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The President then called[upon 



Mr. Seaton F. Milligan, who said he had an announcement 

 to make which he was sure would be received with much 

 interest by all present They proposed at the end of June 

 next, or the beginning of July, to charter a cross-Channel 

 steamer which would start from Belfast and proceed to Rathlin 

 and on to those islands in Galway of which Mr. Green had 

 been speaking, and which possessed some most interesting 

 antiquities, which all who availed themselves of the excursion 

 would have an opportunity of examining. 



This announcement was received with applause. 



Professor Fitzgerald then proposed a hearty vote of thanks 

 to Mr. Green for his interesting lecture. The subject of Irish 

 fisheries was one that many people there knew little about, 

 except in a general way, and it was an industry that had not 

 been worked up as eifectively as it might have been. The 

 Government were fortunate in securing Mr. Green's services as 

 a fishery inspector, and the work which he had done on behalf 

 of the fishing industry in Ireland was of an extremely valuable 

 character, and would have very valuable results. 



Mr. John Brown, in cordially seconding the vote, wished to 

 know Mr. Green's opinion on the question of trawling. He 

 should imagine that trawling could not do the eggs much harm 

 in deep water, and that it was really in shallow water that any 

 injury could be done by trawlers. 



The motion was passed by acclamation. 



The President conveyed the vote in appropriate terms, and 

 said in reference to the question of trawling he shared Mr. 

 Brown's opinion on the subject. 



Mr. Green, in acknowledgment, thanked the audience for 

 their patient hearing and kind vote of thanks, and said he had 

 some difficulty in answering directly the question put by Mr. 

 Brown, because sometimes it was his business to sit on cases 

 which involved the question of trawling. There was no doubt 

 shallow waters were the nurseries for the young fish, and he 

 hoped Mr. Brown would be satisfied with that answer. 



