218 FISH HATCHING. 



number of fish have been hatched out during 

 the past few months,"^ and have, I trust, been 

 the cause of amusement and instruction to 

 the visitors. It is in this apparatus that the 

 experiments of hatching out the ova after 

 they have been frozen have been arranged 

 and carefully watched by Tennant the 

 keeper. 



I have also brought, from time to time, the 

 matter before the scientific meetings of the 

 Society, and have been much pleased with 

 the kind reception the notes of my obser- 

 vations have met with from members and 

 visitors present. At the end of one of these 

 meetings a laughable incident occurred to 

 myself and the young fish. (See Appendix.) 



* I fear the season has now (May) passed to see this appa- 

 ratus in working order. I trust the Council will sanction the 

 repetition of the process again towards the end of this year. 



