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authorities in each state interested in Shad Fisheries, with the urgent 

 request for immediate co-operation, to the end that this great industry may 

 be preserved. 



Carried, with no opposing votes. 



A committee provided for later has been appointed by Pres- 

 ident Alexander, as follows: 



COMMITTEE ON THE REHABILITATION OF THE SHAD INDUSTRY. 



W. H. Killian, Chairman, Baltimore, Md.; G. C. Leach, U. S. 

 Bureau of Fisheries; Adrian Thomas, Richmond, Va.; F. Nash 

 Bilisoly, Norfolk, Va.; Wm. C. Adams, Boston, Mass. 



VII. Whereas, the Almighty has taken from our midst the following 

 members, namely, Daniel B. Fearing, of Rhode Island; R. M. Hurley, of 

 Pennsylvania; John S. Parsons, of Virginia; John R. Rew, of Virginia; A. R. 

 Stark, of Pennsylvania; A. R. Whittaker, of Wisconsin; M. F. Stapleton, of 

 Wisconsin; Frank E. Hitchings, of Massachusetts; and Dr. Richard Rath- 

 bun, of the U. S. National Museum; thus necessitating again the sorrowful 

 record of deaths within the portals of this Society; 



Therefore, be it Resolved, that this Society, realizing the extent of the 

 loss, and moved by its feelings of deepest emotions and sympathy, does 

 hereby indicate its full sorrow in its expression of bereavement over the 

 newly made graves. 



The resolution was unanimously passed by a rising vote in honor 

 of the memory of the deceased members. 



The reading of papers was resumed and Dr. Prince was called 

 upon. 



A New Form of Fish-way, with Models and Demonstration. 



BY DR. E. E. PRINCE, 



Dominion Commissioner of Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada. 



This paper will appear, with discussion, in a later number of 

 the Transactions. 



Minnesota's Experiment in State Fishing. 



BY MR. CARLOS AVERY. 



St. Paul, Minn. 



This paper has already been published in the Transactions 

 for December, 1918, pp. 57 to 64. 



Discussion. 

 Mr. Geo. D. Pratt, of New York: Will Mr. Avery state how the cost 

 was computed, who were employed to do the fishing and on what basis they 

 were paid? 



