Memorial Meeting. 35 



RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



At a meeting of the biological section of the New York Academy of 

 Sciences held October u, 1896, the following resolution, introduced by- 

 Professor Henry F. Osborn and seconded by Mr. William T. Horuaday, 

 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote: 



Resolved, That the members of the biological section of the New York Academy of 

 Sciences desire to express their deep sense of loss in the death of Professor G. Brown 

 Goode, of the United States National Museum. In common with all naturalists in 

 this country, we have admired his intelligent and highly successful administration 

 of the National Museum, as well as his pron:pt and ready response to the requests 

 and needs of similar institutions throughout the country. 



In face of the arduous and exacting duties of his directorship, he has held a lead- 

 ing position among American zoologists, and we are indebted to him for a series of 

 invaluable investigations, especially upon the fishes. 



Those of us who had the good fortune to know Professor Goode personally, recall 

 his singular charm of character, his genial interest in the work of others, his true 

 scientific spirit. We have thus lost one of our ablest fellow- workers and one of the 

 truest and best of men. 



John G. Curtis, Chairman. 

 Charles L. Bristoi,, Secretary. 



CIRCULAR ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 



Washington, D. C, September 8, 1896. 

 [Circular Order No. 139.] 



It becomes my painful duty to announce to the employees of the United States 

 Commission of Fish and Fisheries the death in this city, on the 6th instant, of Doctor 

 George Brown Goode, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and at one 

 time United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. Although his official con- 

 nection, strictly speaking, has always been with the former establishment, Doctor 

 Goode is best known for his researches and publications on the fishes and fisheries 

 of the United States, on which subjects he came to be recognized as the leading 

 authority. He first joined in the investigations of the Fish Commission on the 

 Atlantic coast in 1872 as a volunteer, and in that capacity continued to participate 

 in its scientific work up to the time of Professor Baird's death in 1SS7. He was 

 appointed to succeed the latter as Fish Commissioner, but relinquished that position 

 after a few months, upon the passage of the act giving it an independent status. 

 Doctor Goode had charge of the Fishery Division of the Tenth Census, and was also 

 the United States Commissioner to the Fishery Expositions at Berlin and London. 

 He has been one of the most fruitful and valued contributors to the reports and bul- 

 letins of the Fish Commission, and in his death the fishing interests of the country 

 have sustained a severe loss. 



J. J. Brice, Commissioner. 



EXTRACTS FROM PROCEEDINGS OF ASSOCIATIONS. 



[From a report of the proceedings of the Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Museums Asso- 

 ciation held in Glasgow July 21 to 25, 1896.] 



At the meeting of the Association held in Newcastle last j^ear was read a contribu- 

 tion from Doctor G. Brown Goode on The principles of Museum Administration ; 

 and afterwards the author sent a reprint of the paper to each member of the Associa- 



