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Messrs. Ashworth, of Lough Comb. The boxes are placed to the free action of 

 running water, and the ova settle, distributed through the gravel that forms the bed 

 of the boxes. In the month of March the fry will have burst their shell. Mr. Buist 

 deserved great credit for publishing regularly the reports of his progress. Mr. Ffennell 

 had received a large quantity of the impregnated ova, and he had sent about 30,000 

 to Mr. Canes, at St. Woolstan's, for the purpose of carrying on the propagation in the 

 Liffey. Mr. Ffennell also read a report from Mr. Doherty, of Bushmills, who states 

 that he had deposited in boxes about 12,000 ova. He made those deposits on the 1st, 

 15th, and 26th December last. The boxes are 36 feet long, 18 inches wide and 9 

 inches deep. The ponds are 88 square yards, by 4 feet deep, and are supplied with a 

 regular stream of water from the river Bush. So far, Mr. Doherty's experiments are 

 going on successfully. Mr. Ffennell said he had a large quantity of the ova, which 

 he was experimenting on at the Custom-house, and he would, from time to time, pre- 

 sent to the Society phials of the ova, showing the progressive development, and he 

 would further be most happy to assist any who were desirous of following similar 

 experiments and investigations. Mr. Ffennell was also happy to say that the young 

 fry which created so much interest at the Exhibition were thriving and growing well. 

 A few days since he took one with a small net from the tank, of which he had an 

 accurate drawing and measurements made. Its length was 4^ inches, showing the 

 size of growth from the time he first got them in June. At that time they were barely 

 an inch in length. Any of the members calling at the Custom-house, it would give 

 him much pleasure to show them. 



Mr. Geo. A. Pollock said that in the time of the Earl of Hardwicke the Irish 

 fisheries were considered of the highest importance, and that it was remarked in a 

 correspondence, that it was one of the principles inculcated on the members at their 

 election, that they should support the Irish fisheries. 



James Haughton, Esq., of Moorfields, Koebuck, was elected a member. 



Great Practical Naturalists' Exhibition. 



At a preliminary Meeting held during the last month, it was unanimously 

 agreed, that the best mode of promoting the science of Natural History was to 

 open an Exhibition, at the Victoria Gardens, Bury, Lancashire, in April, 1854, 

 of every description of preserved quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, insects, shells, and 

 every other branch of Zoology. It was the general opinion of that Meeting, that the 

 only mode they had at present to improve themselves, was by going to see each other's 

 specimens, which often lay at a distance of many miles from each, and took so very 

 much time, and was so expensive; and not having each other's specimens to compare, 

 in many cases they were little improved. It was the opinion, that by having all 

 together, by seeing and comparing them a few times, they might learn as much 

 in seven years as at present; and especially, as there will be living specimens of 

 eagles, hawks, owls, gold, silver, and other pheasants, rare species of wild ducks, 

 red-legged, and other partridges, bitterns, herons, storks, spoonbills, ruffs, godwits, 

 <Stc, all living on the spot to compare with those stuffed. There will he a General 

 Meeting of all persons interested in the above, held at the house of Mr. G. Hamil- 

 ton, New-Market Inn, Bury, on Sunday, the 20lh day of January, 1854, at two 

 o'clock in the afternoon, precisely. — G. Booth ; Bolton street, Bury. 



