318 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
by Mr. C. Hedley ; attendance, 64. A Botanico-Entomological Study, 
by Mr. W. J. Rainbow ; attendance, 26.” 
THE Fourth International Fishery Congress will convene in the 
city of Washington, United States of America, from the 22nd to the 
26th of September, 1908, to deliberate on important matters relating 
to fishing and fish culture, and to submit propositions for the benefit 
of the fisheries to Governments and to State, provincial, and local 
authorities. The Congress will be organized and conducted in con- 
formity with the decisions for the regulation of the international 
fishery congresses decreed in Paris in 1900. The membership of the 
Congress will consist of Government, State, and provincial representa- 
tives, delegates from home and foreign societies, corporations and 
persons invited by the management of the Congress, and persons at 
home and abroad who are deemed to have an interest in the purposes 
of the Congress, and express a wish to take part in it. All members 
have a right to vote, to participate in the discussions, and to make 
independent propositions. In case a corporation should be repre- 
sented by several delegates, the members of this delegation have the 
right only to one vote, which shall be cast by the delegate designated 
to the presiding officer. The delivery of the card of admission gives 
to members the right to take part in all the enterprises and excursions 
projected by the Congress, to receive all the publications, and to wear 
the insignia of the Congress. The members of the Congress are 
required to conform to its regulations and decisions. The member- 
ship fee is fixed at two dollars for each person, excepting the official 
representatives of Governments, who become members by virtue of 
their credentials. 
In response to invitations extended by the Government of the 
United States, twelve national Governments have already signified 
their purpose to be officially represented, and delegates have been 
appointed by the governors of many of the states of the United 
States. In view of the small number of the nations which have 
formally indicated their inability to officially participate, and the large 
number of persons who will attend as individuals or as representa- 
tives of important fishery societies, the Congress promises to be im- 
portant in its representative character, size, and the value of its 
proceedings. 
All persons interested in the fisheries, fish culture, and fishery 
administration, or in scientific investigations and experiments related 
to the fisheries, are invited to attend the meetings and take part in 
