Mr. Babcock proposed the name of Hendrick S. 

 Holden, of Syracuse, one of the Commissioners of 

 Fisheries, Game, and Forests, of New York State. 



The President: The Secretary requests me to 

 ask the gentlemen in proposing names of new members 

 to kindly submit them in writing with the address, 

 that he may have the names with the addresses per- 

 fectly correct. He says it is impossible for him to 

 hear them with the assurance of getting them cor- 

 rectly, and that is one of the great difficulties we found 

 in trying to correct our list, that names have been 

 misspelled and the residences are very often w^rong. 



The President: It has been suggested by Mr. 

 Whitaker that he is the only member of the Executive 

 Committee present, to whom these names would be 

 referred to act upon, and that I should appoint other 

 members temporarilj^ Therefore, in the absence of 

 the other members of the Executive Committee, and 

 for that purpose, I will name Mr. Cheney and Mr. 

 Gunckel. 



The Committee then retired. 



The President : The Executive Committee, to 

 whom were submitted the names of the candidates for 

 membership, are prepared to make a report. We will 

 hear the report of the Executive Committee on the 

 names submitted to them. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE 



The A^ierican FisheriEvS Society. 



Gentlemen : The Executive Committee, to whom 

 was referred the matter of applications for member- 

 ship, beg leave to report that they recommend the 

 election of the following persons to membership in the 

 American Fisheries Society : 



Hendrick S. Holden, Syracuse, N. Y. 



Charles H. Walters, Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. 



