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to speak so much of scientific results which may flow 

 from the Exhibition, as of scientific results which are 

 illustrated in the Exhibition, and in particular of those 

 results of the science of Zoology which are of import- 

 ance to the Fish Industry, and are more or less com- 

 pletely set forth for our instruction and edification in 

 the collections which have been brought together in 

 the London International Fisheries Exhibition. 



It would have been a congenial task to me to 

 describe here some of the rare specimens of great 

 interest to the zoologist, which have been sent by 

 foreign countries to this exhibition. Such specimens as 

 Nordenskj old's Rhytina and the magnificent skeletons 

 of Xiphioid Whales shown in the Swedish Court are of 

 surpassing interest and importance from the zoological 

 point of view. At the same time it must be admitted 

 that they do not have any special importance in rela- 

 tion to Fisheries, and accordingly I must leave un- 

 noticed such rarities and delights of the zoologist, in 

 order to address myself more especially to the ques- 

 tion of the relationship of the science of zoology to 

 the fish industry. 



The value of zoological science in relation to 

 fisheries is not, I think, so fully appreciated in this 

 country as is desirable in the interests of the public, 

 and of those who make profit by enterprise in 

 fisheries. 



There is a very general tendency among men 

 whose occupations are of a commercial character to 

 undervalue the work of scientific inquiry, not only in 

 regard to such matters as fisheries and fish -culture, 



