Dr. Jacob Reighard, 
Michigan. 
William L. May, Nebraska. 
Edward P. Doyle, New York. 
Charles Wyeth, New York. 
Fred Mather, New York. 
Dr, J. A. Henshall, Ohio. 
Dr. H. H. Cary, Georgia. 
H. W. Davis, Michigan. 
W. David Tomlin, Minnesota. 
C. E. Armstrong, Ohio. 
Joseph H. Blair, Nebraska, 
J. ©. Parker, Michigan. 
J. W. Collins, Washington, D. C. 
James Nevins, Wisconsin. 
John Gay, Pennsylvania, 
B. R. Vincent, 4 “ Ohio. 
Dr. R. O. Sweeny, : ; : Minnesota. 
Dr. Nicholas Borodine, ; ; : Russia, 
Asa French, : : ; Massachusetts. 
Dr. William M, Hiadean 5 : : Connecticut. 
H. C. Demuth, ‘ : : Pennsylvania. 
L. Streuber, : F Pennsylvania. 
After the roll was called, es President addressed the 
members as follows: 
GENTLEMEN OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY : 
We meet to-day to participate in the work that may 
properly come before us at our twenty-second annual gath- 
ering. While the Society changed its name some years 
since from the Fishcultural Society to its present name of 
the American Fisheries Society, its personnel remains 
practically the same as before the change, and notwith- 
standing its change of name may be considered as having 
had one continuous existence from its original inception. 
The object sought in the change of name was to give to the 
title under which it was known a broader and more compre- 
hensive scope, and to admit not only those who were fish- 
culturists but those who, while not actively engaged in fish- 
cultural work, were interested and active workers in mat- 
ters closely allied with fishculture. The wisdom of the 
