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for play, organized for business rather than for junketing trips. 
And so while we have met here, Mr. Toastmaster, and have en- 
joyed your kind hospitality, and are grateful for all your kind- 
ness, we, in some sense, are glad that we could not enjoy it any 
more, because we feel that we have accomplished in some meas- 
ure the work which our states have sent us here to do. 
Adjourned to meet at Paris, Michigan, next day, Thursday, 
July 26, 1906, at 11 a. m. 
Thursday, July 26, 1906. 
Paris, Michigan, July 26, 1906, 11 a. m. 
Meeting called to order at the grounds of the State Fish Com- 
mission, by the president. 
President: If you will come to order we will transact a 
little business. There is yet some unfinished business and some 
few reports that have not been made, and I think we will trans- 
act the business first. JI understand that there are those who 
desire to ask some questions about this hatchery. If there is 
time we will take that up after the transaction of business. 
The report of the Auditing Committee is now in order. 
Mr. Brown: We checked the bills and accounts and certified 
on the report of the treasurer its correctness. 
Report unanimously adopted. 
President: We will now hear the report of the Committee 
on Foreign Relations, Mr. Atkins. 
Mr. Atkins: Mr. President and gentlemen, the committee 
on foreign relations has prepared a report of which I think the 
volume will be a little too much to read to you now, and I will 
therefore beg to read the introductory pages and some of the 
details, and will then file the report. 
Mr. Atkins then read the report. 
On motion of Mr. Meehan the report was received and 
‘accepted. 
