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been treasurer of this Society since 1900, which means 

 abont 9 years, I have never before been asked to make a 

 speech to you. 



President: You have not been used right then. 



Mr. WiLLARD : And I hope it may be the last. I can only 

 say a vtvy few words indeed. 1 accept this office fully realiz- 

 ing the responsil^ilities that may ])ossibly 1)e incurred by so 

 d(^ing. with the creation this year of new committees, and 

 an assistant secretar}' who ^\"ill ha\'e to be paid a salarv, and 

 a committee for tlie anni\-ersar_\- which will come off the 

 next N'ear, and als(» a salaried editor, which will probably 

 take all the funds ^\■e can possibl}- laise. (Laughter.) 

 Jd^owever. as I ha\'e said se\ eral times i)reviously, I will 

 endea\'or to raise sufficient funds. If they cannot be 

 obtained from the members T will take them from my own 

 pocket, and as 1 have always previously stated, if we find 

 that the Society flourishes and there is a good sum coming 

 into the treasury. I will take half of it and the St^ciety can 

 have the other half. (Great applause and laughter.) 



INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSION. 



President : I understand Dr. Evermann has a word to 

 say about the International Fisheries Commission. 



Dr. Evermann: I thought it might interest the Society 

 to hear a word regarding" the present status of the work of 

 the International Fisheries Commission, about which some- 

 thing was said a year ago at the meeting in Washington. 



The commission held several meetings after the comple- 

 tion of its field work last year, and made tentative drafts 

 of regulations which it submitted from time to time to the 

 various states that are interested, to the state fish commis- 

 sioners for those states, and to the fishermen. After receiv- 

 ing the suggestions and recommendations from these A-ari- 

 ous sources, the regulations were revised, and a revised co])\' 

 was sent out for further criticism. I think as many as four 

 (lifTereut revisions were sent (^ut from time to time. 



As vou all know, I think, Mr. S. T. Bastedo, the ticntle- 



