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Central Park. The financial panic then intervened, and everj'bod}' was 

 calculating what money he had to keep rather than what he had to spend. 

 As far as he knew there was no special scheme on foot. 



Prof. Baird thought a stock company would be desirable as well as 

 profitable, although it should be one of the public institutions of the city. 

 The stocking of sucli an aquarium would be a ver}' simple matter. lie 

 would willingh- give the use of all his trawls, nets, etc.. used in his 

 coast work, and could furnish an abundance of specimens. The Central 

 Park authorities, he believed, would facilitate the matter by everj' 

 means in their power, and other attractions might be added to the 

 aquarium. 



Mr. B. Phillips, in advocating the establishment of an aquarium^ 

 referred also to some of the discussions which had occurred the previous 

 day in relation to the impregnation of water to such an extent as to alter 

 the character or flavor of fish. This appeared to him to be an abstract 

 science, something in the nature of the dilettanteism of pisciculture. 

 His friend, Mr. Blackford, however, in asking for an aquarium, onl^^ 

 asked for what would be of the greatest possible utility in the study of 

 icthyology. 



Mr. Blackford's resolution was unanimously adopted by the association. 



Mr. Wilmot, of Ontario, Canada, read an interesting collatement from 

 reports which he had submitted to the Canadian Legislature on the 

 subject of fish culture. 



A resolution was here introduced with the view of binding fish culturists 

 to sell spawn at certain rates, for the purpose of uniformity of prices ; 

 but most of the members of the association were opposed to it, and it 

 was directed to be laid on the table. 



Mr. Green submitted some remarks on the subject of re-stocking our 

 used-up streams. 



Dr. G. 11. Colton Salter, for many j'ears United States consul at 

 various ports in China, entertained the association with a recital of some 

 of his experiences with the fish and fishing in that kingdom. 



Prof. Gill, of the Smithsonian Institute, furnished the association with 

 a scientific discourse concerning the divisions of the various families of 

 fishes found in American waters. With reference to the matter first 

 brought forward by Mr. Reeder as to the geographical distinction of the 

 species of bass known as the salmoides and nigricans^ he said that in his 

 experiences the latter were found even further South than the salmoides. 



During the day several ofl paintings from nature, of trout, salmon trout, 

 California salmon, and gra3ding (the work of Mr. Robert Wiseman), were 

 exhibited. 



