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NATURE 
April 5, 1883 
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Europe, and so long ago as 1844 a more extended tour in 
South Italy and Sicily. In this country he was so well 
known that British entomologists will feel that in his death 
they have lost one of themselves ; it is nearly thirty-five 
years since he was elected an Honorary Member of the 
Entomological Society of London, and he was one of the 
editors of Mr. Stainton’s magnificent “ Natural History 
of the Tineina.” There are those amongst us in this 
country who in Zeller’s death have lost one of their 
dearest friends. Scientific entomology has lost one of its 
most shining lights. R. MCLACHLAN 
THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES 
EXHIBITION 
HE MAJESTY THE QUEEN has recently ap- 
pointed the 12th of May for the opening of the 
International Fisheries Exhibition, which an influential 
and energetic committee, under the active presidency of 
the Prince of Wales, has developed to a magnitude 
undreamt of by those concerned in its early beginnings. 
This magnitude is perhaps as great a matter of agreeable 
surprise to Mr. Birkbeck and its other Norwich founders 
as it will be to those who have very naturally become 
accustomed to class all specific exhibitions together upon 
a standard formed by the unfortunate annual exhibitions 
of which the public has, not without reason, grown 
weary. 
The idea of anzzternational Fisheries Exhibition arose 
out of the success of the show of British fishery held at 
Norwich a short time ago; and the president and execu- 
tive of the latter formed the nucleus of the far more 
powerful body by whom the present enterprise has been 
brought about. 
The buildings are well advanced towards completion, 
and will be finished long before the opening day; the 
exhibitors will, it is hoped, support the executive by 
sending in their goods in time, and thus all will be ready 
for the 12th proximo. 
The plan of the buildings embraces the whole of the 
twenty-two acres of the Horticultural Gardens: the 
upper half, left in its usual state of cultivation, will form 
a pleasant lounge and resting-place for visitors in the 
intervals of their study of the collections. This element 
of garden accommodation was one of the most attractive 
features at the Paris Exhibition of 1878. 
As the plan of the buildings is straggling and extended, 
and widely separates the classes, the most convenient 
mode of seeing the show will probably be found in going” 
through the surrounding buildings first, and then taking 
the annexes as they occur. 
On entering the main doors in the Exhibition Road, we 
pass through the Vestibule to the Council Room of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, which has been decorated 
for the reception of marine paintings, river subjects, and 
fish pictures of all sorts, by modern artists. 
Leaving the Fine Arts behind, the principal building of 
the Exhibition is before us—that devoted to the deep sea 
fisheries of Great Britain. It is a handsome wooden struc- 
ture 750 ft. in length, 50 ft. wide, and 30 ft. at its greatest 
height. The model of this, as well as of the other 
temporary wooden buildings, is the same as that of the 
annexes of the great Exhibition of 1862. 
On our Jeft are the Dining Rooms with the Kitchens in 
the rear. The thirdroom, set apart for cheap fish dinners 
(one of the features of the Exhibition), is to be decorated 
at the expense of the Baroness Burdett Coutts, and its 
walls are to be hung with pictures lent by the Fishmongers’ 
Company, who have also furnished the requisite chairs 
and tables, and have made arrangements fora daily supply 
of cheap fish, while almost everything necessary to its 
maintenance (forks, spoons, table-linen, &c.), will be lent 
by various firms, 
gardens : 
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The apsidal building attached is to be devoted to 
lectures on the cooking of fish. 
Having crossed the British Section, and turning to the 
right and passing by another entrance, we come upon 
what will be to all one of the most interesting features of 
the Exhibition, and to the scientific student of ichthyology 
a collection of paramount importance. We allude to the 
Western Arcade, in which are placed the Aquaria, which 
have in their construction given rise to more thoughtful 
care and deliberation than any other part of the works. On 
the right, in the bays, are the twenty large asphalt tanks, 
about 12 ft. long, 3 ft. wide,and 3ft.deep. These are the 
largest dimensions that the space at command will allow, 
but it is feared by some that they will be found somewhat 
confined for fast going fish. Along the wall on the left 
are ranged twenty smaller or table-tanks of slate, which 
vary somewhat in size; theten largest are about 5 ft. 8 in. 
long, 2 ft. 9 in. wide, and 1 ft. gin. deep. 
In this Western Arcade will be found all the new 
inventions in fish culture—models of hatching, breeding 
and rearing establishments, apparatus for the transporting 
of fish, ova, models, and drawings of fish-passes and 
ladders, and representations of the development and 
growth of fish. The chief exhibitors are specialists, and 
are already well known to our readers. Sir James Gib- 
son Maitland has taken an active part in the arrangement 
of this branch, and is himself one of the principal con- 
tributors. 
In the north of the Arcade where it curves towards the 
Conservatory, will be shown an enormous collection of 
examples of stuffed fish, contributed by many of the 
prominent angling societies. In front of these on the 
counter will be ranged microscopic preparations of 
parasites, &c., and a stand from the Norwich Exhibi- 
tion of a fauna of fish and fish-eating birds. 
Passing behind the Conservatory and down the Eastern 
Arcade—in which will be arranged Algze, Sponges, Mol- 
lusca, Star-fish, worms used for bait, insects which destroy 
spawn or which serve as food for fish, &c.—on turning to 
the left, we find ourselves in the Fish Market, which will 
probably vie with the Aquaria on the other side in attract- 
ing popular attention. This model Billingsgate is to be 
divided into two parts, the one for the sale of fresh, the 
other of dried and cured fish. 
Next in order come the two long iron sheds appropriated 
respectively to Life-boats and Machinery inmotion. Then 
past the Royal Pavilion (the idea of which was doubtless 
taken from its prototype at the Paris Exhibition) to the 
southern end of the central block, which is shared by the 
Netherlands and Newfoundland ; just to the north of the 
former Belgium has a place. 
While the Committee of the Netherlands was one of 
the earliest formed, Belgium only came in at the eleventh 
hour ; she will, however, owing to the zealous activity of 
Mr. Lenders, the Consul in London, send an important 
contribution worthy of her interest in the North Sea 
fisheries. We ought also to mention that Newfoundland 
is among those colonies which have shown great energy, 
and she may be expected to send a large collection. 
Passing northward we come to Sweden and Norway, 
with Chili between them. These two countries were, like 
the Netherlands, early in preparing to participate in the 
Exhibition. Each has had its own Committee, which 
has been working hard since early in 1882. 
Parallel to the Scandinavian section is that devoted to 
Canada and the United States. While the American 
Government has freighted a ship with specimens expected 
daily, the former has entered heart and soul into the 
friendly rivalry, and will occupy an equal space—ten 
thousand square feet. 
In the Northern Transept will be placed the inland 
fisheries of the United Kingdom. At each end of the 
building is aptly inclosed a basin formerly standing in the 
and over the eastern one will be erected the 
