Fish Culturists 1 Association. 



A resolution was offered by Mr. Mather for the formation 

 of a committee to consider the propriety of giving testimonials 

 to inventors of fish hatching apparatus, and report at a future 

 meeting of the Society, which was passed, and the President 

 appointed as such committee Fred. Mather, J. W. Milner and 

 B.. Phillips. 



Mr. Page offered the following resolution : 



Resolved, That . Prof. Baird be requested to obtain a place 

 in the Exhibition Buildings at Philadelphia, for the meetings 

 of this Society, and that the Secretary be authorized to call 

 such meeting in connection with the meeting of the State Fish 

 Commissioners, and that the Executive Committee be requested 

 to invite the preparation of papers by, and the attention of 

 prominent fish cnlturists from our own and foreign countries. 



Which upon vote of the Society was adopted. 



Mr. Edmunds offered the following resolution : 



Resolved, That all breeders of fish in the United States 

 be requested to report at the next annual meeting of this Soci- 

 ety, their different modes of propagating fish, and the improve- 

 ments they have made since beginning in the work. 



Which upon a vote of the Society was adopted. 

 The President, Mr. Roosevelt, offered the following reso- 

 lution : 



Resolved, That Mr. Blackford be requested to make an 

 examination of all fishes coming into his hands for sale in the 

 market, thereby to more definitely find out the different peri- 

 ods of spawning in the various kind's of fish coming under his 

 notice, and report at our next meeting. 



On motion of Mr. Page, the Society voted to adjourn, to 



meet again in annual session on the second Wednesday in 



February, 1877. 



M. C. EDMUNDS, 



Secretarij. 



