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results. You are aware, of course, that I am not a scientific man. 

 My experience has been wholly in an administrative capacity 

 and if I have any capability at all it is in that direction, and, in 

 the coming year, I must lean upon those who are more experienced 

 and more competent in the real work of the Society. 



The year before us is the semi-centennial year of the Society 

 and I believe that if we have the full co-operation of all the mem- 

 bership we can make the next annual meeting a worthy celebration 

 of this notable event. I bespeak the co-operation of all the 

 members to that result, and invite your criticism and assistance 

 throughout the coming year. I beg to thank you. 



Mr. Alexander: I now make a motion that the Forty- 

 Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society stand 

 adjourned. 



The motion was seconded and carried and President Avery 

 declared the meeting formally adjourned. 



On the following day, Saturday, October 11th, a number of 

 the members made an excursion to Frankfort, Ky., at the invita- 

 tion of the Kentucky State Game and Fish Commission, to inspect 

 the state fish hatcheries at that place. As this meeting was 

 informal and not a part of the regular procedure of the Annual 

 Meeting, no report of it has come into the hands of the editor. 

 However, judging by our experiences of the hospitality of the 

 Kentucky Commission, it is safe to say that the trip was a 

 thoroughly enjoyable one. 



