CONTENTS 



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Proceedings 47-71 



Report of the Treasurer 48 



Report of the Corresponding Secretary 49 



Report of the Committee on University Courses in Fish 



Culture 50 



Appointment of Committees 54 



Report of Committee on Time and Place of Meeting .... 56 



Report of Auditing Committee 57 



Report of Committee on Awards 64 



Report of Committee on Resolutions 65 



Changes in the Constitution 68 



Report of the Committee on Nominations 69 



The Prime Essential in Commercial Fish Conservation, 



William K. Mollan 72 



The Chesapeake Bay Talbot Den mead 7S 



Raising Freshwater Mussels in Enclosures. . . .Roy S. Corwin 81 



Beneficial Results of the Introduction of Plant Life in Trout 

 Ponds at the New Jersey State Fish Hatchery. 



Chas. 0. Hayford 85 



The Preservation of the Alewife David L. Belding 92 



