The samples of Irish herrings, together with those from the 

 North of Scotland and the samples of 1920 from the Shetlands, 

 give good grounds for concluding that the Atlantic waters from 

 Donegal Bay to the North West of the Shetlands are populated 

 by shoals of oceanic herrings which resemble one another very 

 much in age composition and growth, and differ from the shoals 

 of the North Sea. 



Mrs. Cowan adds to the account of the herring investiga- 

 tions a paper on the size of the herrings. 



A short account is given of the destruction of smolts in the 

 Tyne in 1921 owing to the dry season. 



Several interesting occurrences have been recorded under 

 the head " Faunistic Notes." These papers are by no means 

 as exhaustive as we should like them to be, but the problem 

 of the cost of printing is becoming highly important. Other 

 papers have had to be kept back in the hope that conditions 

 in this respect will improve. 



Recurring to what I said last year regarding the accomoda- 

 tion of workers at Cullercoats, I am more than ever convinced 

 that a hostel at or near Cullercoats would be very useful. Tt 

 is obvious that if the rooms were not entirely taken up by workers 

 at the Laboratory they could be let to visitors and others who 

 desire to live at the seaside. 



ALEXANDER MEEK. 

 3rd August, 1921. 



