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public hearing for all those who dcsii-c lo he heard on the suhjeet 

 of the naming of fish of dill'erent size, and I desire tlie stonog- 

 rajilier to lie ■|)resent to make a I'eport of the liearing. 



Mr. \V. E. Meehan: I hojie that the eoniniittee will allow a 

 I'rw minutes for the resolutions eonimittee to linish up its work. 



Dr. ,1. A. llenshall. Bozeman. Mont, 

 heen on the generation and propagation 

 terest of the protection o\' lish. which 

 tance. I desire to present the following i 



Whereas, In the irrigating canals already constructed by the 

 United States Government in the western states there is no pro- 

 vision made for the preservation and protection of fish, either by 

 screening the canals and ditches, or by the erection of fishways in 

 the dams connected therewith; and 



Whereas, The Government contemplates still more extensive sys- 

 tems of reclamation of arid lands, by the building of storage reser- 

 voirs in the mountain gulches, and by the construction of irrigating 

 canals of great length and capacity that are to l>e supplied with 

 water from flowing streams; therefore be it 



Resolved, That a memorial be presented by this Society to the 

 Congress, asking for such legislation as will provide fishways 

 wherever practicable in all dams connected with the work of recla- 

 mation of arid lands; and also to provide for the installation of some 

 effective device at the intake of all canals and ditches in connection 

 with said work, in order to prevent fish from entering them. 



K'esolution referred to resolutions eommittee. 



Dr. E. A. Birge. ^Madison. Wis. : i have two hrief jiapers 

 l)repared by those working in connection with tlu' Wisconsin 

 Geological Snrvey and Fish Connnissioners. 



The first is on the subject of "'The Tullibee as a Fish of 

 Economic Importance". 



Dr. Birge then read the ])apei' which was discussed. 



Fresident: I will call on Frof. F. A. Birge of ^ladison for 

 another paper which he will kindly ])resent. on the subject of 

 ''Experiments in Fearing Small-Mouth Black Bass," by IJobert 

 Hil)ple, in charge of hatchery, ^linofpia. Wis. 



I'rof. Birge: The ])ai)er was prepared l)y Fol)ert Fipiile. who 



