and plaice not less than !) inches h)ng, f^om the same 

 CATCH, should be sent every fortnight either to Piel or 

 Liverpool as is most convenient. Uncommon Inverte- 

 brates should be preserved and sent to the Liverpool 

 Laboratory for identification. 

 " ''5. — E X a m i n a t i o n of S h e 1 1 f i s h B e d s . 



"The Morecambe mussel beds and the cockle beds near 

 the liibble Estuary should be examined at intervals. 

 Other shellfish beds should be treated in a similar manner 

 as time permits. The transplantation experiments should 

 be continued, aud samples of the transplanted shellfish 

 should be sent to Liverpool as often as they are taken. 



The usual bacteriological examinations will be made 

 from time to time as the Committee requires the informa- 

 tion. But if desirable any one bed can be systematically 

 examined and reported upon. Several inspections have 

 been made during* the present year of the Morecambe 

 mussel beds, and a bacteriological examination has 

 already been made of the mussels at Llanfairfechan. 

 " 4. — F ish-marking Experiments.- 



" Nearly 1,000 fish will have been marked and 

 liberated before the end of the present year. A con- 

 siderable number have been returned — varying from 

 5 per cent, to 50 per cent, of those liberated according to 

 the " Station." Tables aud charts are being prepared 

 shewing the results, and the Avhole matter will be 

 discussed in Professor Herdman's forthcoming re^^ort. 

 Mr. Johnstone proposes to give a preliminary account of 

 the results of these experiments at the next meeting of 

 the Scientific Sub-Committee. It is proposed, if the 

 Committee agree, to carry on these experiments during 

 the next year, with, whatever modification the results of 

 the past experiments may suggest. It is proposed to 

 mark flounders as well as plaice. 



