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HONORARY MEMBERS 



Prof. Spencer F. Baird, U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Albert S. Bickmore, Superintendent American Museum of Natural 

 History, New York City. 



Samuel Wilmot, Newcastle, Ontario, Canada. 



There are 25 names now on the rolls which were there 

 twenty years ago or more, as shown by the following list : 



Livingstone Stone 1870 Charter member. 



Albert S. Bickmore 1872 Elected honorary 1872, active 1884. 



Theodore Gill 1875 Reelected in 1904. 



James Annin 1878 



Caleb Haley 1878 



S. M. Johnston 1879 



Perry Belmont 1880 



Charles Mallory 1880 



Charles G. Atkins 1884 



Tarleton H. Bean 1884 Reelected in 1902. 



Frank N. Clark 1884 



James A. Henshall 1884 



W. L. May 1884 



Richard Rathbun 1884 Reelected in 1888 and 1889. 



S. G. Worth 1884 



S. P. Bartlett 1886 



James Nevin 1886 



John H. Bissell 1886 



Calvert Spensley 1887 



J. J. Stranahan 1888 Reelected 1890. 



H. O. Wilbur 1889 



R. M. Hartley 1889 



Edwin Hagert 1889 



Seymour Bower 1890 



John E. Gunckel 1890 



Corresponding memberships were created in 1884, upon 

 the suggestion of Mr. Mather. This proposition contem- 

 plated the enlistment of foreign officials and others distin- 

 guished in fishery afifairs for the purpose of interchange of 

 reports and ideas. Colonel McDonald endorsed the plan, 

 and proposed that such corresponding members be exempt 

 from fees of all sorts. The resolution was adopted and 21 

 corresponding members whose names were submitted by 

 Colonel McDonald were at once elected. 



The regular membership of the Society has increased 

 with comparative steadiness, showing a gain of over 100 

 between 1890 and 1900, and a net growth of more than 

 200 from 1900 to 1910. Additions numbering 68 in 1900, 



