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going to work, that the institution should be formally 

 inaugurated. His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor 

 was approached on the matter, and he kindly consented 

 to open the biological station on Saturday, June 4th, 

 w4iile the Lord Bishop, the Manx Attorney General, and 

 a number of members of the House of Keys and other 

 representative men in the Island were good enough to 

 promise to attend the ceremony and take part in the 

 luncheon at the Bellevue Hotel which was to follow. A 

 circular drawing attention to the completion of the station 

 and giving an outline of the proposed arrangements at 

 the opening was issued privately to naturalists and their 

 friends in the neighbourhood, and as 

 a response a party of over 30, con- 

 sisting of members of the committee, 

 a few other scientific men, and some 

 of the subscribers to the funds, crossed 

 over from Liverpool for the occasion. 

 The Liverpool Salvage Association, 

 with their unfailing kindness, had 

 been good enough to promise to lend 

 their useful steamer the " Hygena " 

 for four or five days at that time, but 

 as she was called off on duty at the 

 last moment, they sent instead the 

 steamer "Mallard" (under the com- 

 mand of Captain Batchelor of the 

 Salvage Association), on the Friday 

 afternoon, across to Port Erin, where 

 she remained till Monday. Dredging 

 trips in the neighbourhood took place 

 on three of the days, and on the 

 Saturday evening tow-netting with ^{^ 



Fig. 5. Submarine electric 

 light in tow-net. 



