of the various States shall be honorary members of the association, 

 ex officio. 



Art. III. Officers — The officers of the association shall be a presi- 

 dent, a secretary and a treasurer, and shall be elected annually by a 

 majority vote. Vacancies occurring during the year may be filled by 

 the president. 



Akt. IY. Meetings — The regular meetings of the association shall 

 be held once a year, the time and place being decided upon at the 

 previous meeting. 



Art. Y. Changing the Constitution — The constitution of the society 

 may be amended, altered or repealed by a two-thirds vote of the 

 members present at any regular meeting. 



The constitution having been adopted, the following officers were 

 chosen for the ensuing year: W. Clift, Mystic Bridge, Ct., president; 

 L. Stone, Charlestown, N". H., secretary ; B. F. Bowles, Springfield, 

 Mass., treasurer. 



It was then resolved that an eftbrt be made to secure an exhibition 

 of live fish at the next meeting, and that the following gentlemen be 

 requested to prepare papers, to be read at the next meeting, on the 

 subjects annexed to their names : 



A. S. Collins — On " Spawning Races and the Impregnation of 

 Eggs." 



J. H. Slack— On " The Culture of Black Bass." 

 W. Clift— On " The Culture of Shad." 



Dr. Edmonds — On " The Introduction of Salmon into American 

 Kivers." 



B. F. Bowles— On " Land-locked Salmon." 



Dr. Huntington — On "Fish in the North Woods of New York." 



L. Stone— On " The Culture of Trout." 



It was decided to hold the next meeting and exhibition in con- 

 nection with the New York Poultry Show next year. It was voted 

 to send a report of the meeting for publication to the New York 

 Citizen and Round Table, the New York Tribune, the Springfield 

 Republican, the New York Poultry Bulletin and other papers at dis- 

 cretion ; and the secretary was instructed to mail the published 

 reports of the meeting to fish culturists generally. 



Circulation of Last Year's Report. 

 In order that this movement of the fish culturists, the first in the 

 way of organization in this country, might be generally known, a 

 copy of the report of the meeting, which was just read, was sent to 



