Beport, has not yet come into active operation. There 

 seems now, however, a fair prospect that this branch of 

 Technical Instruction will soon receive here the attention 

 that it merits. The principle of the scheme — the course 

 of instruction and the allotment of the money — have been 

 approved by the Sea-Fisheries Committee, the County 

 Technical Instruction Committee, and the Senate of 

 University College, Liverpool. The Lancashire County 

 Council has decided to offer two Fisheries Scholarships of 

 £60 a year each for two years, and a number of Fisheries 

 Studentships of £10 to £15 each. The details of the entrance 

 examinations were, however, not arranged in time to 

 permit of the scheme being started at the beginning of the 

 present College Session. The Liverpool City Technical 

 Instruction Committee have allowed certain of their 

 scholarships to be used by "Fisheries" students, and 

 two such scholars have already (Oct., 1899) commenced 

 work in the Zoological department. It is to be hoped 

 that at least one Lancashire County "Fisheries" scholar 

 may be enabled to start his curriculum in January, 1900. 



Turning to still higher Fisheries Education and Research, 

 the Committee will be interested to know that I have now 

 working with me at University College one of the holders 

 of the "1851 Exhibition" from the University of Wales, 

 Mr. J. T. Jenkins, B.Sc. ; who, in addition to other pieces 

 of work, is engaged on an investigation of the digestive 

 glands of oysters, and other edible shell-fish, and the 

 changes they undergo with varying conditions of health. 

 We have had as visitors during the year, at the Liverpool] 

 Laboratory and at the Piel Hatchery, Mr. Woodall of 

 Scarborough, Mr. Fryer of the Board of Trade, Mr, Gray of] 

 Millport Biological Station, Dr. Knut Dahl of Throndhjem, 

 Dr. Oscar Nordgaard of Bergen, and finally, Mr. K. Oku 

 (Chemist to the Imperial Fisheries Bureau at Tokyo) who I 



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