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an apology for the state of Ohio havin^i' no representative of and 

 from their commission. I presume that is his purpose. There 

 are on this letter head the names of the president and four mem- 

 bers and two officers, but none of them is present. 



STATE OF OHIO. 

 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 

 J. L. Rodgers, President, Columbus. 



Paul North, Cleveland. Thomas S. Paxton, Cincinnati. Dr. D. 

 W. Greene, Dayton. Edwin M. Kennedy, MeConnelsville. J. C. Por- 

 terfield, Chief Warden, Columbus. George C. Blankner, Secretary, 

 Columbus. 



Columbus, Ohio, August 4th, 1902. 

 S. W. Downing, Supt., 



U. S. Fish Hatchery, 



Put-in-Bay, Ohio. 

 Dear Sir: — 



I had fully intended being present at the meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Fisheries Association at Put-in-Bay this week, but I iind now 

 that I am called away by an important matter and that it will be 

 absolutely impossible for me to get back in time to attend. Please 

 accept my thanks for your kind invitation and my sincere regrets 

 that I cannot be present. 



Wishing you a most successful meeting, I am, 



Yours very truly, 



J. L. RODGERS, 



President. 



Mr. Gunckel : Tluit, coming- from the Ohio Fish Commis- 

 sion, shows the first recognition the American Fisheries Society 

 has had since 1890 from the commission, and I would make a 

 motion that the secretary, or corresponding secretary, write offi- 

 cially to them, thanking them for recognizing the association, 

 and insisting on the state of O.hio taking a greater interest in 

 the association than it has. 



Mr. Downing : I would like to correct the statement in 

 regard to the first recognition; I think the first recognition was 

 yesterday when I put in six dollars for the members from the 

 Ohio Fish Commission. 



The President: I think it would be well for the society 

 to recognize that we have been .hospitably entertained on the 

 soil of Ohio, and let it go at that, and not nuiko any record of 

 the fact that we missed them. 



The president here appointed as a committee to audit the 



