I07 



prepared papers, or remarks. Mr. Fitzhugh assented to this, 

 and promised to give the Society the benefit of whatever he 

 may have learned, at some future time. 



THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. 



This Committee, consisting of Messrs. Mather, Ford and 

 Hudson, met at the office of Treasurer E. G. Blackford, on 

 Saturday, June 2, Mr. Blackford being present. A letter from 

 the Michigan Fish Commission, in which the Society was 

 asked to pay for the expense of procuring two papers, from 

 scientific men, was read, the amount being $52.70. It was 

 explained that the Michigan Commission had incurred this 

 expense, in order to contribute to the success of the meeting, 

 without the consent of the Executive Committee. Dr. Hud- 

 son moved that the Treasurer notify Mr. Bissell, President of 

 the Michigan Commission, that it was the opinion of the Com- 

 mittee that there was no more money in the Treasury than 

 would pay for the printing of the forthcoming report, and, 

 that if there was a surplus, this Committee had no power to 

 authorize the payment of this bill. Carried. 



Dr. Hudson moved that as fast as the proof slips are 

 printed, copies be sent to Forest and Stream and the American 

 Fteld. Carried. 



Dr. Hudson moved that the Recording Secretary prepare 

 the papers and submit them, with the entire report, to two or 

 more printers, for estimates of the cost of the work, which 

 shall conform in general style of printing, paper and type, to 

 the preceding reports, and that the report shall be ready for 

 mailing by the first of August, 1888. The estimates to be 

 made by the page. Carried, and the meeting adjourned. 



The following letter was then sent to Mr. John M. Davis, 

 who has printed the report for several years, Mr. Charles E. 

 Schember, the printer of Forest and Stream, and Mr. Martin 

 B. Brown, the Public Printer of New York City : 



Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y., June 16, 1888. 

 Dear Sir — The American Fisheries Society has ordered 

 me to prepare the papers read at the last meeting and to sub- 



