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who have suggestions as to places, and inasmuch as we are pretty 

 busy today, it was intended to hokl a committee meeting tomor- 

 row on tlie Fish Hawk wliieli will start at 7:30 a. in. ]»roni|>tiy. 



Mr. Henry T. Koot, o( i^rovidenee, H. 1.: At. the meeting at 

 Put-in-Bay last year, after it was decided that this meeting be 

 held at Woods Hole, the delegation from Khode Island extended 

 .an invitation to the Society to partake of a clam bake in Khod<' 

 Island waters this year. That invitation was extendt'd in good 

 faith and was accept-ed at that time, and we expect that every- 

 bodv that is here, and their friends, will go up there tomorrow 

 •on the Fish Hawk, and jiai'take of o\ir clam l)ake. WC have heeii 

 at the pains of sending u]) some 10 Inishels of our own clams that 

 the Khode Island Commission lias raised, to give you a taste of 

 what we can do in Ihe artilicial ])ropagati()n of dams. .Viid w(! 

 haven't any doubt at all but that you will have a good time. 

 Crescent Park is a t.y])ical resort of Ehode Islarui, has all th" 

 paraphernalia of those shore resorts, and you can i»ut in y(nii- 

 time to good advantage. The ITnited States Fish Commission 

 has a very interesting exhibit there too, and we feel that you all 

 ■ought to come, and we shall be disappointed if you do not. 

 (Applause). 



President: It is hardly necessary to put the motion to ac- 

 cept the invitation, as I am sure every one present will go and 

 take his wife and children, if he has ihcm. if it is expected. 



Mr. Root: It is expected. Vou will rememhcr last year 

 that all said they would come and bring their wives, hut I do not 

 think that they have done it. If w( had known lliat vou were 

 not going to bring \dnr ladies we would ha\c in\itt'd some for 

 you. (Applause). 



:\Ir. John B. Whish. Secretary of the Forest Fish and Came 

 Commission of New York State, then read a paper on the sub- 

 ject of "Commercial A^ilues. Some Notes on Studies of the Work 

 of the Forest Fish and (iamc Commission of Xew York State," 

 which was discussed. 



A ])aper on the subject of "Fish on the Farm. What Specie.- 

 to Select."" bv ^\r. Samuel Lovejoy. was read by Dr. I'.can. and 



