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THE ANNUAL REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



The thanks of the Society are due to the committee 

 appointed last year to attend to the publication of the Annual 

 Report of its proceedings, for the prompt attention given to 

 the business committed to them, as well as for the creditable 

 manner in which it was performed. The Society's apprecia- 

 tion cannot be shown more emphatically than by the re-ap- 

 pointment of the same committee. 



HONORARY MEMBERSHIP. 



The Society last year made a graceful acknowledgement of 

 the courtesy extended to it by the Lake St. Clair Shooting 

 and Fishing Club, in electing the latter to Honorary Member- 

 ship. The chair hopes to have the pleasure of entertaining a 

 motion to elect the Anglers' Association, of Eastern Penn- 

 sylvania to Honorary Membership in the American Fisheries 

 Society, in acknowledgment of its hospitality on this occa- 

 sion, and also of its generous efforts to promote the success 

 and pleasure of the annual meeting. 



JOHN M. BISSELL. 



On motion of Mr. W. L. May, of Nebraska, the Society 

 then adjourned to meet at 2 p. m. 



On again being called to order in the afternoon, the Chair- 

 man appointed the following gentlemen as a Committee to 

 nominate officers for the ensuing year : W, L. May, of 

 Nebraska ; W. A. Butler, Jr., of Michigan, and Dr. T. H. 

 Bean, of Washington. 



A paper on hybrids in Salmonidae, by Dr. T. H. Bean, was 

 then announced. Dr. Bean prefaced his paper by saying 

 that information on the subject was difficult to get. The re- 

 ports of the New York Fish Commission are the best on the 

 subject. Dr. Day, in England, has written something on the 

 subject, and there is also something in the Pennsylvania 

 Reports but it is much like that of New York.. Dr. Day goes 

 back to VVilloughby, but the individuals he considered to be 



