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papers, I will announce the conimittee on publication : Dr. 

 Hugh M. Smith, chairman; Mr. \V. E. Meehan, and Mr. 

 Ward T. Bower. I suppose a committee of three will be 

 large enough. 



Mr. Meehan: Don't you think you had better have all 

 three members men from Washington? I do not say this to 

 shirk work. 



President : I wanted to have the benefit of Mr. Meehan's 

 editorial experience. Mr. Meehan has been the editor of an 

 important daily paper for so many years of his life, besides 

 having- distinguished himself in other literary fields, that I 

 should be sorry to miss his guidance with this committee ; 

 and I name Dr. Smith, because it is through Dr. Smith that 

 this necessity was first Ijrought to the attention of the So- 

 ciety. Then Mr. Bower, being our assistant secretary, 

 would naturally perform the work which WMiuld otherwise go 

 to the recording secretary. 



Mr. Meehan : I am ready to do anything that the Society 

 wants me to, but if you had three men in Washington 

 they could work conveniently together. 



President : The committee will stand as announced. 



I do not know of any other business except the reading of 

 papers. Since the meeting of last evening a paper has been 

 received from Prof. W^ard. I will read to you the full list 

 of papers that remain to Ije considered, and will ask you to 

 decide which of them shall be read : 



Dr. S. P. Bartlett, The Future of the Carp. 



Mr. John L. Leary, The Propagation of Crappie and Cat- 

 fish. 



Mr. Felix A. Laumen, Some Essentials in Pond Culture. 



Mr. S. G. Worth, Progress in Hatching Striped Bass. 



Mr. G. H. Thomson, Protection of the Undersized Trout. 



Prof. H. B. Ward, The Leaping of the Alaska Salmon. 



Mr. A. Kelly Evans, The Awakening of Public Interest in 

 the Iniprovement of the h^isheries of the Province of On- 

 tario. 



This last paper, by the way, has not yet been recei\'ed, and 



