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body and cause to be made a thorough canvass of the 

 United States, using as a basis the present members 

 of the Fisheries Society. In this way, I beHeve the 

 membership could be swelled to three or four thousand 

 members. The membership of the Society is now 

 about 225. Nearly all the Fish Commissioners of the 

 United States are members, and a number of promi- 

 nent Fish Culturists, but the membership, of course, 

 is not what it should be. I hope that this matter will 

 receive the careful consideration of the Society at this 

 meeting, and that every endeavor will be made to take 

 the necessary steps to secure a larger and more influen- 

 tial membership. 



Very respectfully yours, 



Edward P. Doyle. 



