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than private individuals, and he thought it would be found 

 very difficult to find private gentlemen so scientific as 

 to go to the very large expense which would be required, 

 without any certainty of recouping themselves or obtaining 

 interest on the money. 



The resolution was carried unanimously. 



Mr. CORNISH, in reply, having thanked the meeting, 

 said he would make one remark on Mr. Saville Kent's 

 paper, that was with regard to the use of the berry of 

 the lobster. If they could only bring it home to the 

 minds of cooks that the berry of the lobster was absolutely 

 tasteless, and if it had any taste at all it was a slightly 

 unpleasant taste of iron, and that, therefore, it was only 

 valuable as a colouring matter, there might be some hope 

 of putting a stop to the present practice of using it for 

 sauce. He then proposed a vote of thanks to the Chair- 

 man for his kindness in taking the chair. He had known 

 him for some years as a practical fisherman, and he was 

 sure a better chairman could not have been selected. 



Mr. SAVILLE KENT seconded the motion, which was 

 carried unanimously. 



The CHAIRMAN said he could assure the Conference 

 it had given him great pleasure to be present that day, 

 because this question of crustaceans was one which must 

 interest every one. The lobster and crab fisheries had 

 always had a peculiar interest to him, because it was 

 essentially a fishery for poor men. The crabbers generally 

 worked with their own hands alone, and in their own 

 little boats, and were exposed to almost as hard work 

 as any toiler of the sea, so that anything which could 



