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far from indirect economic interest — and it is expected that the 

 near future may give us the opportunities for the full prosecu- 

 tion of these researches. We acknowledge here, with much 

 appreciation , the assistance given by the Development Commis- 

 sioners and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and look 

 forward, with confidence, to the continued interest of these 

 departments in the marine biological and fishery work, which 

 has so long been carried on in the Irish Sea. 



JAS. JOHNSTONE. 



Department of Oceanography, 

 University, Liverpool, 

 Ap-il, 1922. 



