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Prof. Henry B. Ward, of the University of Illinois. 



Mr. John W. Titcomb, State Fish Culturist of New York. 



Judge J. H. Kirk, State Fish and Game Commissioner of 

 North Dakota. 



Mr. F. Brash, Chief Game Warden, Saskatchewan, Canada. 



Mr. G. A. Smith, State Fish Commissioner, of Oklahoma. 



Mr. Geo. H. Graham, Fish and Game Commissioner of 

 Massachusetts. 



Mr. John M. Crampton, Superintendent of Fish and Game of 

 Connecticut. 



Mr. Carlos Avery, Fish and Game Commissioner of Minnesota 

 and Secretary of the American Fisheries Society. 



Adjournment. 



Friday Morning Session, August 31st. 



President Field called the meeting to order and asked for the 

 reports from the committees. 



REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE. 



Mr. John P. Woods presented the report, in which the fol- 

 lowing were suggested for Officers of the Society for the year 

 1917-18: 



President Mr. Henry O'Malley 



Vice-President Mr. M. L. Alexander 



Recording Secretary Mr. John W. Titcomb 



Treasurer Mr. A. L. Millett 



Editor Prof. Raymond C. Osburn 



Vice-Presidents of Divisions 



Fish Culture Dwight Lydell, Comstock Park, Mich. 



Aquatic Biology and Physics ... Henry B. Ward, Urbana, 111. 



Commercial Fishing J. F. Moser, Alameda, Cal. 



Angling Daniel B. Fearing, Newport, R. I. 



Protection and Legislation, Geo. A. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. 



