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American Fisheries Society. 
Mr. Charles E. Fryer, supervising inspector of fisheries, 
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 3 Delahay St., London, 
England. 
Dr. J. Lawrence-Hamilton, M. R. C. S., 30 Sussex Square, 
Brighton, England, who is doing admirable work for the develop- 
ment of the fisheries of his country. 
Prof. S. Matsubara, President, Imperial Fisheries Institute, 
Tokyo, Japan, and Dr. K. Kishenonye, Imperial Fisheries 
Bureau, Tokyo, Japan. 
The gentlemen were unanimously elected honorary members 
of the association. 
Dr. Smith: I ask that the secretary notify them of their 
election. 
President: That will be done. 
Mr. 8. G. Worth then read a paper entitled the Recent Hatch- 
ing of Striped Bass, and Possibilities with Other Commercial 
Species. 
Dr. Johnson: I would like to propose as an honorary mem- 
ber, Lord Denbigh, Col. of the Honorable Artillery Company, 
London, England. He has been doing the same work in Lon- 
don that I have been trying to do here. He has put the rainbow 
trout in all the parliament ponds; he is a true sportsman and an 
enthusiastic gentleman . 
Carried and so done. 
Mr. Titcomb: It seems to me that this meeting has yot so 
far along that we can safely do it, and I therefore propose a vote 
of thanks to the retiring officers for their efficient services, as a 
result of which we have had such a successful meeting this year. 
Motion seconded, put by Mr. Titcomb, and unanimously 
carried. 
Dr. Smith presented H. F. Moore’s paper on the subject of 
Progress of Experiments in Sponge Culture. 
President: We will take up Mr. Dinsmore’s paper. He 
will give us a short synopsis of his lecture. 
