FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



the last man to object to it; we have have never confined com- 

 munications to members. I would simply say if any gentlemen 

 wishes to send in a paper, I would like to have the title of it in 

 order that we ma}- cut out our work. 



The Chairman. — We shall be glad to see or hear anybody 

 who may be interested in this subject, and it is possible that 

 any gentleman who may be sufficiently interested to have pre- 

 pared a paper may desire to join this Society. 



Mr. Clark. — I would ask, if it is in order, to present names 

 now for membership. 



The Chairman. — Certainly ; that is always in order. 



The Convention then went into a committee of the whole on 

 applications for membership, and the following gentlemen were 

 nominated, and duly elected : 



Dr. S. C. Adams, Peoria, Illinois ; S. P. Bartlett, Quincy, Illi- 

 nois ; J. H. Bissell, Detroit, Michigan; A. Booth, Chicago, Illi- 

 nois J. .N. Dewey, Toledo, Ohio; Philo Dunning, Madison, Wis- 

 consin ; N. K. Fairbank, Chicago, Illinois ; C. C. Hinchman, 

 Detroit, Michigan; Dr. E. S. Holmes, Grand Rapids, Michigan; 

 Walter D. Marks, Paris, Michigan; James Nevin, Madison, Wis- 

 consin ; Dr. R. O. Sweeney, St. Paul, Minnesota; W. D. Tomlin, 

 Duluth, Minnesota; Herschel Whitaker, Detroit, Michigan. 



The Chairman. — I would state that in the absence of Mr. 

 Blackford, our Treasurer, Mr. Mather will act as Treasurer, and 



has the necessary blank forms of receipt for membership. 



Secretary Mather. — Mr. Chairman, I have here a letter 

 directed to William A. Butler, Esq., of the Committee of Ameri- 

 can Fisheries Society, from Dr. E. C. Stearns, in which he says 

 he will have a paper on " Intentional and Accidental Distri- 

 bution of Fishes." 



I also have a paper on "The Michigan Grayling," by Mr. 

 Herschel Whitaker. Those are the only papers I know of, ex- 

 cept three which I have prepared, the titles of which are "Smelt 

 Hatching," "Oyster Culture" and " Fish-cultural Work at Cold 



