24 Thirtieth Annual Meeting 



An adjoiirniiient was liore taken until 2 :30 p. m., same day 

 and place. 



AKTERXOOX SKSSION, 2 :30 o'CLOCK. 



Meeting called to order l>y the president. 



Mr. Bower: During tlie past year I have had considerable 

 correspondence with j\Ir. A. H. Dinsmore, a member of this 

 society, formerly of the state of Maine, but recently transferred 

 to South Dakota. He is an employe of the United States Fish 

 C'ommission, aiid I have rather encouraged him in the collection 

 of a number of views, and he expected to be present at this meet- 

 ing and give us an illustrated talk similar to those that we were 

 entertained wdth last night, but at the last moment he found 

 that he could not come. He prepared a large number of slides 

 and lias also sent in an introduction to his lecture, and has gone 

 to a good deal of trouble and some little expense in the matter, 

 and it seems to me we ought to recognize it in some w^ay, espe- 

 cially as he has been encouraged by the official representative of 

 the society and he is certainly entitled to a vote of thanks. 



Since ilr. Dinsmore lias been transferred to his new field in 

 South Dakota, 1 have had a number of interesting letters from 

 him. He writes me that he has run across a great many inter- 

 esting things of a fishing nature out there, that the artificial 

 propagation of fish has been remarkably successful, that in fact 

 most of the fish they catch are salmon yanked from irrigation 

 ditches, and that it is a common sight to see men and women 

 fishing through the cracks in the sidewalk all through the city. 

 (Great laughter and applause). 



I will now with the permission of the society read a letter 

 from Mr. Nat. H. Cohen, president of the Hlinois Fish Commis- 

 sion, regarding the amended fish law which went into effect in 

 Illinois July 1, 1901. 



i\Ir. Cohen's letter read. 



General Bryant, chjiirnian of committee on resolutions, then 

 presente<l llic following i-eport of committee on resolutions: 



IIKI'OKT OF COMMITTKK OX RESOLUTIOXS. 



Resolved : That the thanks of the society are heartily ex- 

 tended to the Chicago & Northwestern Bailway Companv and 



