42 Tliirly-uhith Annual Meeting 



\ersar\- of llie life of this Societw Tlif oilier invitation 

 front Louisiana was couched in such cordial terms, and the 

 reasons given were so strong, that the committee felt eml)ar- 

 rassed, but has finallv decided to report in favor of holding" 

 the meeting in New York at the Aquarium, to rnark the 

 fortieth anniversary, and in the last week in September, be- 

 ginning on Tuesday. The committee strongly recommends 

 that the Society at its next meeting take action toward hav- 

 ing the following annual meeting held at New Orleans, 

 Louisiana. 



Mr. Clark : I move that the report of the committee be 

 accepted and adopted. 



Mr. Fullerton : Does that include the recommendation 

 for New Orleans? 



Mr. Clark : It does, so far as we have power. The 

 Society cannot this year, of course, positively set the time of 

 the meeting for 191 L but it can adopt the committee's 

 recommendation. That does not necessarily ])ut the meeting 

 in New Orleans. 



Mr. Meehan : We simply recommend that the i)lace be 

 considered next year. 



The motion was unanimously carried. 



Mr. Meehan : I think we should like to hear a few 

 words in reference to Louisiana. 



Mr. Frank M. Miller: Not much more can be said ])v 

 me than what has been so eloquently said by the distin- 

 guished chairman of the committee. I think myself that the 

 time has come for the American Fisheries Society to be true 

 to its name. Here you are a lot of eastern, north.ern and 

 western men. Probably Mr. Burnham and myself are the 

 only southern men here. The south is a great country, in- 

 creasing enormously in its resources, and it h.as been 

 neglected by the rest of the country; but we are now waking 

 up to the fact that we are a part of you, and we want brother- 

 hood with vou that we may secure our common ideal of 

 making this the greatest country on the face of the earth. 

 (Great applause.) 



