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there are many practical problems presenting- themselves 

 for enquiry ; such for instance as the life history of food 

 fishes, of the organisms they feed upon, and of their 

 enemies, the examination of various marine products, 

 and so forth. For such purposes, as well as for research 

 by savants and students, and for the provision of speci- 

 mens of marine life for scientific and educational pur- 

 poses, the new institution with its laboratories, library, 

 aad museum, will be most valuable, while providing in 

 the aquarium proper a means of popular and most 

 iiterestino- instruction. 



19. Progress. — The work of " Fisheries," having 

 h'therto been mainly that of enquiry and experiment, has 

 only been slightly devoted to demonstration ; hence there 

 has not yet been much positive advance in fishery 

 matters among the fisherfolk and curers themselves. But 

 the work of the Government experimental stations, the 

 attempts in several places to start out on the new lines, 

 the awakening of public interest in fisheries, the training 

 of several men, including our own staff, in the stations, 

 and the visits of enquirers, have already produced a new 

 public interest in fishery development — a very good 

 beginning among conservative folk in an industry 

 hitherto wholly untouched by progress or even by 

 industrial thought. 



