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Forsyth, Robert Osborn, A. L. 



Gamimeter, John R. Russell, Geo. S. 



Garcelon, Wm. F. Smith, W. A. 



Greene, John V. ^one, Dr A u WilI ^ rd J ' 



,, „ , XT Struven, Chas. M. 



Hams, Fred N Strvkei% Thog R 



Kavanaugh, \V . P. Tillman, Robt T. 



Kraiker, Carl Torrey, Prof. Harry Beal 



McDonald, E. B. Vogel, J. C. 



May, Jacob Vandergrift,, H. D., Life Member 



Mercer, Jesse E. Wallace, John H., Jr. 



Moore, John D. Washburn, Prof. F. L. 



Myers, I. S. Wolters, W. B. 



Nightingale, H. W. Work, Gerald 



President Ward then called for the reports of the 

 Recording Secretary and the Treasurer, which were 

 given as follows : 



REPORT OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY. 



To the officers and Member's of the American Fisheries 

 Society : 



The most important as well as the heaviest work that 

 has fallen to the office of the Recording Secretary has 

 been that of editing and publishing the annual Transac- 

 tions for the year 1913, the Boston meeting. As the 

 Secretary was not present at that meeting and as he had 

 had no previous experience in this Society's work the 

 labor was necessarily somewhat greater that it otherwise 

 would have been. However, the volume was distributed 

 by July 15. The contract was let to Clark & Fritts of 

 New York City, as the lowest of a number of bidders, 

 and 800 copies were ordered printed. 



By a resolution adopted at the Boston meeting, free 

 rein was given to the Secretary and Publication Com- 

 mittee in the matter of editing. The general opinion 

 expressed at that meeting was that the discussions should 

 be cut down in printing to mere essentials. Following 

 this plan, the records of the business meetings, etc., were 

 made to cover only 38 pages, which is the lowest record 

 for this century at least. I believe that an inspection 

 will show that nothing essential has been omitted. 



The directory of members was printed in small type, 

 thus saving another ten pages. 



