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SEA-FISH HATCHING AT Poiri' ERIN IN l!)0o. 

 By W. a. Hkkdmax. 



As the Eeports of tlie Islo of ^[nn EislicT-ics 15o;ii-(l 

 liavc only a limited ciiculatioii and are prol)al)lY unknown 

 to nionibors of the Laneasliire and Western Comniitlee, 

 it may be fonnd eonvenient to have recorded here Iho 

 ])oriioii of tlie last report whieli deals Avitli sea-fisheries 

 work in 1905. It orcnrs in the " Ilepoi't from tlie lion. 

 Director," as xVppendix I. to the First* Annual Report of 

 the Fisheries Board. 



The Report is made 1o Tynwald Court, and was drawn 

 np in June, 1905, and signed on July 5th. 4'lie Report 

 contains the following" sentences : 



" The Board entered into negotiations with the 

 Lancashire and Western Sea Fisheries Joint Committee, 

 with a view to obtaining the assistance of the Committee's 

 s.s. " 'fohn Fell '" in policing the territorial waters of the 

 Isle of Man, and, having made a preliminary arrangement 

 with the Committee, applied for and obtained from the 

 TyuAvald Court a grant of £50 for the purpose of 

 carrying out such arrangement. 



" The agreement is now in operation, and Dr. J. 

 Travis Jenkins, Superintendent of Fisheries to the Joint 

 Committee, and Capt. Wignall, of the s.s. " John Fell," 

 have been appointed Fishery Ofticcrs under the provisions 

 of the Sea Fisheries Act, 1894." 



The Appendix on the Sea-fish Hatchery and 

 Aquarium at Port Erin runs as follows: - 



■•■- The thi'ec previous reports were made by ii Committee appointecl 

 by Tynwald Court — this Committee and others being now^ rephiced by 

 the •' Fisheries Board," 



