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have you examine it and if possible, determine whether it is 

 an estray, or a result of the salmon planting made in the 

 river several years since, To-morrow you will have an oppor- 

 tunity of discussing its table qualities at the planked shad 

 dinner at Gloucester. Once more, gentlemen, a cordial 

 welcome. 



Dr. Hudson replied on behalf of the Society. It was fur- 

 ther announced that, through the courtesy of H'on. Marshall 

 McDonald, Commissioner of Fisheries of the United States, 

 the U. S. Steamer " Fish-hawk " had been placed at the dis- 

 posal of the "Anglers' Association," for the purpose of afford- 

 ing the Fisheries Society an opportunity of observing the 

 process of hatching shad, and they were invited to participate 

 in a trip on the Delaware River, for that purpose, to proceed 

 to Gloucester, N. J:, where they would witness the hauling 

 of- the large shad seine, and partake of a Planked Shad Din- 

 ner, as guests of the "Anglers Association " — which invita- 

 tion was duly accepted, 



Mr. Mather then suggested that a Recording Secretary 

 should be appointed or elected, before further business was 

 transacted, in order that he could begin to take notes for his 

 report. He said, " I did not expect to be with you at this 

 meeting, and had mailed my resignation to Mr. Ford which 

 is as follows : 



Cold Spring Harbor, Suffolk Co., N. Y., May 14, 1889. 



Henry C. Ford, Esq. 



Corresponding Secretary American FisJieties Society, 



My Dear Sir : 



I herewith transmit my resignation 

 as Recording Secretary of the American Fisheries Society. 



My manifold duties to both the New York and the United 

 States Fish Commissions deprive me of the pleasure of much 

 other congenial work in the line of fish culture which I might 

 desire to do. 



