American Fisheries Society. life 
The following gentlemen were unanimously elected honorary 
members of the society: 
Prof. Dr. Franz Steindachner, Royal Natural History Museum, 
Vienna, Austria. 
Prof. Edmond Perrier, Director National Museum of Natural 
History, Paris, France. 
*Prof. P. P. C. Hoek, Scientific Fishery Adviser of the Dutch 
Government, The Hague, Holland. 
Dr. Oscar von Grimm, Inspector-General of Fisheries, St. Peters- 
burg, Russia. 
Mr. Franz von Pirko, President Austrian Fishery Society, Vien- 
na, Austria. : 
Mr. Guiseppe Besana, President Lombardy Fishery Society, Via 
Torino 51, Milan, Italy. 
Dr. Decio Vinciguerra, Director Royal Fish Cultural Station 
and Aquarium, Rome, Italy. 
Mr. Fred J. Adams, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
President: Before we take a recess for our luncheon I will 
inquire if there is any specific matter that ought to be brought 
up at this time. If there is we can consider it. 
It devolves upon the presiding officer to appoint standing 
committees. I have busied myself as well as I could during the 
morning hour, and in view of the fact that there is always more 
or less of a contest on two important matters, I have deemed it 
wise to name two of the committees now and reserve the privil- 
ege, if I may, of naming the other committees some time during 
the afternoon session. 
The first committee that the presiding officer is called upon 
to name is that on nominations. The other is the committee on 
location. Of course, in regard to the first, | know myself that it 
is a high honor and that there will be various applicants and I 
thought, if that committee was named now so that those who 
have claims to present would have the time to do it, it might be 
perhaps more conyenient. As to the location, we all know that 
there are a great many places that seek to have us hold our meet- 
ing there, and likewise there would probably be some contest, 
*On furlough until autumn 1907, as General Secretary to the Interna- 
tional Council for the Study of the Sea, Copenhagen, Denmark. 
