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with the natural laws of increase is mini- 

 mized. 



5. It furnishes a b.asis for uniform legis- 

 lation throughout the lobster-producing 

 section. Being based upon common sense, 

 and in close conformity with the natural 

 history of the lobster and with human sci- 

 entific experience with food supplies, it 

 commends itself to fishermen and others 

 who know human nature and the lobster 

 in a practical way. 



Finally, the proposed law, while funda- 

 mentally scientific, is eventually a com- 

 promise measure and combines the advan- 

 tages (1) of a close season throughout the 

 year for a part of the lobsters {i. e., for 

 those productive adults above a size to be 

 agreed upon), and (2) of the size limit, 

 thus meeting the wishes of the believers in 

 both the 10^- and 9-inch laws. It seems 

 to promise effectiveness in meeting exist- 

 ing conditions and in checking the decline. 

 It is adapted for ready enforcement with- 

 out resort to methods distasteful to officers 

 and people, and at a minimum expense to 

 the state. 



George AV. Field. 

 Biological Department, 

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 



MEMBEBSEIP OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The following have completed their mem- 

 bership in the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science since December 3, 

 1901. 



Maurice Albaugli, Manufacturer, Covington, 

 Ohio. 



Emil Poole Albreeht, Secretary of The Bourse, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



G. W. Allyn, Secretary of Academy of Science 

 and Art, Pittsburg, Pa. 



Thomas R. Almond, Mechanical Engineer, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Frederick James Amweg, Honolulu, Hawaiian 

 Territory. 



James Thomas Anderson, Lieutenant, U. S. 

 Army, Colorado Springs, Colo. 



Rafael M. de Arozarena, Consulting Engineer, 

 City of Mexico. 



George Hall Ashley, Professor of Biology and 

 Geology, College of Charleston, Charleston, S. C. 



Stephen E. Babcock, Civil and Hydraulic Engi- 

 neer, Little Palls, N. Y. 



Hugh P. Baker, Bureau of Forestry, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Edwin Swift Balch, La^^'yer, 1412 Spruce Street, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



J. Sellers Bancroft, Mechanical Engineer, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



Lemuel Call Barnes, D.D., 310 Oakland Ave- 

 nue, Pittsburg, Pa. 



Robert Crary Barnett, Civil Engineer, Orizaba, 

 !Mexico. 



George Thomas Barnsley, Civil Engineer, Pitts- 

 burg, Pa. 



John Henry Barr, Professor of Machine Design, 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Charles B. Bates, M.D., Santa Barbara, Cal. 



Willard Bealian, Winona, Minn. 



Henry Beates, Jr., M.D., President of State 

 Board of Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Horace M. Bellows, M.D., Huntingdon Valley, 

 Pa. 



Wm. B. Bentley, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. 



John Robert Benton, Ph.D., Assistant in 

 Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Maurice Alpheus Bigelow, Ph.D., Instructor in 

 Biology, Teachers College, Columbia University, 

 New York City. 



John C. Bland, Engineer of Bridges, 1003 Penn 

 Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. 



Harrington Blauvelt, Mining Engineer, Pres- 

 cott, Arizona. 



Frank H. Brewster, Mechanical Engineer, 

 Derby, Conn. 



Arthur Erwin Brown, Secretary of Zoological 

 Society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Henry G. Bryant, Geographer, 2013 Walnut 

 Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Andrew Bryson, Civil Engineer, Brylgon 

 Foundry, Beading, Pa. 



Carl W. Buchholz, Chief Engineer, Erie Rail- 

 road, 21 Cortlandt Street, New York City. 



J. F. Bunn, Attorney-at-Law, Tiffin, Ohio. 



C. P. E. Burgn-yn, Consulting Engineer, Rich- 

 mond, Va. 



George Burnham, Jr., Civil Engineer, Baldwin 

 Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Standish Barry Biirton, Civil and Mining Engi- 

 neer, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. 



Matthew Joseph Butler, Civil Engineer, 22 Wel- 

 lington Place, Toronto, Canada. 



