Proceedings Forty-ninth Annual Meeting 57 



Why Do Salmon Ascend From the Sea? 



By Prof. Edward E. Prince, 



Dominion Commissioner of Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada. 



This paper, with discussion, will appear later in the 

 Transactions. 



report of the auditing committee. 



The auditing Committee has examined the statements, 



vouchers and books of Mr. Arthur L. Millett, Treasurer, and 



find them correct. 



(Signed) M. D. Hart, Chairman, 

 C. O. Hayford, 

 C. F. Culler. 



The report was approved. 



The Society adjourned to meet at 8:00 o'clock, P. M. 



Thursday Evening Session, October 9th, 1919. 



READING OF PAPERS. 



The Growth of Fishes. 



By Dr. A. G. Huntsman, 



Toronto University, and head of the Atlantic Biological Station 



of Canada, at St. Andrews, N. B. 



In the absence of Dr. Huntsman, this paper was read by 

 Prof. Edward E. Prince. This paper has already been printed, 

 with the discussion which followed, in the Transactions for 

 December, 1919, p. 19-23. 



Fresh Water Mussels as a Fish Food. 



By Dwight Lydell, 



Comstock Park, Mich., Superintendent of the Hatchery. 



This paper was read by Mr. John W. Titcomb, and has already 

 appeared in the Transactions for December, 1919, pp. 24-28, 

 together with the discussion. 



The Preservation of the Alewife. 



By David L. Belding, 



Biologist to the Massachusetts Fish and Game Commission. 



Mr. Belding's paper, with the discussion, appears in this 

 number of the Transactions. 



The Society adjourned, to meet at 9:00 o'clock, Friday 

 morning. 



