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26tli and May lOtli. These classes were again organised 

 by the Barrow Education Committee, with the permission 

 of the Chairman of the Sea-Fisheries Scientific Sub- 

 committee. 



The annual inspection of the classes by the Members 

 of the Sea-Fisheries Committee, and of the various Educa- 

 tion Committees of the County, was arranged to take place 

 on May -Jrd. The day proved most unfavourable. The 

 party were unable to land from the steamer after she 

 arrived in the harbour, owing to a strong southerly 

 gale and heavy sea beating on the shore. A number of 

 representatives of the steam trawling industry at Fleet- 

 wood visited the class on May 11th, and were able to 

 see the men at work. Members of various rambling clubs 

 and a party of scholars from Barrow Secondary School 

 visited the establishment on the Saturday afternoons 

 during March and April. Mr. A. Harris, H.M. Inspector 

 of evening schools for the district paid an official visit, 

 and inspected the teaching work that was going on. 

 Mr. K. C. De, of the Indian Civil Service, came to see the 

 laboratory, along with Dr. Jenkins, in July. Dr. J. W. 

 Eobertson, Chairman of the Eoyal Commission on Indus- 

 trial Training and Technical Education, Canada, paid a 

 visit to the establishment in September. He made 

 exhaustive encjuiries regarding the methods employed at 

 Piel in carrying on the classes for the instruction of fisher- 

 men in Navigation and Elementary Marine Biologv, and 

 the Nature Study (Marine Life) Classes for school teachers. 

 The equipment of the establishment was inspected, and 

 favourably commented upon. Mr. T. Kitahara, of the 

 Imperial Bureau of Fisheries, Japan, also called and 

 made inquiries about the work carried on. The followino- 

 letter has recently been received from the Director, 

 Department of Technical Education, Province of Nova 



