PROCEEDINGS OF TWENTY -SEVENTH ANNUAL 



MEETING OF AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY 



AT THE HOTEL MILLARD, OMAHA, 



NEB., JULY 20, 21 AND 22, 1898. 



FIRST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. 



nORNING SESSION. 



At lo o'clock a. 111., July 2otli. the Society was called to order 

 by the President, lion. \V. L. May. 



The following" nienibers were present: 



(.Jeo. F. Peabody, Wisconsin; Seymour Bower, Michigan; J. 

 J. Stranahan, Ohio; J. E. Gunckel, Ohio; F. X. Clark. Michigan; 

 James Xevin, Wisconsin; E. A. Birge. Wisconsin; Calvin Spenc- 

 ley, Wisconsin; W. L. May. Nebraska; W. J. (3"Brien, Nebraska; 

 Herschel Whitaker, Michigan; j. A. Dale. Pennsylvania. 



The president announced that owing to a lack of time he had 

 not prepared an}- formal welcoming address, and that he took 

 pleasure in introducing Mr. James H. Adams, who would wel- 

 come the society on behalf of the City of Omaha. 



Mr. James H. Adams, the <;ecretary of the Mayor of Omaha, 

 in well-chosen words extended a hearty welcome to the members, 

 offering them every opportunity that could be afforded by the 

 city ofifiicials and the Mayor's office to see the city and its indus- 

 tries and attractions. 



^^r. Spencle\- responded on behalf of the Society in fitting 

 words, expressing thanks for the courtesies extended, with a 

 j^romise that the members would avail themselves of the oppor- 

 tunities offered. 



The Treasurer being al)sent, Mr. Peabody was elected Treas- 

 urer pro tem. 



The President announced that the next business in order was 

 the i)resentation of candidates for membership, and the following 

 were proposed : 



John D. McLeod, Milwaukee, Wis.; S. L. Griffith, Dauby, 

 Vt.; A. C. Rosenburg, Kalamazoo. Mich.; George M. r>rown. 

 Saginaw. Mich.; Professor H. C. Bumpus. Providence. R. I.; 

 George L. Alexander, Grayling. Mich.; Professor J. E. Reighard, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich.; E. A. Tulian, Leadville. -Col.: John G Ruge. 



