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^Ir. Median: 1 tliiiik it will eouie on the executive com- 

 mittee, Mr. President: they transact business in l)etween times 

 — apart from tlie secretary's writing- this communication. 



^Ir. Evaus: I tliink anotlier advantage, Mr. President, in 

 doing it ill that way, is tliat of course, if delegates were ap- 

 ])ointed l)y such jjowers. naturally the expenditures would not 

 fall u]ion tile iiulivi(hials present. [ mean that if the province 

 ol' Ontario department sent over any delegates representing 

 them, natm-ally, the province of Ontario would foot the bill. It 

 would uot lie any expense on the fisheries societies. 



President : I should like to hear from Dr. Smith. I should 

 like to ask whether it is the experience of those who are familiar 

 with such matters, as T am not at all, wh(^ther governors and 

 presidents and governor generals, will appoint official represen 

 tatives on the invitation of a society wdiich has a scientific stand- 

 ing like our own, or will respond better to an official invitation 

 from somebody having governmental standing. I would like 

 to hear from Dr. Smith in regard to the matter. 



Dr. Smith : I cannot speak for the states, but I think in thi 

 case of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, that we should 

 be glad to designate delegates for this purpose. I hope this sef 

 of resolutions will pass. But I would call attention to the fact 

 that for twenty years there have been conferences held between 

 the states and the United States on one side and the Dominion 

 government and the provinces of Ontario and Quebec on the 

 other, and so far as I know, there has never been any result from 

 those conferences — no tangible result. It is possible that this 

 time, the conditions are such that some good may be expected, 

 and ] hope that this is the case. 



]\Ir. Meehan: Mr. Chairman, I can speak for the past in the 

 state of Pennsylvania in regard to that matter, at least in one 

 instance. Some years ago, an invitation was issued for an in- 

 ternational convention or meeting in Florida of the governors of 

 the states, and the governor of Pennsylvania appointed dele- 

 gates from Pennsylvania to that convention, of which I was one, 

 made it a proviso that there should be no expense, and so on. 



