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as possible. Now, that is of importance here, because if we 

 are to make this index useful to the public seeking informa- 

 tion on fish matters, and to the patrons of libraries, the 

 index must be put in the form in which an index is usually 

 found. So I think the proposals here to follow what is 

 the customary method of indexing are really very important 

 for the welfare and interest of the Society. 



Secretary: May I ask if there is to be an index of the 

 material embraced in the discussions? 



Mr. Fearing: That will come in under the discussion 

 of each paper. 



President: Without cross references? 



Mr. Fearing: With cross references — for instance, if 

 Mr. Clark and Mr. Meehan had one of their discussions on 

 fry and fingerlings, it would be indexed "Meehan, re- 

 marks on fry," and "Clark, remarks on fingerlings." The 

 heading, "Fry and fingerlings," would also give the 

 references. 



Secretary: Discussions sometimes wander over a wide 

 variety of subjects, and it is hard to get at the meat of them. 



Mr. Fearing: It makes indexing very difficult. I re- 

 member in one instance where the discussion started on the 

 pollution of water and ended up on fry and fingerlings, and 

 it went the whole gamut between, on almost every known 

 subject. (Laughter.) 



Dr. Ward: There is one other point concerning which 

 I should like to inquire. I am not perfectly clear from what 

 1 have heard whether this index is to be printed as a separ- 

 ate pamphlet or in connection with the volume of Trans- 

 actions. 



Mr. Fearing: I was going to ask about that. Tt seems 

 to me if it will be of any use to the Society it would be better 

 to have it printed as an addition to the Transactions, where 

 it can always be found. 



Secretary: As a part of the Transactions? 



Mr. Fearing: Yes, but I am open to suggestions. An 

 index bound as a separate volume is very apt to be mislaid. 



