THE SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF THE 



INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION, 



LONDON, 1883 



The text which has been selected for the Paper which 

 I have the honour to submit on the present occasion 

 has caused me no little perplexity on account of its 

 ambiguity. 



It has been pointed out to me that it is unwise to 

 prophesy unless you know, and that no one at present 

 can know what may be the results, scientific or other- 

 wise, of the great Exhibition, which has still some 

 months of its career to run. 



Again, it is apparent that the word " scientific " 

 has a very wide scope, including statistical, mechani- 

 cal, hydrographical, biological and sociological results, 

 all of which are in some way or other to be observed 

 and studied in the great International Fisheries Exhi- 

 bition. 



The comprehensive vagueness of the title of my 

 discourse has, on the other hand, the advantage that 

 it permits me to choose from a very wide range of 

 subjects, and I have accordingly to submit to you the 

 following as a more exact definition of the matter to 

 which I desire to call your attention. I propose, not 



