. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. engagedin interstate commerce. The administration of the LighthouseService, including the establishment and maintenance of aidsto navigation. The taking of census. The making of Coastand Geodetic surveys. The collection and publication ofstatistics on foreign and domestic commerce, and the investi-gation of markets for American products. The inspection ofsteamboats and the enforcement of laws pertaining thereto forthe protection of life and property. The propogation anddistribution of useful food fishes and the supervising of Alaskanfu
. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. engagedin interstate commerce. The administration of the LighthouseService, including the establishment and maintenance of aidsto navigation. The taking of census. The making of Coastand Geodetic surveys. The collection and publication ofstatistics on foreign and domestic commerce, and the investi-gation of markets for American products. The inspection ofsteamboats and the enforcement of laws pertaining thereto forthe protection of life and property. The propogation anddistribution of useful food fishes and the supervising of Alaskanfur-seal and salmon fisheries. Jurisdiction over merchant-vessels, including their registry, measurement, licensing, entry,clearance, etc., and the enforcement of the act requiring wire-less equipment on vessels. The standardization of weightsand measures. The formulation of regulations (in conjunctionwith the Secretaries of the Treasury and Agriculture) of theenforcement of the food and drugs act and the insecticide act. RAND McNALLY WASHINGTON GUIDE 199. Pan-American Union Building 17th and B Streets Page 200 Coast and Geod-etic Survey, a scien-tific branch of theTreasury Depart-ment to map thecoast, chart thewaters, and investi-gate and publishmovements of tides,currents, etc., forthe benefit of navi-gation, is domiciledin a brick buildingon New JerseyAve., south of theCapitol, immedi-ately in the rear ofthe great stonehouse built long ago by Benjamin F. Butler as a residence,and which is now principally occupied by the Marine HospitalService. New Jersey Ave. leads in that direction to GarfieldPark, and beyond that to the shore of the Anacostia,near the Navy Yard. Just west of it Delaware a perfectly straight street to Washington Barracks. United States Fish Commission. Occupies the old ante-bellum arsenal 6th & B Sts., S. W., Armory Sq. Here, onthe basement floor, can be seen various aquaria filled withgrowing plants and inhabited by fishes, rare and common,and by q
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