18 - REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
On October 15, 1900, this Commission was notified that it had been 
awarded the diploma of a grand prix for its collective exhibit. 
The following members of the Commission staff individually exhib- 
ited sets of their published papers pertinent to the work of the Bureau, 
and were awarded the stated prizes: 
Gold medals: Dr. H. M. Smith, Dr. B. W. Evermann. 
Si_ver medals: Dr. J. A. Henshall, Mr. C. H. Stevenson, Mr. W. A. Wilcox 
Bronze medals: Dr. W. C. Kendall. 
Honorable mention: Mr. John W. Titcomb. 
The following additional awards were made wholly or partly for 
reports, either published by the Commission or based on its work. 
Gold medals: Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S. N.; Dr. D. 8. Jordan, Dr. 
T. H. Bean, Dr. L. Stej;neger. 
Silver medals: Dr. W. O. Atwate:, Prof. Edwin Linton. 
Bronze medals: Dr. H. C. Bumpus, Dr. 8. E. Meek, Dr. A. J. Woolman, 
Di Ps He karsch: 
Silver medals were awarded to Mr. A. H. Baldwin and Mr. C. B. 
Hudson, for water-color drawings of fishes made to illustrate publica- 
tions of the Commission. . 
In connection with the Paris Exposition, an International Congress 
of Agriculture and Fisheries was held under the auspices of the French 
Government. Dr. H. M. Smith was designated to represent the Com- 
mission at this congress, and his account of the proceedings will be 
found on pp. 133-139. Attention is drawn to the series of formal views 
adopted by the congress relating to fishery matters of international 
interest. 
AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY. 
The American Fisheries Society held its twenty-ninth annual ses- 
sion at the Woods Hole station of the Commission, beginning July 18, 
1900. The society is the only organization of the kind in the United 
States, and has a large membership of persons in all parts of the 
country who are interested in fisheries and fish-culture. The Com- 
mission has always been in hearty sympathy with the objects and work 
of the society, of which many of its staff are active members; and it 
was at the special invitation of the Commission that the meeting was 
held at Woods Hole. 
The attendance was large, and the meeting, which continued for 
three days, was one of the most interesting and profitable in the his- 
tory of the society. Besides the reading and discussion of a number 
of unusually valuable papers, the members witnessed the workings of 
the hatchery and biological laboratory at Woods Hole, made several 
trips on the vessels of the Commission, had a demonstration of deep- 
sea sounding and dredging on the steamer Mish Hawk, and visited a 
number of private trout hatcheries in Massachusetts and Rhode 
Island. : 
