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President : Unless otherwise ordered, the resolution will 

 go to the Committee on Resolutions. 



Mr. Meehan : I do not want the Chairman of the Reso- 

 lutions Committee to get away. I have been requested by 

 Dr. Bean to ask the Chairman to present before the meeting 

 such a resolution regarding commercial hatcheries. I 

 believe at first the purpose was to assist in having New 

 York pass something along this line; and while Dr. Bean 

 would like to see such a resolution passed, he wishes to 

 draw the attention of the Chairman of the Committee to 

 the fact that there is already a law that covers the matter 

 in New York. 



President : There is another resolution by Dr. Henshail 

 that I am informed by the Secretary should be presented. 



Mr. Clark : In order to facilitate our business affairs, I 

 suggest that these different resolutions coming in be handed 

 to the Resolutions Committee for further action. 



President : That will expedite the matter and it will 

 accordingly be referred to the Resolutions Committee. 



Returning to our scientific work, the first paper will be 

 presented by Mr. W. E. Meehan, Commissioner of Fisher- 

 ies, Harrisburg, Pa. The subject is "Work of Pennsylvania 

 in Stopping Water Pollution." 



The paper was then read. 



President : We have an address to be delivered along 

 largely similar lines, and I think we should have it before 

 the general discussion is taken up. The presence at this 

 meeting of a representative of our great sister nation on the 

 north, a mighty empire that is developing by leaps and 

 bounds, is, indeed, most gratifying if for no other reason 

 than to emphasize the fact that this is not the United States 

 Fisheries Society, but the American Fisheries Society. I 

 take great pleasure in introducing to you a gentleman who 

 has long been connected with fisheries and forestry conser- 

 vation, Mr. Kelly F\ans from the Province of Ontario. 

 (Applause.) 



Mr. Kelly Evans, Commissioner of Game and Fisheries 



