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Report of auditing comniitte accepted and adopted. 



Mr. Clark : 1 desire to call attention to the fact that for 

 some reason the balance this ye&x is less than it was last year. I 

 presume that our expenditures have been greater. 



Mr. Titcomb : A year ago we made an unusual effort to get 

 in back dues. Members who had not paid for ten or fifteen 

 years were written to, and we got a good many of them to pay 

 up, and for that reason I think our receipts that year were 

 larger than they were this year. 



Mr. Clark : I- notice in the report of the treasurer that there 

 was one life membership taken out and paid for. I believe that 

 we took action on the subject of life memberships last year, but 

 I think some plan should be adopted so that the life member 

 may have some sort of certificate to show his membership. 



The President : I will ask Mr. Boardman to read Professor 

 A. D. Mead's paper on "Experiments in Lobster Culture." 



Mr. Boardman : This paper by Dr. Mead, of Rhode Island, 

 deals exclusively with lobsters, and may not be very interesting 

 to those who are not engaged in that culture. Dr. Mead wished 

 me to express his regret at his inability to be present at the meet- 

 ing, but his work is especially heavy at this time of the year and 

 it was impossible for him to come. 



Dr. Mead's paper was then read. 



A paper on the subject of "Practical Hints on Fish C^ulture," 

 by Dr. James A. Henshall, was next read by the president. 



Mr. Clark then read a paper entitled, "The (^)ua]ity of the 

 Water a Factor in Rearing Trout Fry," by Mr. V. C. Wood. 



The President: I wish to announce to you all a new arrival, 

 Mr. Carp— I mean Mr. Bartlett. (Laughter). (Mr. Bartlett 

 was invited to address the society). 



Dr. S. V. Bartlett, Quincy, 111. : I thank you. 



Mr. Townsend : I'here is no fisli but carp and Bartlett is its 

 prophet. 



Dr. Bartlett then addressed the convention. 



A motion was made, seconded and unanimously carried that 

 Dr. Bartlett be requested to prepare a paper on the subject of 

 carp, with instructions for cooking him. 



