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Fig. 2. Dredging in Liverpool Bay—Emptying the dredge on deck. 
island was rich, and that the house, though destitute of 
doors and windows, was substantial, and could be easily 
put in good condition, the committee through one of their 
members, Mr. F. Archer, applied to the solicitor of the 
Dock Board for permission to convert the Puffin Island 
observatory into a biological station; and after some cor- 
respondence learned that the house had not been used by 
the Dock Board for over twenty years, and had now lapsed 
into the hands of the owner of the island, Sir Richard 
Williams Bulkeley of Baron Hill, Beaumaris. Mr. Archer 
now applied to Sir R. Bulkeley’s agent, Mr. Laurie, 
through Mr. R. R. Rathbone, and found that the use of 
the building had been promised some years before to the 
towns of Bangor, Beaumaris, Conway and Carnarvon, for 
the purpose of a cholera hospital, if required. This led to 
further correspondence and a delay of some months; but, 
