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APPENDIX 



THE hoped-for " scientific result of the Fisheries Ex- 

 hibition " sketched at the end of the lecture given by 

 me in 1883 has become a reality. At the close of 

 the Exhibition I obtained the signatures of a number 

 of leading naturalists and others interested in fishery 

 questions to a memorial to the Executive Council of 

 the Exhibition, asking that a portion of the surplus 

 receipts of the Exhibition might be devoted to the 

 foundation of a laboratory for the production of new 

 knowledge with regard to food-fishes. The surplus 

 was, however, applied to other purposes, and the 

 chances of starting such a laboratory seemed small, 

 when Dr. Gunther of the British Museum suggested 

 to me the formation of an association having for its 

 object the foundation and maintenance of one or 

 more such laboratories. Some of the officers and 

 Council of the Koyal Society warmly supported this 

 suggestion, and kindly gave the use of the rooms of 

 the Society in March 1884 for a meeting at which 

 Professor Huxley presided. This meeting was at- 

 tended not only by scientific biologists, but by repre- 

 sentatives of the Fishmongers' Company, and by all the 

 members of the Eoyal Commission on Trawling, at 

 that time engaged in inquiries into the fishing in- 

 dustry. It was agreed to establish the Marine 



