SEA-FISHERIES LABORATORY. 75 



Fisheries Exhibitiox 



It was decided last Summer to arrange an Exhibition 

 illustrative of the fisheries of the district, and a grant of 

 money was made by the Committee in August for this 

 purpose. Most of the specimens required had already 

 been collected for the Fisheries Museum at Liverpool 

 University. Otherwise it would have been impossible to 

 have obtained them in the time at our disposal. Work 

 connected with this Fisheries Exhibit occupied a large 

 part of Mr. Johnstone's and Mr. Scott's time during the 

 Summer. Dr. Jenkins took pains to obtain for us some 

 fine specimens which were needed to complete the series. 

 My private Research-Assistant, Mr. Wm. Riddell, also 

 gave a good deal of time and valuable assistance in the 

 preparation of specimens, illustrations and labels for this 

 Exhibition. 



I desire, however, to put on record for the informa- 

 tion of the Committee that, although a number of 

 different minds and hands have co-operated in the 

 preparations, this Fisheries Exhibition is mainly the 

 work of Mr. Johnstone, who has been indefatigable in 

 his efforts to obtain the best specimens and illustrations 

 and to arrange them in the most instructive manner. 



In order to make the Exhibition more complete we 

 have had to include, on loan, some series (such as samples 

 of sea-bottoms, and of Plankton gatherings) that belong- 

 to the Zoological Museum of the University, and some 

 results of work done at the Port Erin Biological Station 

 and elsewhere on the WestCoasl. 



The collection was sent in the firsl instance, at the 

 request of the Fishmongers 9 Company and the Nat- 

 Sea Fisheries Protection Association, to the Fisheries 

 Exhibition which was held in the Anhnnn at Etusholme, 



