4 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Local Committee of Organization. 
Chairman, GEORGE M. Bowers, United States Commissioner of Fisheries. 
Secretary, H. F. Moore, Scientific Assistant, United States Bureau of Fisheries. 
AuviIn B. ALEXANDER, Chief of Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries, 
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 
Jos BARNARD, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. 
CHARLES J. BELL, President of American Security and Trust Company. 
Scotr C. Boner, Editor of The Washington Herald; Chairman of Subcommittee on 
Publicity. 
Wi.eur J. Carr, Chief Clerk of Department of State. 
Irvine H. Dunwap, Chief Clerk of United States Bureau of Fisheries. 
Barton W. EvERMANN, Chief of Division of Scientific Inquiry, United States Bureau of 
Fisheries. 
THEODORE GILL, Honorary Associate in Zoology, Smithsonian Institution. 
GrorGcE E. Hamitton, President of Capital Traction Company. 
WALTER S. Haran, President of Game and Fish Protective Association of the District 
of Columbia. 
RupoLtPH KAuFFMAN, Editor of The Evening Star. 
Wiii1am Logs, jr., Secretary to the President of the United States. 
Epwarp McL#an, Secretary and Treasurer of The Washington Post. 
CLARENCE F. NorMENT, President of National Bank of Washington; President of 
Washington Electric Railway Company. 
THEODORE S. PALMER, Bureau of Biological Survey, Department of Agriculture. 
DANIEL Moore RANSDELL, Sergeant-at-Arms, United States Senate. 
RICHARD RATHBUN, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Chairman 
of Subcommittee on Exhibits. 
W. vE C. RAvENEL, Administrative Assistant, United States National Museum. 
Cuno H. Rupo.pn, President of Washington Board of Trade. 
J. H. SMa, jr., Vice-President of Washington Board of Trade. 
Hucu M. Smita, Deputy United States Commissioner of Fisheries. 
Epwarp J. STELLWAGEN, President of Union Trust Company. 
RICHARD SYLVESTER, Superintendent of Police; Warden of Game and Fish Protect- 
ive Association of the District of Columbia; Chairman of Subcommittee on Enter- 
tainment. 
Henry TaLBort, Vice-President of Game and Fish Protective Association of the 
District of Columbia. 
Joun W. Trrcomp, Chief of Division of Fish Culture, United States Bureau of Fisheries. 
Henry LL. West, Commissioner of the District of Columbia; Chairman of Subcom- 
mittee on Reception. 
Wi.it1am P. Youne, Secretary-Treasurer of Game and Fish Protective Association of 
the District of Columbia. 
