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would be a source of interest and instruction to many thousands 

 of people annually. The idea had occurred to them, she said, 

 that the park in which the Musuem was placed would be more 

 complete if there were some building to which visitors might 

 resort for rest and interest, and this idea had materialised in 

 the form of a Fisheries and Shipping Museum. Other speeches 

 were made by Mr. Christopher Pickering, the Sheriff of Hull 

 (Alderman J. Brown), the Mayor (Councillor T. S. Taylor), 

 Councillor J. H. Robins, the Right Hon. T. R. Ferens, M.P., and 

 Alderman E. Hanger. 



The building itself is of red brick, faced with stonework, 

 and with red granite pillai's at the entrance. Its interior 

 fittings are of oak, and the arrangement of the lighting, chiefly 

 from the top, is excellent. 



In a port like Hull there is much scope for a museiim of 

 this nature. In the first place, it is proposed to illustrate as 

 far as possible, by means of models, pictures, etc., the evolu- 

 tion of the fishing industry in Hull, in reference to both the 

 type of vessels engaged at various periods, and to the 

 appliances used. In a similar way, Hull's importance in 

 former times as a whaling port will be brought home to the 

 visitor by means of suitable exhibits. Needless to say, 

 shipping, mercantile and naval, will also receive a good deal 

 of attention, and the changes in type of both sailing and 

 steamships, will be exhibited -by means of models. 



But what is above all of interest to the naturalist, is the 

 opportunity now opened, of which full advantage will be taken, 

 for the exhibition of specimens of the various forms of life 

 that inhabit the sea. Here is a branch of museum work which 

 should be a great educational factor in a fishing centre. The 

 different food fishes, their life histories, and their enemies, can 

 be exhibited along with the lower forms of marine life. If 

 the co-operation of the North Sea Fisheries Investigation 

 Committee were obtained, what a valuable series of specimens 

 could be got together. Such a collection, together with objects 

 and photographs illustrating the methods of fishery investiga- 

 tion in the North Sea, would also serve to give to the fishermen 

 of Hull a clear and intelligent insight into this inquiry, and 

 thus make it of even more practical value than it is. 



A word as to the exhibits already housed in the museum. 

 The most complete series at the present time is perhaps that 

 of the whaling relics. It includes the various types of har- 

 poons, models and paintings of whaling ships, articles made 

 of whalebone, etc., etc. The old museum at the Royal Institu- 

 tion, Hull, contained a fine series of Esquimaux relics, brought 

 to Hull by the old whalers, and these have now been accom- 

 modated in the new building. On the grounds outside, a pair 

 of large whale jaws have been fixed in the form of an arch, in a 



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