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The Secretary-Editor believes that the time has ar- 

 rived for the separation of these offices, as each of them 

 involves a considerable amount of work, and they are not 

 necessarily concerned with each other. A recommenda- 

 tion to the Society to this effect will be presented later. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



Raymond C. Osburn, 

 Recording Secretary. 

 New London, Conn., October 9, 1915. 



This report was accepted and approved by vote of the 

 Society. 



Recommendations to the American Fisheries Society : 



I. The back numbers of the Transactions, especially 

 since 1904, have accumulated in considerable numbers, 

 and there has been but little sale of them at the present 

 price, which is $1.50 for all except the 1910 volume which 

 is $2.00. 



In order to dispose of some of these and at the same 

 time increase the income of the Society, I suggest that 

 these be offered to members at half-price. Many of our 

 members have been elected in recent years, and it may be 

 that some of them will be glad to avail themselves of 

 such a reduction in order to add to their series. 



II. For the past forty-five years the Recording Sec- 

 retary has also been Editor of the Transactions. As 

 the work of both of these offices has increased greatly, 

 and as there is no necessity for their combination, it 

 seems to the present incumbent that they should now be 

 separated. Although the work of editing the Transac- 

 tions is vastly greater than the secretarial work, the 

 present editor is willing to continue the editorial work 

 without salary, thus permitting the honorarium of $50.00 

 a year to go to the Recording Secretary. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Raymond C. Osburn, 

 Recording Secretary. 



These recommendations of the Recording Secretary 

 were referred to the Executive Committee. 



