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Sendai, Japan, June 17th, 1903. 

 My Dear Mr. Bowers: 



In regard to the Baird memorial exercises to be held during the 

 meeting of the Fisheries Society, I beg to advise you that I placed 

 all the papers and plans in the hands of Mr. E. G. Blackford, the 

 Treasurer. I did not hear from him before leaving Washington, but 

 I suppose he has gone ahead with preparations, contemplating the 

 attachment of the tablet and the covering of the stone with an 

 American flag, address by Prof. Brooks, and perhaps by Mr. Black- 

 ford and Mr. Blatchford. and unveiling of the boulder by Vinal Ed- 

 wards. 



I hope the Fisheries Society, under your presidency, will have 

 its most successful meeting, and wish I could be there to help in any 

 possible way to that end. 



I trust the new fiscal year will have opened auspiciously for you 

 personally and officially. 



Before this reaches you I expect to be on the long homeward 

 journey, the end of which will be most gratifying. 



With kindest regards to yourself and family. I am. 



Yours sincerely, H. M. SMITH. 



The Honorable George M. Bowers, 



U. S. Fish Commissioner, and 



President of the American Fisheries Society: 



There are many people who will be at Woods Hole who never 

 saw Prof. Baird. Permit me to suggest that his portrait in the 

 Wasnington office (my room) be sent on and and hung in the resi- 

 dence. 



.Air. Titeoinb: The committee have to present first some 

 sjjecimens of oysters from Puget Sound, and these were sent to 

 Mr. O'^Mally, witli a letter whicli he has authorized me to open, 

 and Dr. Graham, who is interested in tlie oyster culture here, 

 and who has been studying the question, has kindly consented 

 to read it, after which if you will ask him questions instead of 

 me. i>erhaps you will get more information. 



U'tter from Huntoon Oyster Company regarding samples of 

 native seed oysters taken from Samish Bay, Dagget County, 

 Washington, was read and discussed. 



Mr. Titcomb : I move that the thanks of the Society be ren- 

 dered to the Huntoon Oyster Company through the Secretary 

 for submitting this exhibit, and suggest that if it is possible to 

 obtain a photograph of that webbing with the spat upon it, inas- 

 much as it seems to be an entirely new method of value to other 



