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The report, in the form of a letter to the President was 

 read : 



President: While it may not be wise to publish this 

 report, since it is purely tentative, there are in it some 

 suggestions so good for the Society and for the organiza- 

 tion of its activities that I should like to see it referred 

 to some committee, say the Executive Committee, for 

 consideration. If it seems wise they can report on cer- 

 tain of these recommendations at a subsequent session. 



Mr. John P. Woods, of Missouri : I move, Mr. Presi- 

 dent, that this report be accepted and referred to the 

 Executive Committee. 



The motion was put and carried. 



President: Before we adjourn I wish to announce 

 the Committee on Time and Place of Meeting. The Chair 

 will name Messrs. Fearing of Rhode Island, Woods of 

 Missouri, and Downing of Ohio. 



The session was then adjourned. 



Wednesday, September 30, Afternoon Session. 



Prof. L. L. Dyche, State Game and Fish Warden of 

 Kansas read a paper entitled "Notes on the New Kansas 

 Fish Hatchery and the First Year's Output." For this 

 paper and the discussion which followed, see Trans. Am. 

 Fish. Soc, Vol. XLIV, No. 1, pp. 5 to 12, Dec. 1914. 



The reading of papers terminated at this point and the 

 session adjourned to meet in the large lecture hall, where 

 the Bureau of Fisheries exhibited a series of moving 

 pictures on "The Salmon Industry of the Pacific Coast," 

 illustrating the methods of taking and canning Salmon. 



Thursday, October 1, Morning Session. 



The entire morning was taken up by the reading and 

 discussing of three papers in the following order: 



Mr. M. L. Alexander, New Orleans, La., "Notes on the 

 Habits and Commercial Importance of the Paddlefish." 

 See Transactions, Vol. XLIV, No. 1, pp. 73-78, Dec, 1914. 



Dr. Wm. C. Kendall, Washington, D. C, "Taxonomic 

 and Fish Cultural notes on the Chars or Trouts of New 



