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]\Ir. George A. Seagie, of Virginia, then read a paper on the 

 subject, "Some Eeniarks on the Rainbow Trout, the Time for 

 Phmting, etc." 



^Ir. J. J. Stranahan. of Georgia, then presented a i)aper on 

 the subject, ''Fish Culture on the Farm." 

 ( Read l)y :\rr. Titeondj ) . 



Adjourned to 1) ::30 a. m., Wednesday, August Gth, 1932, 

 same jjhiee. 



}yechiesdai/. August G, 1902. 



:noi{xixG SESsiox, 9 :30 o'clock. 



Convention called to order l)y the president. 



The president appointed as a committee on proposed amend- 

 ment to the constitution, Mr. Gunckel, of Ohio, Mr, Pike, of 

 Connecticut and ^Ir. Stranahan^ of Georgia. 



Dr. Bean : 1 woidd like to extend an invitation to the mem- 

 bers of the American Fisheries Society to consider the advisabil- 

 ity of holding the meeting in 1904, at St. Louis, at the time of 

 the exposition. I am well a^vare that the last meeting of the 

 American Fisheries Society held in Chicago in 1893, was not in 

 every respect as satisfactory as it might have been, for reasons 

 with which doubtless many of you are entirely familiar. There 

 was strife at that time ; there is none now. In the year 1901: the 

 United States government will, I have no doul)t. make the 

 finest display both in fisheries and fish culture which it has ever 

 made, and there is a perfect understanding between the authori- 

 ties of the exposition and the authorities of the United States 

 Fish Commission, so that Ijoth will work harmoniously, intelli- 

 gently and enthusiastically, ^\•ith the ol)ject of bringing to- 

 gether not only interesting displays, l)ut discussions of fish cul- 

 ture and fishery subjects. I sujipose this meeting would be held 

 at a time of the year which would be agreed upon by the society. 



St. Louis has the re})utation of being a very hot city in sum- 

 mer. I have spent the present summer there, and it is the first 

 summer I have ■^pent in any city in twenty-five years, and I have 

 suffered far less than 1 have in Washington at the same time of 



