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Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting 
candidate, and*thinking that the world swings around and will 
be governed by the success of his own candidate; but when it is 
all over and the final ballot is cast, every one of you will see then 
that the hand of Providence was in it from the start.” (Laughter 
and applause. ) 
Is there any miscellaneous business to be taken up at this 
time? 
Secretary: I should like to read the following communica- 
tion: 
Silver Lake, Mass., July 18th, 1906. 
Mr. Geo. F. Peabody, Secretary, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Dear Sir: It is with sorrow that I write you that my father, 
Mr. George FI’. Lane, passed away yesterday. 
He has been failing the last two years and died of a weakened 
heart. 
He was taken away when the prospects of the trout business 
seemed the best, as he had more stock on hand at the time of his 
death than ever before. Yours truly, 
Harry L. LANE. 
(This communication was referred to the committee on reso- 
lutions. ) 
Mr. Titcomb then read a paper on Progress and Experiments 
in Fish Culture in the Bureau of Fisheries During the Fiscal 
Year 1906. 
Mr. Seymour Bower: I would like to have the chair take a 
rising vote as to the number of members who will go to Paris 
tomorrow. 
President: It is rather necessary in order to make arrange- 
ments with the railroads that we know exactly who will go to 
Paris tomorrow, and in order to ascertain that, before Mr. 
Atkins starts with his paper, I will ask you to rise, stand and be 
counted. 
Mr. Dean: There are some strangers here and we would 
like to know about the fare, ete. 
Mr. Bower: If fifty go the fare will be $1.85 for the round 
