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whii-li would !)(' tendored by the exposition people free. They 

 could caj-ry on their diseussions if they would stay there, but it 

 is feared that the members would want to be taking in the expo- 

 sition. Other than during the actual hours of discussion the 

 members would be scattered all over the city. There is no guar- 

 antee of any hotel accommodations — in fact there is practically 

 a guaranty that we could not get them, and we wovild have to 

 scatter around among the private houses. Now, the social in- 

 tercourse which we get at these meetings is very valuable. We 

 can hear ^li'. Clark begin talking fish at 4 o'clock in the morn- 

 ing and we can hear him at 13 o'clock at night, after we go to 

 bed, and we learn a good deal outside of the reading of papers. 

 1 thiidv Dr. Bean's arguments, some of them, are very strong, 

 but the committee believes that these meetings should be lu'ld 

 at some point where they can be quiet, out in the country, Foi- 

 instance, or a place like this where there are some particular 

 reasons for assembling, and if possil)le where they can have ac- 

 cess to at h^ast one fish cultural station, to investigate and dis- 

 cuss methods I'ight at the point where the fish are propagated. 



In the absence of any otlier invitation than that from the 

 exposition people, the committee recommend that the matter of 

 time and place of next meeting be left to the incoming President 

 ajul the Secretary of the Society, to be decided later on. 



Motion made and secon<led that the report of the committee 

 be accepted and adopted. 



Mr. White moved tliat the matter be referred to the conven- 

 tion to deterniiiU' as to the lime and place of the next meeting. 



(Declared out of oi'der l)y tbe I'residenl). 



Dr. Bean: 1 would like to have the privilege of saying a 

 few w^ords about the ])roposition to meet at the time of holding 

 Ihe e.\])osition in St. Louis. Tbe invitations which are extended 

 by the President of the Ex])osition (^uni)any, and the mayor, as 

 well as the President of the Board of Trade, give assurance that 

 tliis Society will be entertained in a hos])it(d)le mannei'. and that 

 tbere will be no dilticulty about accommodations. Those of you 

 wbo know D. H. Francis will certainly know that he is a man 

 who keeps his word; on that score there need l)e no reluctance 

 on tbe i)art of an\' member of tins Society in iioiny' to St. liOuis. 



