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Mr. Fred Mather read an article entitled "What we Know about the Lobster." 

 In the discussion of this paper Mr. Chase, Commissioner McDonald, and Mr. Hunting- 

 ton participated. Mr. Blackford and Mr. Mather also entered into it, and Dr. Hudson 

 referred to the outrageous practice of killing young lobsters«by fishermen. 



The paper of Dr. Bashford Dean on the "Culture of Sturgeon in the United 

 States " was read by Mr. Blackford. 



The sessions of the Congress were closed on Thursday night with a fish banquet 

 in the banquet hall of the New York State building in Jackson Park. This banquet 

 was participated in by members of the Fisheries Congress, the Conference of State 

 Commissioners of Fish and Came, and their invited guests. Hon. T. W. Palmer pre- 

 sided and delivered the opening address. The other speakers of the evening were 

 Hon. Carter H. Harrison, mayor of Chicago; Messrs. Andrews, Bowman, andBreslin, of 

 New York; Commissioner McDonald, Mr. J. J. Quelch, Commissioner of British Gui- 

 ana, and Mr. John Foord, Secretary of the New York Commission to the World's Fair. 



Following is a complete list of the members of the World's Fisheries Congress, 

 including some members of the advisory council, whose names appear also in the 

 preliminary address of the general committee : 



LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE WORLDS FISHERIES CONGRESS. 



Mr. A. A. Adams, American Net and Twine Co., 

 New York City. 



Mr. W. P. Andrus, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Mr. J. J. Armistead, Solway Fishery, Dumfries, 

 Scotland. 



Mr. Charles G. Atkins, East Orland, Me. 



Prof. W. O. Atwater, Wesleyan University, Mid- 

 dletown, Conn. 



Mr. C. H. Augur, American Net and Twine Co., 

 New York City. 



Dr. S. P. Bartlett, Quincy, 111. 



Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, Washington, D. C. 



Mr. William Bird, Fish Commissioner, Fairmont, 

 Minn. 



Mr. A. Booth, Chicago, 111. 



Dr. Nicolas Borodine, Uralsk, Russia. 



Mr. W. H. Bowman, Fish Commissioner, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. 



Hon. E. G. Blackford; New York City. 



Mr. E. A. Brackett, Fish Commissioner, Winches- 

 ter, Mass. 



Prof. W. K. Brooks, Johns Hopkins University, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



Mr. J. Stanley-Brown, Washington, D. C. 



Mr. W. R. Callicotte, Fish Commissioner, Denver, 

 Colo. 



Mr. D. R. Cameron, Chicago, 111. 



Mr. E. A. Chase, Tacorua, Wash. 



Mr. A. N. Cheney, Glens Falls, N. Y. 



Mr. Daniel T. Church, Tiverton, R. I. 



Mr. Frank N. Clark, Northville, Mich. 



Mr. H. F. Cook, Beatrice, Nebr. 



Dr. Bashford Dean, Columbia College, New York. 



Mr. Edward P. Doyle, No. 53 Broadway, New York. 



Mr. R. Edward Earll, Washington, D. C. 



Dr. E. Ehrenbaum, Helgoland, Germany. 



Prof. Barton W. Evermann, Washington, D. C. 



Mr. E. J. M. Favallini. 



Mr. Richard E. Follett, Lime Rock, Conn. 



Prof. S. A. Forbes. Champaign, 111. 



Mr. H. A. Gill, Washington, D. C. 



Dr. (i. Brown Goode, Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington, D. C. 

 Rev. W. A. Green, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. 

 Mr. Charles S. Griffith, Port Richmond. 

 Mr. T. J. Griggs, Fish Commissioner, Spirit Lake, 



Iowa. 

 Mr. David G. Hackney, Fish Commissioner, Fort 



Plain, N. Y. 

 Mr. J]<lward Hamilton, New York. 

 Dr. J. Lawrence-Hamilton, No. 30 Sussex Square, 



Brighton, England. 

 Mr. Robert Hamilton, Greenwich, N. Y. 

 Mr. L. G. Harron, Washington, D. C. 

 Mr. A. W. Harvey, Fish Commissioner, St. Johns, 



Newfoundland. 

 Prof. Francis H. Herrick, Adelbert College, Cleve- 

 land, Ohio. 

 Dr. William M. Hudson, Hartford, Conn. 

 Mr. L. D. Huntington, Fish Commissioner, New 



Rochelle, N. Y. 

 Mr. L. D. Huntington, jr., New Rochelle, N. Y. 

 Dr. Ephraim Ingals. 

 Mr. Alex. Jones, Woods Holl, Mass. 

 Col. CM. Keyes, Sandusky, Ohio. 

 Mr. George F. Kunz, New York City, N. Y. 

 Mr. G. \V. Langford, Fish Commissioner, Havana, 



111. 



