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President: The motion is to aj)|)oint a s])ecial committee 

 on the fortieth anniversary of the .\merican Fisheries So- 

 ciety, a committee of five. 



Motion seconded and unanimously carried. 



President: The motion was made by Mr. Clark, and T 

 will ask him to serve as chairman of that committee. 



AIr. Clark : I suggest that }-ou take scjme time and not 

 appoint that committee now. 



President: It is a little difficult to appoint such commit- 

 tees ofifhand. 



Mr. Clark: There is nothing for that committee to do 

 at this meeting, and the chair may appoint it the verv last 

 thing. 



President: Yes, luit I am sure that I shall want Mr. 

 Clark as chairman of that committee. A\^e will now liear 

 I lie report of the committee on papers. 



Mr. John E. Gunckel: We have taken the articles as 

 the}' appeared, and we give preference to gentlemen present 

 l(» read their papers. We have dovetailed the articles, as to 

 sul)jects. and Mr. Stevenson will read the order in which 

 the\' will be taken up pursuant to the recommendation of the 

 conimittee. They will be read this afternoon, and will cnn- 

 tiniic with a night session or tomorrow according to your 

 l)leasure. 



Mk. Charles H. Stevenson: The list of pai)ers thai the 

 committee has prei)are(l for presentation this afternoon is the 

 following: 



Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, A Plea for the Systematic Study 

 of h'ish Diseases. 



Mr. W' . E. Aleehan, Some Recent Experiments in Stur- 

 geon Culture. 



Mr. Ward T. Bower. Notes on the Increase in Size of 

 Fish Ova after Water Hardening. 



]\Ir. Charles W. Burnham. Notes on the Yellow Bass. 



Mr. Andrew Price, The Economic Value of the Sports- 

 man. 



Air. Charles H. Stevenson, The Fisherv Census of 1908 



