H. T. Emerick, San Francisco, Cal. 



William C. Murdocli, San Francisco, Cal. 



Freeman B. Dickerson, Detroit, Mich. 



Br3^ant Walker, Detroit, Mich. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Herschel Whitaker, 

 A. N. Cheney, 



J. E. GUNCKEL, 



Committee. 



Mr. Whitaker : I move that the report of the 

 Committee be accepted and these gentlemen declared 

 elected. 



The President put the question, which was carried. 



The President: Mr. Secretary, have 3'OU any 

 report to make? 



The Secretary then submitted the following report : 



New York City, U. S. A., 

 Battery Park Aquarium, May 20, 1896. 

 American Fisheries Society. 



Gentlemen : I have the honor to present a brief 

 account of my duties as Recording Secretary of the 

 Fisheries Society. 



A resolution of the Committee on Nominations last 

 3^ear, adopted June 12, recommended a change in the 

 style and character of the transactions and that the 

 volume be published wdthin sixty days after the meet- 

 ing. Your Recording Secretary earnestly tried to 

 carry out this praiseworthy resolution, but a delay of 

 two months w'as caused by the fact that some of the 

 articles had been given out for newspaper publication 

 and could not be recovered sooner. Another greater 

 delay occurred through the failure of many members 

 to reply to letters and circulars asking for information 

 about names and addresses to revise our membership 

 list, which was known to be full of errors. 



