FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FISHERY CONGRESS. Be 
I have also been requested to announce that the only members who are 
exempt from the payment of dues in this congress are those officially appointed 
from the foreign governments and the United States Government. A list of 
these officially appointed members appears on the programme. By some error it 
was suggested that those connected with the Bureau of Fisheries and not officially 
appointed by the United States Government were exempt from dues. I am 
asked to state that those who are employees of the Bureau of Fisheries will 
have the privilege of paying their dues. [Laughter and applause.] + 
To regulate the various congresses, of which this is the fourth, it is nec- 
essary that an international commission shall be convened. This commission 
will meet this afternoon at 1.30, after luncheon, in the Arlington Hotel, where 
the luncheon is served; and Doctor Smith will kindly read the names of those 
who are members of this international commission that will provide for the 
next meeting of the congress. 
The SECRETARY-GENERAL. I will explain, Mr. President and gentlemen, 
that this Permanent Commission of the International Fishery Congresses has 
been appointed for the purpose of looking after the affairs of those congresses 
in the interim between the regular meetings; and it has as regular members 
persons selected from countries which have regularly participated in previous 
International Fishery Congresses. However, owing to the absence of a number 
of those members, representatives of countries not officially represented here 
have been invited to act with this permanent commission, and this is the list 
as decided on: Austria, Dr. Heinrich von Kadich; Brazil, Lieut. Radler de Aquino; 
Canada, Prof. E. E. Prince; China, Mr. Chang Po Ling; Great Britain, Mr. O. T. 
Olsen; Germany, Dr. Walther Naumann; Holland, Dr. P. P. C. Hoek; Italy, 
Dr. D. Vinciguerra and Chevalier Guido Rossati; Japan, Dr. T. Kitahara; Mexico, 
Mr. José F. Godoy; New Zealand, Mr. H. Stephenson Smith; Peru, Dr. Robert E. 
Coker; Roumania, Dr. Gregoire Antipa; Sweden, Dr. Oscar Nordqvist; United 
States of America, Dr. Hermon C. Bumpus, Dr. Richard Rathbun, and Dr. 
Hugh M. Smith. 
The PRESIDENT. I have been requested to suggest that brief abstracts of 
papers—that is, abstracts that will indicate the contents of the papers—be 
prepared and handed to Doctor Moore. A great many requests have been 
received from the press and from individuals asking for the substance of the 
papers, somewhat more extensive than is given by the title alone. What is 
requested is a brief statement, in writing, of the substance of the papers that are 
to be presented, those abstracts to be left, if you please, on the secretary’s desk 
or given directly to Doctor Moore. Is Director Townsend present? 
A Member. He is in the audience, Mr. President. 
The PRESIDENT. With Doctor Sumner’s consent, as it is a little late now, 
we will call for Doctor Sumner’s paper at another session, and ask Director 
Townsend to present his paper, which is fully illustrated with lantern slides, 
