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The Committee begged for more time in which to present the 

 names of Vice-Presidents of Divisions and later, at the evening 

 session, the following were elected: 



Vice-Presidents of Divisions 



Fish Culture D wight Lydell, Comstock Park, Mich. 



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



Commercial Fishing Charles Lay, Sandusky, Ohio 



Angling J. M. McDougal, Gunnison, Colo. 



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



A resolution in regard to the protection and improvement of 

 the Shad fisheries, drawn up by Mr. Wm. C. Adams, of Boston, 

 Mass., was presented at this time by the Resolutions Committee 

 and acted upon. See Resolution VI under the heading "Report 

 of the Committee on Resolutions." 



Food Studies in Relation to Pond Fish Culture. 



BY AUSTIN F. SHIRA, 



Director, U. S. Biological Station, Fairport, Iowa. 

 (Read by Dr. Raymond C. Osburn.) 



This paper will be published later. It was briefly discussed by 

 Messrs. Titcomb, Osburn and Woods. 



President O'Malley introduced the President-elect, Mr. M. L. 

 Alexander, who made a brief address: 



"Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Society: First I wish to 

 congratulate you upon the success of this splendid meeting and 

 upon the successful administration of the past year under the 

 direction of our President, Mr. O'Malley. I wish, also to express 

 to you my deep appreciation of the great compliment you have 

 paid me, personally, in electing me to the presidency of this, the 

 first society of its kind in the United States and possibly in the 

 world, and to assure you that I feel the honor deeply. This honor 

 will be appreciated not only by the people of my state but also 

 of that entire section of the country. I am neither a scientific 

 nor a technical man, but in the administration of the office 

 of president and of the affairs of this Society I hope to be able 

 to put into that work the best that's in me, and through the 

 co-operation of the scientists and technical experts in our organ- 



