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Mr. Dean: Then tliere onght to be a machine made to mn 

 through and tell exactly what the fish weigh and Washington 

 slionld furnish the machine. 



Mr. Bower: The Washington authorities should give suj^er- 

 intendents more leeway and let them ship what size is best in 

 their judgment. 



Mr. Lydell : I do not think numbers per can would do any 

 good. We sometimes put 100, 200 or 500 in a can, according to 

 the distance we ship, although the fish may be of the same size. 

 That would be very misleading I should think, in that way. 



Mr. Ellis : I think the present arrangement suits the office 

 very well. If there must be a change I think Dr. Bartlett's is 

 the best proposition — not the quarter l)ut the half inch. 



Chairman : Why not put plus on them, as Mr. Bower sug- 

 gests ? 



Mr. Ellis: I tliiuk it would be better for the records to use 

 a, 1), c, number one a, etc., and that would mean the half inch. 



Mr. Lydell: If we change the present plan we will cause 

 ourselves a whole lot of work. 



Chairman : What does the committee think of this plan ? 

 For instance, number one a, number one b, — number one a would 

 be from one inch to an inch and a half, and one b would be from 

 an inch and a half to two inches, etc., and let those use that that 

 want to. If I am sending out fish I prefer to use number one all 

 right. That suits me and I use it. They are number ones. Xow 

 if I care to or if our office or if Mr. Lydell in the state cares to 

 use it, or if his superintendent wants him to use it, then he will 

 do so. Let it l)e optional with the different commissions. Mr. 

 Bower concludes number one is good enough for them, and num- 

 l)er one may mean an inch or an inch and three quarters; it is 

 optional with him to use it, and it would be optional with the 

 United States, or C*bnnecticut or Rhode Island, etc. — we must 

 formulate some report. 



Mr. Meehan : Then we will be getting into confusion. We 

 have got to consider something else besides our office work or the 



