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investigations was handed over to be dealt with by the 

 Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Committee. 



At a meeting of the Sea-Fisheries Committee held in 

 Preston on February 8th, I submitted a detailed scheme 

 for the establishment and working of a Fisheries Labora- 

 tory ; and offered to give my services in arranging and 

 supervising the scientific work provided the Committee 

 established the laboratory in connection with the Natural 

 History Department of University College, Liverpool, and 

 found the necessary funds for the salary of an assistant 

 and a small annual grant for apparatus and material. 

 This was agreed to, and a sub-committee, consisting of 

 Mr. W. S. Barrett, Alderman Grindley, and Mr. J. Vicars, 

 was appointed to act along with me in making arrange- 

 ments as to the laboratory with the Council of University 

 College and to receive estimates for the erection of the 

 building. A form of agreement with the College Council 

 was drawn up and signed, a suitable position was obtained 

 on the roof of the Natural History Department, and a 

 wooden laboratory (20 X 10 ft.), with a small tank-room 

 adjoining (see PI. I.) was erected by the wood-working 

 department of the College, under the direction of Mr. R. 

 Garner, for the sum of £91 4 1. The necessary plumbing, 

 gasfitting and plastering work cost £'26 6 6, the tanks 

 £30 10 0, and the other fittings and apparatus, and stock 

 of bottles, spirit, chemicals, &c, up to the end of Decem- 

 ber, 1892, about £30 ; while the salary of the assistant, and 

 the current expenses up to the completion of the year will 

 bring the expenses up to the full amount granted, £300. 



Along one side of the laboratory under the two larger 

 windows is fixed a strong work-table for the dissection 

 and microscopic examination of specimens, and provided 

 with sink and gas and water fittings. The back of the 

 room is provided with abundance of shelving for the 



