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it was decided to appoint a committee and Mr. Bissell moved 

 that Dr. Hudson, Mr. Butler, and Mr. Clark be that commit- 

 tee. President May accepted the committee, and they went 

 into private session. The committee recommended the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen and they were unanimously elected : Presi- 

 dent, John H. Bissell, Michigan. Vice-President, S. G. Worth, 

 North Carolina. Recording Secretary, Fred Mather, New 

 York. Corresponding Secretary, Henry C. Ford, Pennsyl- 

 vania. Treasurer, Eugene G. Blackford, New York. Exec- 

 utive Committee, Philo Dunning, Chairman, Wisconsin ; S. P. 

 Bartlett, Illinois; Dr. R. O. Sweeny, Minnesota; Dr. W. M. 

 Hudson, Connecticut ; C. V. Osborn, Ohio ; Col. M. McDonald, 

 Washington, D. C. ; and James V. Long, Pennsylvania. 



Thanks. 



The Society then voted thanks as follows : To the Detroit 

 Lodge of Elks, No. 34, for the use of their room. To the 

 Michigan Fish Commission, for their efforts in making the 

 meeting a success. To Professors Jordan, Forbes, Atwater, 

 and others, not members of the Society, for valuable papers. 



The meeting then adjourned until 2 P. M., on the boat which 

 was to take them to the St. Clair Fishing and Shooting Club, 

 by invitation through its President, Mr. W. A. Colburn, as 

 before recorded. A pleasant trip of some twenty-five miles, on 

 the steamer " Milton D. Ward," brought the party to the club 

 house, which is on made ground on the St. Clair Flats, and a 

 dinner which was noted for the excellence of its fish was in 

 readiness. The members of the club showed their guests over 

 the extensive house, and on the return trip it was voted that 

 the club be an honorary member of the American Fisheries 

 Society and receive its annual reports. 



THE MEETING ON THE BOAT. 



On the return from St. Clair Flats a meeting was organized 

 to hear the report of the Treasurer, who, being unavoidably 

 absent, had mailed his report, which came to the Recording 

 Secretary before the boat left Detroit. This report, which 

 appears elsewhere, was read and accepted. 



