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have been successfully carried on this year at Piel, and 
Messrs. Scott and Johnstone, who were mainly concerned 
in the work report to me as follows : 
“The Technical Instruction Committee of the County 
Council having given a further grant of money to enable 
Fishermen to obtain instruction in the life histories, &c., 
of the Economie Marine Animals, from our Scientific 
Department, arrangements were made for carrying on the 
Practical Classes at Piel, where a supply of living animals 
_ could be obtained easily, and where, during spring, the 
hatching of the eggs of Sea Fish could be shown. 
“Three Classes, each attended by ten men, were held 
during the year, two in the Fish Hatching Season, and one 
in the Summer. A Fourth Class, to follow immediately 
after the third, was also proposed, but this was abandoned 
owing to the difficulty the men had in coming at that time 
of the year. The following are the dates when the 
Classes were held, and the names of the men who attended 
them :— 
‘March 18th to 29th—John Wright, Southport: William 
Rimmer, Southport; Robert Wilson, Morecambe; David 
Willacy, Morecambe; Richard Woodhouse, Morecambe; 
Daniel Hadwin, Flookbureh; Peter Butler, Flookburgh ; 
Samuel Bayliff, Baycliff: John Shaw, Bayeliff; Robert 
Porter, Baycliff. 
“April 15th to 27th—William J. Robinson, Formby ; 
Edward Rigby, Southport; Thomas Wright, Southport ; 
J. Johnson, Banks; J. Wearing, Banks; Samuel Colley, 
Sen., Fleetwood; Thomas Leadbetter, Fleetwood: Daniel 
Bell, Morecambe; James Dobson, Morecambe: James 
Swain, Morecambe. 
“July ist to July 12th—Thomas Hardman, Lytham ; 
John Robert Wignall, Lytham; Richard Wright, Fleetwood: 
