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tlu' tiiiK' when the iiieotings of the society shall he held. It can he 

 determined at each meeting before the suhseqnent meeting. 



^li-. W. P. Thompson, Leadville, Qolo. : I think there were 

 ])articular reasons why the meeting for the coming year should 

 l)e fixed at an early date, as that is the best time to see the work 

 in the National Park. I hoped that Mr. Booth would have made 

 some remarks along that line, but I would move that the report 

 of the committee be adopted as to time and ])lace, and then what- 

 evt'r date the committee on resolutions might fix would hv foi- 

 futui-e meetings and not the next meeting. 



Mr. Titcond): 1 h()i)e tluit nuitter will l)e allowed to rest a 

 little while. I realize that we cannot see the fish cultural work 

 in the |)ark unless we go there as early as the l"2th of July, but 

 we have, sonu' of us, other work that it is ])retty hard to leave at 

 that time, and T think we shoidd give that a little more consid- 

 eration, as suggestt'd by ^Ir. Bower. T am heartily in favor of 

 the ])ark and I would like to have you see the trout spawning 

 there. Suppose you let it go until this evening. 



President: The report of the committee on time and ])lace 

 of meeting is still l)efore you. 



^Ir. Titcond): If we are going to have a session tonight I 

 move to lay it on the table temporarily. 



^Motion sec(Uided and unanimously carried. 



President : The chair has been waiting for some statement 

 from the chairman of this committee to the effect that the time 

 selected had s])ecial reference to the absence of road agents from 

 the ])ark. (Laughter.) 



We will })rocee(l with the reading of papers, if the society so 

 desires, and I have great pleasure in calling on Dr. Theodore 

 (Jill of the Snnthsonian Institution, for remarks on the "8])awn- 

 ing of the Comnioii Mel," a subject that has great })o])ular and 

 technical interest. 



Dr. Gill then addressed the society on the subject of "The 

 Life History of the Common Eel," and the address was fully 

 discussed. 



Mr. Clark: I wish to state that the committee will hold a 



