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the South Kensington Museum. Others grew to enormous 
sizes, but these two are the only ones of which I havea 
record of the exact weights. 
I tried similar experiments with cod, and with exactly 
the same results, but I could not grow them to more than 
8 to rolb., a weight which they attained in three years, and 
this only in the large tanks. In the smaller ones they grew 
very little. They had evidently reached the maximum 
growth possible in their circumstances. Various flat fish 
gave similar results, but captivity affected them more. I 
also tried the grey mullet. I could never succeed in raising 
them to more than from 4lb. to ilb. weight. They 
seemed more restless, and to require a larger area in which 
to develop. I, however, retarded the growth of’ some 
by keeping them in a little tank until eight years old, when 
they were only the size of minnows. 
Now, sir, to deal with the experiments made by our 
scientists under direction of the Sea Fisheries Committee of 
the County Council, and upon which they have founded 
_ their legislation. I do not deny for a moment that 
they look at first sight, and have been represented to 
the County Council as very shocking, but I think I 
can show that first appearances. by no means prove the 
case, and that these advisers have presented an utterly 
false argument, though founded on their own experi- 
ments. 
