176 American Fisheries Society 



This deposit is in the name of "Permanent Fund, 

 American Fisheries Society." 



We certify that there was Twenty-seven hundred and 

 ninety-nine dollars and fifty-six cents ($2,799.56), to the 

 credit of the above account on October 9, 1916. 



INDUSTRIAL TRUST COMPANY, 

 Westerly Branch. 



(Signed) James M. Pendleton, 



Manager. 



The above reports were referred to the Auditing Com- 

 mittee by vote of the Society. 



Mr. Daniel B. Fearing, of Rhode Island, as chairman 

 of the special committee to further the amalgamation of 

 the Pacific Fisheries Society with the American Fisheries 

 Society, reported that the matter had been laid before 

 the Pacific Fisheries Society and that it had been re- 

 ferred to the executive committee of that society. No 

 further communication had been received. 



READING OF PAPERS. 



The Use of Gasoline in the Treatment of Fin Trouble 

 Among Brook Trout. 



By H. L. Ripple, Bayfield, Wis. 

 (Read by Mr. W. E. Barber.) 



Young brook trout in the Bayfield, Wisconsin, hatchery 

 were attacked by fin trouble which killed off large num- 

 bers of them. Mr. Ripple tried the salt solution treat- 

 ment without avail. Then he placed a number of them 

 in pure gasoline for three minutes at which time they 

 were apparently dead. On being placed in water, how- 

 ever, they all revived and recovered completely. Many 

 more were subsequently treated, and while some were 

 lost, the treatment proved, on the whole, very beneficial. 

 Means for testing out the treatment in a scientific man- 

 ner were lacking, and Mr. Ripple suggested that this be 



