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of Mr. Andrew Scott, I organised a scheme for the weekly 

 collection of surface plankton throughout 1897 at six 

 stations in our district. The localities were Port Erin 

 (I. of Man), New Brighton (near Liverpool), Lytham and 

 mouth of Kibble (coast of Lancashire), Piel (Barrow 

 Channel), and from the Fisheries steamer, at sea, wherever 

 she happened to be. The collections were taken, preserved, 

 and sent to my Laboratory at Liverpool, where they were 



Fig. 5. Plan of the L.M.B.C. District. 



measured by Mr. Scott and then examined in detail. The 

 scheme was started towards the end of January, and was 

 kept up as regularly as possible — perfect regularity is not 

 possible, first, on account of the weather, and secondly, 

 because the bailiffs who take the gatherings are liable to 

 be called off occasionally to other duties. During the 

 first fourteen weeks the number of gatherings received 



