78 Fortieth Annual Meeting 



Scientific Angling Clubs. — "Some General Remarks on 

 Fishing for Sport." 



Dr. Hugh M. Smith, U. S. Deputy Commissioner of 

 Fisheries, Washington, D. C. — "The North Atlantic Fish- 

 eries Dispute and its Arbitration at The Hague." 



E. A. Tulian, New Orleans, La. — "Five Years' Progress 

 in Fish Culture in Argentina." 



S. G. Worth, Superintendent U. S. Fisheries Station, 

 Mammoth Spring, Ark. — "Observations on the Natural 

 Food of Small-mouth Bass Fry at Mammoth Spring Sta- 

 tion, Arkansas." 



President : I am requested by an old member to bring 

 the following to your attention: He desires to have pub- 

 lished in the proceedings of this meeting the names of com- 

 missioners and superintendents of all the states, the amount 

 of money appropriated by Congress for the Bureau of Fish- 

 eries and by the different states, the number of fish planted 

 under the direction of the Bureau and the different states, 

 these data to be incorporated in our next report. What 

 action will you take on this request? It would be a good 

 idea in some respects, although we are going to have an 

 enormously large report, as it is. You know the discus- 

 sions that have been had and the papers that have already 

 been presented, and there are about 15 papers that have 

 been read by title and are to be printed ; but as this request 

 is made by an ex-president and an old member, it is en- 

 titled to consideration. 



Dr. Townsend: It would involve a vast amount of 

 work for an unpaid secretary. 



Mr. Clark : I move the matter be laid on the table until 

 our next annual meeting. 



The motion was seconded and carried. 



CLOSING proceedings 



President : When you elected me as President a year 

 ago, I felt a sense of honor and appreciation which I could 

 not adequately express in words- I am a good deal in the 



