20 Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting. 
Mr. John W. Titecomb delivered a lecture with stereopticon 
illustrations on the subject of “Reminiscences of a Trip to South 
America.” 
Dr. Barton W. Eyermann exhibited slides illustrating the 
Golden Trout of Volcano Creek. 
Adjourned until July 26th, 1905, 10 a. m., at the White 
Sulphur Springs Hatchery. 
Wednesday, July 26. 
White Sulphur Springs Hatchery, July 26th, 1905, 10 a.m. 
Meeting called to order by the President. 
Various apparatus, consisting of fish culture appliances, 
were exhibited and described. 
President: Gentlemen of the American Fisheries Society, 
it affords me a great deal of pleasure to inform you that Gov. 
Dawson of this state is present with us at this time. I am sure 
we will all appreciate his presence as a very marked courtesy to 
us, and we shall all remember it. It is something that we have 
not had before in many of our meetings, although f think we did 
give you the Governor in Rhode Island. We try to do things 
there as well as we can. (Great applause. ) 
Hon. William M. O. Dawson, Governor of West Virginia: 
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, some time ago I had a 
letter from our commissioner, Mr. Bowers, whom [| have no 
doubt you all appreciate as we appreciate him in West Virginia. 
He is one of our own productions and you will see from his 
size and otherwise that we are not ashamed of him. (Laughter. ) 
You know his reputation as a fish commissioner, you know 
what he has done for that branch of the service, and he has 
pleased the president and pleased us, which is more important 
to us than pleasing the president, but not quite so important 
to him as pleasing the president; and I am sure he has pleased 
all you gentlemen, who give your time, and many of your means, 
eratuitously, to this important business. 
I say I had a letter from him some time ago telling me 
of this meeting; that you had honored West Virginia with hay- 

