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Mr. Frederick Mather said that last year he made some 

 experiments with fish-ways in Virginia, and found that those 

 which ran under the dam did not work well. He had made a 

 way to go below the dam, and found that so many fish crowded 

 into it as to choke it up. His conclusion was that the fish-way 

 should be so constructed as to run from the dam up-stream, 

 instead of running from the dam down-stream. The best and 

 most economical way to test fish-ways is in the hatching-houses, 

 where their effects can be closely watched. 



The presiding officer remarked that as Virginia had just 

 been mentioned, he would call upon a representative of that 

 State present, Dr. Robertson. 



Dr. Robertson of Virginia said that in his State California 

 salmon had been extensively introduced, and were doing well. 

 It was proposed to raise there this winter a great many trout, 

 as that fish was best adapted to the swift mountain-streams of 

 the State. The trout-fishing in the Adirondack s is very famous, 

 and deservedly so, but it does not excel that of Virginia. We 

 have had a great deal to do with black bass, and we like them 

 very much, and hope that in a few years the bass-fishing in the 

 James will equal that of the Potomac. 



The following gentlemen were made members of the Asso- 

 ciation : 



Dr. C. A. Kingsbury, n 19 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Penn. 

 Dr. H. C. Yarrow, U. S. A., Washington, D. C. 

 Greene Smith, Peterboro, N. Y. 

 Charles Hutchinson, Utica, N. Y. 



The Association then adjourned. 



