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'■" Mesohed, That a Committee be appointed to cany out 

 the provisions of this report." 



On motion, the report was received and adopted, and the 

 President appointed the following Committee : J. A. Hen- 

 shall, Edward P. Doyle, and Dr. Tarleton H. Bean. 



The question came np as to the place for the next meeting. 



Dr. Parker, of jMiohigan, named Rochester. Mr. Cheney, 

 of New York, named the City of New York. 



The President announced that the members would decide 

 by ballot, and ai)i)ointed Mr. Porter, of California, and Mr. 

 j\Iather, of New York, as tellers. The vote was as follows : 

 New York, 12 ; Rochester, 6. 



The President declared that New York was the clioice of 

 the meeting. 



Dr. Cary moved that the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club, 

 of AVashington, be made an honorary member of the So- 

 ciety. 



The motion was unanimously adopted. 



On motion of Dr. Parker, of Michigan, the thanks of the 

 Society were tendered the officers of the Woodmont Club 

 for the dinner given the members of the Society the even- 

 ing previous. 



On motion, the time for the next annual meeting was 

 made the last AYednesday and Thursday of May, 1892. 



Mr. Amsden offered the following resolution, which, iipon 

 motion, Avas unanimously adopted : 



AA^iiEKEAS the object of the American Fisheries Society 

 is not only to foster the game fish of the country, but to do 

 everything in its i^ower to cheapen the cost of fish food; 



AisTD WHEREAS the Great Lakes, a vast body of water 

 on our nortliein border is an international water, lying- 

 bet ween us and a foreign country; 



And whereas the work of protection and propagation 

 of fish in these waters is being conducted by the several 

 States and Canada, each independent of the other, witli 



