Commercial Fishing — Gardner Poole, Boston, Massachusetts. 



Angling — S. Thruston Ballard, Louisville, Kentucky. 



Protection and Legislation — William C. Adams, Boston, Massachusetts. 

 Executive Committee: 



Geo. C. Embody, Chairman, Ithaca, New York. 



John W. Titcomb, Albany, New York. 



Edward E. Prince, Ottawa, Canada. 



W. E. Albert, Des Moines, Iowa. 



George Shiras, 3d, Washington, D. C. 



William H. Rowe, West Buxton, Maine. 



John N. Cobb, Seattle, Washington. 

 Committee on Foreign Relations: 



Hugh M. Smith, Chairman. Washington, D. C. 



Charles H. Townsend, New York, New York. 



A. C. Baxter, Columbus, Ohio. 



John P. Babcock, Victoria, British Columbia. 



L. F. Ayson, Wellington, New Zealand. 

 Committee on Relations tvith National and State Governments: 



Charles O. Hayford, Chairman, Hackettstown, New Jersey. 



M. L. Alexander, New Orleans, Louisiana. 



Nathan R. Buller, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 



Carlos Avery, St. Paul, Minnesota. 



E. T. D. Chambers, Quebec, Canada. 



The Secretary was directed to cast one ballot for the Society, 

 and the respective officers were declared elected for the year 1921-22. 



Mr. Buller : Before turning the Society over to my successor, 

 I desire to thank every member who has assisted me during the 

 past year. I now have the pleasure of inviting my successor, Mr. 

 Barber, to the chair, 



Mr. Barber here assumed the chair amid applause. 



Mr. Barber : This is indeed a surprise to me, and I should be 

 an ingrate did I not express my appreciation of the honor. The 

 word "honor" as used in this connection by me carries with it its 

 strongest meaning because it is a distinct honor to be President 

 of an organization whose activities are devoted to the causes for 

 which you are all laboring. 



The word "conservation" is a comparatively new word in America. 

 It has only been within the last fifteen years that the word has come 

 into frequent use. But it is not a new word across the seas. In 

 those old countries long years of inhabitancy have made it necessary 

 for them to practice conservation of their natural resources. Had 

 they not practiced conservation in those old countries it is doubtful 

 that the great war would have ended yet. Mr. Harrington, the for- 

 estry member of our commission, who served two years in the For- 

 estry Division of France, stated that during that entire period they 



