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that we can go ahead with our meeling on the boat, the better 

 way will be to go to Xew Bedford and visit the hatcbery near 

 there; then if by tomorrow night we find we are going to have 

 time to g'o to Plymouth and visit those hatcheries, that is a 

 matter that can be acted upon later. I d'esire to sav in this con- 

 nection that the superintendent of the Michigan hatcheries is 

 going to visit a number of hatcheries, and I believe he will derive 

 a great deal of benefit from it. I think it is to the advantage of 

 the Society to encourage visits to these hatcheries. Mr. Xevin 

 states that he is going to visit a number of them, so that repre- 

 sentatives will visit many of the hatcheries anyway, whether we 

 do as a body or not. Our report is, that we go to East Freetown 

 via Xew^ Bedford. 



On motion, the report of the committee was adopted. 



The President: We will leave here at 8:30 tomorrow morn- 

 ing on the steamer Fish Hawk for Xew Bedford. I would say 

 that the Rhode Island Fish Commissioners have cordiallv in- 

 vited the Society to be their guests at a Rhode Island clam-bake 

 at Oyster Bay, and to make an investigation of the oyster beds. 

 It has been suggested b\- Dr. Bumpus thsit Friday be devoted to 

 this purpose, and we can read the papeis, if anv are left to read, 

 on that day. on board the Fish Hawk. 



\Miat action will you take, gentlemen, in reference to that 

 invitation? It was thought that many might wish to go home 

 direct from Providence. The steamer will go to Providence, so 

 that many of you can get home from there earlier than from here. 



( )n motion of Mr. Peabody, the invitation of the Rhode 

 Island Fish Commission was accepted. 



The President: We have a little more detail business to 

 come before the meeting. I have here a communication from 

 MV. Charles B. Reynolds, the editor of the "Forest & Stream," 

 X'ew York. I wrote Mr. Reynolds in reply to this letter that 

 there were two sides to the question, that with a fee of onlv one 

 dollar it seemed as if all persons interested in fish-culture ought 



