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nouncement in regard to certain awards which have been offered 

 by the International Fishery Congress. This Society has offered 

 an award of $100.00 for a certain purpose. I hope, for the honor 

 of the society and of the country, that the members will compete 

 freely and will carry off a large number of these awards. Cer- 

 tainly there are no people in this country or anywhere else who 

 are better qualified to enter this competition than the members of 

 this society. 



President: The question is on the adoption of the report o'c 



the committee on time and place of meeting- 

 Mr. Clark : Mr. President, I move the adoption of the reporr 



of the committee. 

 Motion seconded. 

 Eeport adopted unanimously. 



President: Is the committee on nominations ready to re- 

 port ? 



j\Ir. Seymour Bower: I will say that the committee on nom- 

 inations had a very harmonious and pleasant meeting, and the 

 selections that were finally decided upon were unanimous in 

 ever}'' instance; although I might except our treasurer: one of 

 the committee rather protested against him. I do not know wliv, 

 unless it is that he is in the same state and knows him better 

 than any of the rest of us. x4.nd I do not feel just right about 

 renominating him myself. He stated at last year's meeting, that 

 if there was a deficit, he would meet it, and I understand he has 

 done so a number of times. He also stated that if there was a 

 surplus, he A\ould divide it, and he has not been around to see the 

 committee on nominations yet. (Laughter.) 



The nominees finally decided uj^on were, for president. Dr. 

 H. M. Smith, Washington, D. C. ; for vice president, Dr. Tarle- 

 ton H. Bean of New York: for recording secretary, George F. 

 Peabody, of Appleton, Wis. ; for corresponding secretary, Charles 

 G. Atkins, of East Orland, Maine ; for treasurer C. W. Willard, 

 Westerly, K. I. 



For the executive committee, the following : 



(Chairman, W. E. Meehan, Harrisburg, Pa.; G. T. ]\Iathew- 

 son, Enfield, Connecticut; Frank Miller, Put-in-Bay, Ohio; G. 



