36 Thirty-Third Annual Meeting 
Thursday, July 28, 1904. 
Same place, July 28th, 9:45 a. m. meeting called to order 
by the president. 
The president called for the report of the committee on class- 
ification of bass. 
Mr. Seymour Bower: ‘The committee as a whole is not pre- 
pared to make a report. But so far as my personal views are 
concerned, as to the grading of bass, I stated them yesterday. I 
would divide the fish into fry, advanced fry, baby fingerlings 
and fingerling. Advanced fry are fish up to an inch and a 
quarter in length; baby fingerlings from one and one quarter to 
two inches; or instead of baby fingerlings they might be called 
small fingerlings or half fingerlings, whichever term you prefer 
to use; and fingerlings from two inches up. 
President: I heartily agree with Mr. Bower on this matter ; 
but a short time ago I had a letter from Mr. Ravenel, the other 
member of this committee, and he said he would like to have 
Mr. Bower and me give him our views and he would then ex- 
press himself. So I think the matter had better be deferred until 
next year, and the committee no doubt will make a full report at 
that time. 
Dr. F. M. Johnson of Boston, Mass., then gave a resume of 
work that he has been doing during the past year in the raising 
of western charr in eastern waters. 
Dr. Smith: I desire to bring up a little matter that is not 
wholly disconnected with the subject that has just been discussed. 
This work on fish diseases to which Mr. Whish has referred 
marks an epoch in fish culture, and the author of it Prof. Dr. 
Bruno Hofer of Munich, is very prominent in fish cultural and 
other fishery work in Germany, and I think it would be eminent- 
ly proper for this society to elect him an honorary member, and 
I propose that we take that action. While on the subject of 
honorary members there are two or three other foreigners, prom- 
inent in their different lines, whose names I would also like to 
recommend for this purpose. 
