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in that connection he must state that on the American coast 

 they had a fish closely related to what was called hake in 

 England. In the deep sea explorations carried on by the 

 Fish Commission, this fish, which was during its adult life 

 a surface species, found about the shores, was found spawn- 

 ing at a depth of lOO fathoms, and not only did the eggs 

 appear to hatch perfectly well, but the young fish were 

 found in myriads at that depth and throve well, although 

 the adult was not in any sense a deep-sea fish. 



Mr. MONDEHARE had great pleasure in seconding the 

 vote of thanks, and congratulated Mr, Fryer on the sound 

 practical idea he had submitted to the meeting. Whether 

 there had been such a society started beforehand or not, 

 he had to be thanked for bringing it forward thus publicly. 

 He considered the proposal made by Mr. Fryer was really 

 an international one. The Society already started was 

 English in its management and constitution. The larger 

 Society would be an international society, because the in- 

 formation to be obtained and the measures proposed or 

 adopted would be known in foreign countries, and would 

 be news to fishermen all over the world. There were other 

 works of this international character, one in particular, 

 which had been much talked about lately, which was 

 French in its origin, and yet was really an international 

 work, and this would be the same. It therefore gave him 

 the greatest pleasure as one of the foreign delegates to 

 approve of it. 



The Chairman in putting the resolution said allusion 

 had been made to the National Fish Culture Association, 

 and he was sure nobody was a more hearty supporter of 

 that association than himself, as would be believed when he 

 informed the meeting that he was on the Executive Com- 

 mittee. Certainly, if he had any doubt in his own mind 



