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cited to you the condition with respect to payments back to the 

 Permanent Fund. I pointed out that we were indebted to the 

 Permanent Fund to the extent of something like $1,300, and I 

 made the suggestion that we could easily pay that off in small in- 

 stallments by 1926. I still am of that opinion. I know you 

 concur in the view that that money must be returned ; and I 

 simply wanted to suggest that before this meeting finally ad- 

 journs some committee should be appointed or some action taken 

 looking to the gradual or annual decreasing of that debt we 

 owe to ourselves. 



Mr. John P. Woods, who had been acting as Secretary, was 

 obliged to leave and President Barber appointed Mr. John N. 

 Cobb as Secretary pro tem. 



Mr. Fearnow's paper, read at the previous session, was 

 discussed. 



A paper entitled "Adjustment of Environment vs. Stocking 

 — To Increase the Productivity of Fish Life," was presented 

 by Ernest Clive Brown. Discussion followed. 



Dr. Edward E. Prince presented a paper entitlded "Irriga- 

 tion Canals as an Aid to Fisheries Development in the West." 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON AWARDS. 



Mr. Titcomb: Mr. President, the committee as named in 

 your letter of August 21st did me the honor of making me chair- 

 man, to act with Mr. J. N. Cobb, Director of the College of 

 Fisheries, University of Washington ; Dr. E. A. Birge, Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin ; and Hon. Carlos Avery, State Fish and Game 

 Commissioner of Minnesota. 



Three classifications for prizes are set forth in the Society's 

 circular of May 20, 1922, which will be taken up in order as 

 follows : 



No. 1. "For the best contribution on fish culture, either new or im- 

 proved, practical fish cultural appliances, or description of methods em- 

 ployed in the advancement of fish-cultural work." One paper was pre- 

 sented in this class, by E. C. Fearnow. Your Committee feels that this 

 paper calls for special or honorable mention. Submitted by the author of 

 a similar paper presented last year, it is of great importance and has re- 

 ceived very careful consideration. The Committee feels that the apparatus 

 should be tested in a practical way by disinterested fish culturists before 

 awarding a prize. It is therefore recommended that a committee of three, 

 consisting of Messrs. Hayford, E. W. Cobb and Lydell, who happen to 

 be now distributing fish, and possibly some volunteers who are present, 



