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The duties of the curator in connection with the Fish Commission have prevented his giving much personal attention to his department during the past year. The exhibition hall which has been closed for two or three years on account of the extensive repairs made to the Smithsonian building, has been thoroughly renovated and prepared for the use of the public. All of the collections have received constant care, and their condition in the several storerooms has been greatly improved. But few accessions were received, chiefly owing to the fact that the Fish