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

 man, that the report be approved. 



Seconded by Mr. Carlos Avery of Minnesota. 



The motion was put and carried. 



Mr. Wm. Allen of Louisiana : On behalf of the Con- 

 servation Commission of the State of Louisiana, and of 

 those who joined in extending the invitation to this 

 Society to meet there next year, I wish to express my 

 pleasure that it has been accepted. I can assure you we 

 will do everything we can to make a great big successful 

 meeting of it. 



President Fearing: We are now ready to consider 

 the most important matter that has come up at this 

 meeting, the possibility of amalgamation with this 

 Society of the young strong Fisheries Society of the 

 Pacific Coast. 



Report of the Committee on the Amalgamation of 

 the Pacific Coast Fisheries Association 

 With the American Fisheries 

 Society. 



Presented by Dr. Barton W. Evermann, Chairman. 



Mr. President and Members of the Society : Your com- 

 mittee has held two rather informal meetings, and has 

 discussed in a very informal way the question that was 

 delegated to it. I think all the members of the committee 

 are agreed that good will come to the Pacific Fisheries 

 Society and to the American Fisheries Society, both, if 

 some sort of amalgamation or closer affiliation could be 

 established, and all the members of the committee feel 

 that it is desirable to adopt an amendment to the con- 

 stitution and the by-laws, which would provide for such 

 affiliation. There has been drawn up a draft of an 

 amendment to the constitution, which would go in prob- 

 ably as a by-law, in these words: 



Whereas, an enlargement in the scope and work of the Society is 

 desirable, 



