CONTENTS 



Address of Welcome on Behalf of Erie 10 



Address of Welcome on Behalf of State 12 



President's Address 15 



Address of Welcome by Mr. Meehan 17 



Registered Attendance 20 



List of New Members 21 



Treasurer's Report 22 



Federal Supervision of Waters 26 



Resolutions Regarding Same 33, 57-58-59 



Resolution of Sympathy on Death of Livingston Stone 40 



Banquet Proceedings 40 



Report of Committee on Location 51 



Report of Committee on Nominations 53 



Resolutions in Memoriam 54 



Resolutions of Thanks 55 



Communication Regarding Striped Bass in England 56 



Resolution of Thanks to Hon. W. E. Meehan 63 



Report of Committee on Foreign Relations 66 



Resolution of Thanks to Retiring President 98 



Scientific Proceedings — 



The Necessity for the State Making Laws for the Protection 

 of Food Fishes After Stocking Waters by the State or 

 United States— O. M. Dennis 103 



Shad Work on the Delaware River in 1907 and Its Lessons — 

 W. E. Meehan 105 



Observations Regarding the Varieties of Rainbow Trout and 

 the Time of the Spawning of This Species — B. Raveret- 

 Wattel 119 



The Cultivation of Fishes in Small Ponds — Charles H. Town- 

 send 128 



