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Eeport received, accepted and inianimoiisly adopted. 

 Report of comniittee on nomination of officers, presented by 

 Mr. Peabody: 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS. 



The committee on nominations beg to report, nominating 

 the following officers of the society for the ensuing year : 



President, General E. E. Bryant, Madison, Wis. 



Vice President, Eugene Gr. Blackford, New York. 



Recording Secretar}^, George E. Peabody, Appleton, Wis. 



Corresponding Secretary, John E. Gunckel, Toledo, 0. 



Treasurer, C. W. Willard, Westerly, R. I. 



Chairman Executive Committee, John W. Titcomb, St. 

 Johnsbury, Yt. 



Members of Executive Committee: George T. Mathewson, 

 Thompsonville, Conn. I. H. Dunlap, Washington, D. C. Henry 

 O'Malley, Baker, Wash. W. H. Boardman, Central Falls, R. I. 

 J. J. Stranahan, Bulloehville, Ga. 



Report unanimously accepted, adopted and nominees de- 

 clared duly elected. 



General Bryant, president-elect was called on for a speech. 



General Bryant : ^w the language of our daughters when 

 they are proposed to, I say, "This is so sudden." I had not 

 thought of anything of the kind, but I extend to you my heart- 

 iest thanks for your kind appreciation and assure you that in 

 so far as in me lies I will endeavor to serve the societj faithfully 

 and promote its interests to the best of my ability. The 

 rest of the oath of office you will consider implied. 



The subject of fish culture with me is of necessity more a 

 by-study than a pursuit to which I can give my undivided devo- 

 tion, but I am very much like old Ethan Allen, of Green Moun- 

 tain memory, who said that of "all the Lord's cattle on the thou- 

 sand hills he best preferred soldiers for companions." I can 

 paraphrase that honestly and say that of all the Lord's cattle on 

 a tliousand liills I best enjoy the society of men engaged in fish- 

 eries and fish culture, and can co-work with them in my feeble 

 way with hearty satisfaction. It is the tendency of human 

 nature, we know, for every man to exalt his own vocation. That 



