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T7vci!fy-si.rf]i Annual Meeting 



siderable correspondence connected with the office, and the work 

 of preparing- the transactions is not shght, bnt it is cheerfnHv 

 rendered; and if members will assist in furnishing proper ad- 

 dresses and missing records, the proceedings can be made per- 

 fect and complete. I would suggest that, for convenience of the 

 printer and Secretary, the stenographic reports of discus- 

 sions following the reading of papers be made a part of the 

 paper, and each paper with the discussion be complete in itself 

 and not a part of the routine business. 



On March 27 I sent out the first notice of the annual meet- 

 ing for this year, requesting members to send to the Secretary 

 titles of papers to be read. 



On May 27 I sent out a second notice to all members, giving 

 time and place of meeting in Detroit, with a summary of the 

 program prepared by the local connnittee for the entertainment 

 of the Society, and again asking that titles of papers should be 

 sent in promptly. 



There are on hand several hundred copies of the transac- 

 tions of the Society for the years 1894, 1895 ^"^ 1896. 



Respectfully, 



A. NELSON CHENEY, 



Recording Secretary. 



Chairman Whitaker: There are certain suggestions made in 

 the report, and it seems to me it should be referred to a commit- 

 tee, the suggestions be considered by them and reported upon. 

 The Chair will entertain a motion for the appointment of such 

 committee if desired. 



Mr. Clark: I move that such a committee be appointed, al- 

 though I do not wish to be appointed on that committee. 



The motion w-as seconded and adopted unanimously. 



Chairman Whitaker: I will appoint as such committee Mr. 

 Bryant, Mr. Dale and Mr. Bell, and the report of the Secretary' 

 will be turned over to that committee and they can consider and 

 report on the recommendations therein contained. 



The following names were then presented in a letter from Mr. 

 Chenev, the Secretary, for election as corresponding members of 

 the Society: 



J. J. Armistead, Dumfries, Scotland; S. Jafife, Osnabruck, Ger- 

 many; Wm. Seinor, Fishing Editor, "London Field.'' 



