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next meeting, but the time has not been fully decided on, al- 

 though it will be early in September — we could not get 

 the date. 



President: Will you make a further report? 



Mr. Downing: Yes, we will report the date this 

 afternoon. 



President: You say that is a full report of the com- 

 mittee or just a majority report? 



Mr. Downing: It was made unanimous. 



President : You hear the report of the Committee on 

 Time and Place of Meeting. What action will you take? 



Professor Dyche: I move the report of the committee 

 be accepted. 



Seconded. 



Dr. Field : I have a cordial invitation for the Society 

 to hold its meeting in Boston, with meetings also in Provi- 

 dence and Gloucester; but we do not want to press the mat- 

 ter this year. We believe there are many reasons why we 

 should go to Denver next year but we do want to put our- 

 selves in line for consideration the following year. We have 

 not met in New England for a great many years, and we 

 believe that Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut 

 should have some consideration in this matter. We can 

 assure you that you will receive a most cordial reception. 



Now another question arises : I chance to be Secretary 

 of the Association of Game Commissioners, and I think 

 without doubt we can arrange to have the meeting in Den- 

 ver either just before or just after the meeting of this So- 

 ciety, which seems desirable. 



Dr. Ward: There has been some doubt expressed by 

 various people, possibly because they did not understand the 

 situation, as to the advisability of holding the convention 

 in Denver. I believe it would be wise to have Mr. May tell 

 the Society what he has in the way of information regard- 

 ing the Denver situation. 



Mr. W. L. May. Denver, Colo.: T did not get a chance 

 to lay before the committee what we had in the way of in- 



