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Mr. Townsend: The meeting will be held at the 

 Aquarium ? 



President : Yes. 



Thursday, September 2p, ipio 



The meeting was called to order at the Aquarium by 

 the President at 9 o'clock a.m. 



President : Before taking up the reading of papers this 

 morning it is thought best to transact some business, to the 

 extent that committee chairmen are ready to report. One 

 of the first committees to be called on is that on the recom- 

 mendations made by the Secretary, and inasmuch as none of 

 the members of that committee are present, and I think two 

 of them are almost certain not to be here, we have referred 

 the matter to Mr. Clark and will call on him to report. 



Mr. Clark: Mr. President, I have given the matter some 

 thought and will try to make a report which, I hope, will be 

 satisfactory to the Society. 



The Acting Secretary recommends a certificate of mem- 

 bership and a seal. Such a certificate ought to be something 

 that each member will cherish. The Society is very for- 

 tunate in that it has a member who has volunteered to 

 donate these articles. Mr. Fearing has kindly offered to 

 stand all expense for a suitaljle membership certificate. 

 (Applause.) Of course, the committee recommends the 

 acceptance of so generous an offer. 



It is further recommended that a set of all back numbers 

 of reports, so far as obtainable, be bound, at a cost not to 

 exceed $25. 



As to the matter of the card index that the Secretary 

 suggests in his report, we would like to recommend its adop- 

 tion, provided we have the money. It is. therefore, recom- 

 mended that a card index be provided if there are sufficient 

 funds. 



I move the adoption of the committee's report. 



The motion was seconded. 



President: It is moved and seconded that the report on 



