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bers for correction were not always returned promptly, 

 so the volume was very much delayed. It seemed advis- 

 able to do some editing and to blue-pencil some of the 

 irrelevant matter in the discussions. This was done 

 with the approval of members of the Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



We have been publishing our report rather carelessly, 

 giving the discussions in toto, which probably is not wise, 

 and a good deal of matter could be left out if this were 

 placed in the hands of a careful editorial committee. Be- 

 sides, the society is not prosperous enough to do so much 

 printing, and it is necessary for us to condense a little 

 where it can be done without harm to our volume. I 

 hope that a little later on in the meeting we will be able 

 to decide upon the best course to pursue in this matter. 



It seems desirable, also, that we should consider later 

 at this meeting the matter of compensating the Secre- 

 tary, because the labor is too great for any one man to 

 undertake for nothing, and besides, the Secretary is sub- 

 ject to criticism when he attempts to edit papers and 

 there are always some papers which have meat in them 

 but which are too voluminous and which really need 

 editing. 



REPORT OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY.* 



To the Officers and Members of the American Fisheries Society: 



The chief duties of this office have had to do with the preparation 

 of the report of the Denver meeting and publishing same in the 

 annual volume comprising the Society's Transactions. The usual cor- 

 respondence incident to the Society's activities has been given proper 

 attention. No Assistant Secretary vi^as elected at the last meeting, 

 the selection of this office being left to the Secretary. Accordingly Mr. 

 Henry D. Aller, of the Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, D. C, was 

 named to fill this office. The Society was fortunate in Mr. Aller's 

 acceptance of this position, as in March it became necessary for the 

 Secretary to proceed to Alaska for a protracted period, and most of 

 the concluding work of getting out the Transactions devolved upon 

 the Assistant Secretary. As there may be a repetition of extended 

 absence from headquarters at Washington, your Secretary feels that 

 under the circumstances he cannot longer serve the Society usefully 

 in any capacity as an active officer. 



*Owing to the absence of the Secretary in Alaska, this report was 

 not presented at the meeting, but is inserted here for the information 

 of the members of the Society, Editor. 



