72 Fortieth Annual Meeting 



the meeting of the American Fisheries Society. I had hoped to be 

 present, along with my distinguished colleague on the International 

 Fisheries Commission (Dr. David Starr Jordan) and to have con- 

 tributed one or two papers. I shall be wholly unable to attend the 

 meeting or aid in any way personally, but 1 wish it all success. 



Yours faithfully, 



Edward E. Prince. 



President : There are three other members who have be- 

 longed to this Society for more than twenty-five years who 

 have been in attendance at this meeting, but they are not 

 present now, Dr. Bean, Dr. Gill, and Mr, May. 



Mr. Meehan : Dr. Bean is absent on accomit of the 

 severe illness of his wife. 



President : I am advised that there is a member present, 

 and yesterday reelected to membership, who first joined the 

 Society in 1873. We shall be glad to hear a few words 

 from Mr. Philip Neidlinger, of Sheepshead Bay, N. Y. 



Mr. Neidlinger: I have nothing to say just now except 

 that many years ago at our meetings, when Mr. Roosevelt 

 was president, and George Shepard Page and Seth Green, 

 and others dead and gone, met with us, I attended the 

 sessions and enjoyed them very much. But I lost track of 

 the Society until I read about the meeting here, when I at 

 once took occasion to attend and renew my membership. 



early work of CHARLES G. ATKINS 



Mr. W. O. Buck, Neosho, Mo.: I would like to ask if 

 there is anything from Mr. Atkins? 



President : I wrote to Mr. Alkins but he did not respond. 

 There are some pictures here of a few old-time members, 

 among tlicni being one of Mr. Atkins, which I shall be glad 

 to show you later. 



Mr. Buck : It seems to me that the Society owes it to 

 itself to have Mr. Atkins' name appear in this account of 

 its early members, and if you will bear with me a minute I 

 will try to state something of what T happen to know of the 

 earlier part of his fish-cultural work. My having been asso- 



