AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY, 



believe, to be a committee for nomination of officers, which 

 should report to-morrow. At the last meeting of the associa- 

 tion there was a committee appointed to revise the Constitution 

 of the Society. They did revise it and presented a draft of 

 it, which is published in the beginning of last year's report, and 

 it was decided to submit it to this meeting. Whether that will be 

 considered in this morning's session or not is for the members 

 to decide. Then there wnll be a committee, probably to decide 

 upon the time and place of the next meeting, unless the asso- 

 ciation should see fit to go into a committee of the whole upon 

 that subject, before we make our final adjournment on the last 

 day of this Convention. 



Mr. May. — If it is in order, I would move the appointment of 

 a committee of five upon nomination of officers for the coming 

 year. This being duly seconded was carried. 



The Chairman. — Being comparatively unfamiliar with the 

 names and faces of many of those who are present, it would 

 be perhaps rather difficult for me to name five men here now 

 without consultation, and I think we had best wait until the 

 afternoon. 



Secretary Mather. — Mr. President, as you ask me about 

 the order of business, I would suggest that members having 

 papers in their possession to be read, should give the titles of 

 them, in order that we may form some idea of the length of our 

 programme, and of the order in which the papers should be read 



Mr. Clark. — I notice that Mr. Mather says " members." Now, 

 to put matters right here — really I don't know that the local 

 committee of arrangements were authorized exactly what to do 

 in regard to that — I think the invitation has gone out to members 

 and others. We took it upon ourselves to do that, and we have 

 done it, and I would like to say, as chairman of that meeting, 

 that unless there is objection to it, I would like to have that idea 

 carried out, and make it open to all. 



Secretary Mather. — If any gentleman interested in the 

 fisheries wishes to send a paper to be read, I certainly should be 



