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purposes. The Sharks were removed from the central vestibule 

 of the upper Main Hall to the Fish Gallery. The Regalecus glesne, 

 Asc, and Trachypterus jacksoniensis, Ramsay, were separately 

 cased; coloured plaster reproductions of food fishes were arranged 

 in a separate case on the stair landing outside the gallery entrance ; 

 and copies of our published plates of Fishes, from my drawings, 

 were framed and placed on the walls of the same." 



Much information was supplied to enquirers, and particularly 

 to Mr. Tokichi Nishikawa, Zoologist to the Imperial Fishery 

 Commission of Japan ; and to the Fishery Commissioners of N. S. 

 Wales. 



Amongst the more important results of the year's work, Mr. 

 Waite demonstrated that the Dusky Dog-fish, or "Blind Shark," 

 ( Herniscyllium niodestum, Giinther), is ovoviviparous, also that the 

 Wobbegong (Orectolobus barbatus, Gmelin, sp.) brought forth its 

 young in a similar manner.® 



In my Report for 1900, I alluded to Mr. Waite's researches 

 amongst the Fishes of Lord Howe Island. These were continued 

 as collections came to hand, with the result that No. 2 of the 

 "Additions" has been published." Amongst other interesting re- 

 cords, he described a new three-banded Chcetodus (C. tricinctus, 

 Waite), and figured Ogilby's Monacmithus howensis. 



The donations during 1901 were larger than usual in past 

 years. A very acceptable present of fish from New Britain was 

 received from Dr. J. F. Flashman, comprising ten species; and 

 another of Rifle-fish (Toxotes chatareus, Ham. Buch.) was sent 

 from the Ulmsley River, Queensland, by Mr. G. H. Blakemore. 

 These are caught with rod and line, and grasshopper bait, and 

 are attracted by dropping stones into the water. An interesting 

 variety of the Black Sole ( Synaptura nigra, Macl.), in which the 

 underside, for the most part, is coloured like the upper, was pre- 

 sented by Mr. N. Aceglav. 



Mr. J. D. Ogilby presented a general collection, comprising 

 one hundred and forty-five specimens (fifty-three species), viz. : — 

 eighteen European, ten American, and twenty-five Australian. 

 An example of a Saw-fish (Pristis zysron, Bleek.), was given by 

 Mr. J. E. Chinery, a city fishmonger, measuring eight feet six 

 inches over all, the saw being two feet seven inches long. 



The piscatorial result of Mr. C. Hedley's visit to the inlying 

 portions of the Barrier Reef, was the acquisition of thirty-four 

 much needed fishes from northern waters. 



5 Waite — Studies in Australiaa Sharks, with Diagnosis of a New 

 Family.— 4wst. Mus. Rec, iv., 1, 1901, pp. 28 - 35. pi. iv. 



6 Waite — Additions to the Fish-fauna of Lord Howe Island, No. 2. — 

 Ibid., pp. 36-47, pis. v. - viii. 



