6 FISH-CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 
Mr. Eugene G. Blackford, reported upon the financial state of 
the treasury of the Association. 
The following gentlemen were at different times proposed for 
membership in the Association and were elected: 
Charles G. Atkins, Bucksport, Me.; Tarleton H. Bean, Washington, 
D. C.; Prof. A. S. Bickmore, New York; Dr. H. H. Carey, Atlanta, Ga. 
A. Nelson Cheney, Glens Falls, N. Y.; Frank N. Clark. Northville, 
Mich.; J. W. Collins, Washington, D. C.; W. V. Cox, Washington, 
D. C.; Hon. Thomas Donaldson, Philadelphia, Pa.; R. E. Earll, Wash- 
ington, D. C.; H. W. Elliott, Washington, D. C.; W. E. Garrett, New 
York; A. A. Hayes, Washington, D. C.; Dr. J. A. Henshall, Cynthiana, 
Ky.; George S. Hobbs, Washington, D.C.; E. S. Hutchinson, Wash- 
ington, D. C.; A. J. Kellogg, Detroit, Mich.; Hon. E. G. Lapham, M.C., 
New York; W.*L. May, Fremont, Neb.; Hon. H. P. McGown, New 
York; Dr. J. C. Parker, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Hon. R. G. Pike, Middle- 
town, Conn.; Richard Rathbun, Washington, D. C.; Hon. Ossian Ray, 
M. C., New Hampshire; Prof. J. A. Ryder, Washington, D. C.; Carl 
W. Schuermann, Washington, D. C.; Col. James Stevenson, Washing- 
ton, D.C.; Joseph Willcox, Media, Pa.; Lieut. Francis Winslow, U.S. N.; 
_S. G. Worth, Raleigh, N. C. 
FRESH AND SALT-WATER HATCHING AT COLD 
SPRING HARBOR. 
BY FRED MATHER. 
The new station of the New York Fish Commission, designed 
for hatching both salt and fresh water fishes, is situated on the 
north side of Long Island, thirty-two miles east of New York 
city by railroad. The harbor was formerly a whaling station, 
and many old buildings connected with that industry still remain 
there unoccupied. The line between the counties of Suffolk 
and Queens runs through the center of the harbor, and while 
the village and post-office is in the former county, the hatcheries 
are inthe latter. There are two points of especial excellence 
in the site which will at once commend it, and these are the 
