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COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 



The secretary of the Committee, Mr. John P. Woods, pre- 

 sented Resolution No. VI (see page 97), which was approved. 



Mr. M. L. Alexander, as chairman of the Resolutions Com- 

 mittee, claimed the privilege of presenting the following resolution 

 in person: 



Resolved, that the American Fisheries Society and the International 

 Association of Fish and Game Commissioners hereby express their very 

 great appreciation of the delightful and open-handed hospitality which has 

 been extended to us on this visit to New York, and especially for the great 

 treat afforded us last evening by Dr. Townsend and the New York Zoolog- 

 ical Society, and for the gracious hospitality extended to us this evening 

 by Mr. Pratt, Conservation Commissioner of the State of New York; and 

 also that we extend our thanks to the members of the Local Committee for 

 their work in connection with this very successful meeting. 



It is gratifying to know that we have met here as representa- 

 tives of all parts of this great country, that any sectional lines 

 which may have existed in the past have been obliterated, and 

 that we stand shoulder to shoulder, working for one common 

 cause, desiring to do everything possible to aid our government in 

 its endeavors to carry on this great war to a successful issue. 



The resolution was unaimously approved by a rising vote. 



Commissioner Pratt, the host of the evening, was called upon 

 and responded with a brief address. 



COMMITTEE ON AWARDS. 



The secretary of the Committee, Dr. Henry B. Ward, pre- 

 sented the following report: 



The Committee feels that the society is to be congratulated on the 

 response that has been made to the plan proposed by President O'Malley, 

 under which prizes have been offered for new contributions in this field of 

 activity. Sixteen papers have been offered in competition for these prizes 

 and among them are so many of originality and value that the adjudication 

 of the prizes has involved both intensive and time-consuming study by 

 the Committee. 



One of the papers, entitled "Working Plans for Increasing Fish Pro- 

 duction in the Streams of Oneida County," has been submitted for consid- 

 eration by the New York State Conservation Commission. The Committee 

 is of the opinion that this does not fall within the terms of the competition 

 because (1) it has not been submitted by an individual member, and (2) it 

 has already been published. However, it represents so new and important 



