) for that purpose. The work was done under the auspices of the U.S. Fish Commission and the report upon the same made to the Commissioner. After the Curator's return to Washington. Considerable time was consumed in the preparation [[strikethrough]]upon[[/strikethrough]] of a paper for publication upon the results of this expedition.
An accumulation of correspondence pertaining to this department was taken up and dis-