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Owiug to my professional engagements I was unable to take 

 a practical part during the first two months of the Survey of 1890. 

 I therefore asked Professor E. E. Prince, of Glasgow, to act as my 

 substitute, which he did with efficiency for five weeks. As Pro- 

 fessor Prince could not spare any more time, I invited Mr. E. W. 

 L. Holt, to take his place, and for a month and a-half Mr. Holt 

 worked to my entire satisfaction. I joined the S.S. " Fingal " in 

 June, and took charge of the Natural History Department until 

 the end of the cruise, during which time I was greatly assisted by 

 my friend Mr. A. F. Dixon, B.A., T.C.D. Dr. Scharff, Curator 

 of the Natural History Museum, Science and Art Museum, Dublin ; 

 Mr. J. E. Duerden, of the Eoyal College of Science, Dublin, and 

 others also rendered assistance for a short time. 



The narrative of the Survey in 1890 has been published by 

 Mr. Green. (Peport of the Council of the Eoyal Dublin Society 

 for 1890 — Appendix E.) As the Survey was only half completed 

 I forbore from publishing any of the results we had obtained until 

 its completion. Mr. Holt has already published the two following 

 papers, which have considerable biological interest. " Survey of 

 Fishing Grounds, West Coast of Ireland, 1890, I., on the Eggs 

 and Larvge of Teleosteans," Trans. E. D. S., N.S. IV., pt. vii., 

 1890 ; " Survey of Fishing Grounds, West Coast of Ireland, Pre- 

 liminary Note on the Fish obtained during the cruise of the S.S. 

 Fingal,' 1890," Proc. R. D. S. VII., pt ii., 1891. Professor 

 Prince has also completed a paper on the larval forms of Teleostei 

 which came under his notice, which will very shortly be published 

 in the Society's Transactions. 



As Mr. Green decided to continue the Survey in 1891, during 

 the spring months, I was again unable to undertake an active part 

 in the work. With the sanction of the Fishery Committee I ap- 

 pointed Mr. Holt as my representative, and intrusted to him the 

 whole of the Natural History Section of the Survey. The accom- 

 panying Reports " On the Results of the Fishery Operations," 

 and " On the Scientific Evidence on the Economic Question of 

 Fishes," will in some measure indicate the thorough and careful 

 manner in which Mr. Holt fulfilled his trust. Mr. D. H. Lane, of 

 Cork, volunteered to act as Mr. Holt's assistant, and his cheerful 

 and untiring labours in the interest of the Survey deserve* the 

 warmest acknowledgment. I was able to be on board the S.S. 



