32 A'merica7i Fisheries Society 



Overton W. Price, Washington, D. C; George W. Field, 

 Sharon, Mass. 



Mr. Bower: I move the adoption of this report and 

 the election of the officers as stated. Seconded by Mr. 

 Nesley. 



Carried. 



A rising vote of thanks was tendered the retiring 

 officers of the Society and particularly to President 

 Townsend and to Mr. Ward T. Bower who had served 

 the Society most efficiently for several years as Record- 

 ing Secretary. 



President: I believe the report of the committee 

 appointed to consider Dr. Smith's paper on the Fisheries 

 Institute has not been received. Have they anything 

 to report? 



Prof. Ward : The suggestion has been made that this 

 report should be read at dinner tomorrow, when there 

 will be present some other gentlemen whose education 

 in this line will be useful and may affect the report of 

 the Committee. 



It was moved and seconded that Dr. Smith's paper 

 be re-read with the report of the Committee on the 

 following day. 



Approved. 



Professor Henry B. Ward, the President-elect of the 

 Society, was called upon to address the meeting. 



Prof. Ward: Mr. President and members of the 

 Society: I appreciate so greatly the responsibility as 

 well as the honor which has been put upon me that 1 

 find it very difficult to say anything just at this moment 

 regarding the matters which would interest the Society 

 in any way. It seems to me clear, after having attended 

 a series of meetings covering a number of years, that 

 the Society has made a distinct advance in the last two 

 or three years, and that this movement involves great 

 responsibilities as well as great opportunities for fur- 

 thering the interests which we represent. It will neces- 

 sarily go back to the officers to determine in some 



