Proceedings Forty-seventh Annual Meeting 53 



REPORT ON PERMANENT FUND. 



To the American Fisheries Society: 



In regard to the Permanent Fund of the Society I have to 

 report that this still remains on deposit with the Industrial Trust 

 Co. of Westerly, R. I., and that since the report made by Mr. C. W. 

 Willard at the meeting of the Society in October, 1916, there have 

 been no deposits in or withdrawals from this fund. 



Mr. Willard 's last report showed a balance on October 9, 1916, 

 of $2,799.56. 



L. B. RlMBACH, 

 Medford Hillside, Mass., Aug. 11, 1917. Acting Treasurer. 



Moved and carried that the report of the Treasurer be referred 

 to the Auditing Committee for the usual verification of the 

 accounts. 



President Field announced the appointment of the following 

 Committees : 



Auditing Committee: Messrs. F. A. Tulian and Geo. H. Graham. 



Committee on Resolutions: Messrs. W. A. Killian (chairman), 

 E. A. Hinshaw, J. H. Kirk, E. G. Bradford, J. Q. Ward, Wm. E. 

 Barber, and H. B. Ward. 



Committee on Nominations: Messrs. J. W. Titcomb (chairman), 

 John P. Woods, M. L. Alexander, J. Q. Ward, Seymour Bower, 

 Eben W. Cobb, and H. S. Hedrick. 



Committee on Time and Place of Meeting: Messrs. A. L. Millett 

 (chairman), John M. Crampton, Theo. Roualt, A. Eastgate, D. G. 

 Beauchamp, Linus Leavens and Henry O'Malley. 



Committee on Publication: Messrs. R. C. Osburn (chairman), 

 Bashford Dean and John T. Nichols. 



Committee on Membership: Messrs. John W. Titcomb (chair- 

 man), Seymour Bower, Eben W. Cobb, S. P. Wires and S. P. 

 Bartlett. 



Committee on Program: Henry B. Ward and Henry O'Malley. 



In announcing the Membership Committee, President Field 

 called attention to the importance of increasing the membership. 

 "There has never been a time in the history of the nation or of the 

 world when constructive work on fisheries in the laboratories and 



