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Ehrhart, W. C, St. Louis Mo. 

 Embody, G. C, Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Feaknow, E. C, Washington, D. C. 

 Fleming, John H., Syracuse, Ind. 

 FOLLETT, R. E., Detroit, Mich. 

 Foster, Fred J., Neosho, Mo. 

 Hare, F. E., Manchester, Iowa. 

 Hart, M, D., Richmond, Va. 

 Hayford, Chas. 0., Hackettstown. N. J 

 JUDD, E. T., Cando, N. Dak. 

 KoPPLiN, Phil., St. Louis, Mo. 

 Kulle, Karl C, Suffield, Conn. 

 Lavery, Peter J., Bass Lake, Ind. 

 Leach, Glen C, Washington, D. C. 

 Mannfeld Geo. N., Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Mnj:s, Lee, Little Rock, Ark. 

 Mollan, W. K., Bridgeport, Conn. 

 Moore, Dr. Emmeline, Albany, N. Y. 

 Noble, P. S., St. Louis, Mo. 

 O'Brien, W. J., Gretna, Neb. 

 OsBURN, R. C, Columbus, Ohio. 

 Pope, T. E. B., Milwaukee, Wis. 

 Porter, Richard, Paris, Mo. 

 Riley, Mark, San Morcos, Texas. 

 Seaburg, Ernest, Seattle, Wash. 

 Taylor, Herbert, St. Louis, Mo. 

 TiTCOMB, John W., Hartford, Conn. 

 TuLiAN, E. A., New Orleans, La. 

 Webster, B. O., Madison, Wis. 

 Wiemeyer, Wm. J., St. Louis, Mo. 

 Woods, John P., St. Louis, Mo. 

 Young, E. C, Ottawa, Canada. 

 Young, Floyd S., Chicago, 111. 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 



Washington, D. C. 

 September 12, 1923. 



To THE Officers and Members of the American Fisheries 

 Society : 



On account of my absence from the United States on an extensive 

 official trip during the past year, the work of completing copy for the 

 1922 volume of Transactions of the Society was somewhat delayed. 

 The lowest bidder for printing the volume was Griffith Bros. & Company, 

 a smaller concern, and as it was later found, not so well equipped as the 

 larger plants, v/hich considerably delayed publication. The volume 

 comprised 257 pages, containing 18 special papers and discussions in 

 addition to the business proceedings of the Madison meeting. The total 

 cost of printing the edition of 750 copies, with envelopes for mailing, 

 was $1,078.84. 



Upon submission of the bill to the Treasurer it was found that there 

 were not sufficient funds to pay it and a partial payment of $600.00 was 

 made, with the arrangement that additional payments would occur as 

 rapidly as possible. This situation was due to the fact that a large 



