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cates of fishing vessels. A visit of inspection of the last fisher- 

 men's class was made by Dr. Snape, Director of Education 

 for Lancashire, Dr. Jenkins, Mr. A. Harris, H.M. Inspector of 

 Evening Schools, and Dr. Hoffert, H.M. Divisional Inspector 

 of Evening Schools. A new edition (the 3rd) of the syllabus of 

 lessons for fishermen attending the classes has been recently 

 published. It has been revised arid improved, and new illustra- 

 tions added. A section on Navigation has been written by 

 Captain Thornber, which should prove useful to the students 

 and others who wish to know something about the amount of 

 knowledge required to obtain certificates as officers of fishing 

 vessels. 



A sub-committee of the Departmental Committee on 

 Inshore Fisheries, which was visiting the ports and fishing 

 stations between the Bristol Channel and the Sol way Firth to 

 take local evidence and meet the fishermen, visited the estab- 

 lishment on June 18th. Two of the local fishermen were called 

 in, and various questions relating to the past and present state 

 of the fisheries for fish and shell-fish in the neighbourhood were 

 discussed. 



Lt.-Col. John M. Semmens, V.D., of the Fisheries and 

 Game Department of the State of Victoria, and Professor 

 Hidemi Seno, Imperial Fisheries Institute, Tokyo, Japan, 

 visited the establishment during the year to see the hatching 

 apparatus and make enquiry regarding scientific investigations 

 and instruction to fishermen. 



We have again to 'thank the United States Fisheries 

 Department ; the Smithsonian Institution ; Professor E. 

 Ehrenbaum, of the Biological Station at Heligoland ; Dr. 

 Annandale, Superintendent of the Indian Museum ; 

 Mr. E. W. L. Holt, Scientific Adviser to the Irish Fisheries 

 Department ; and others, for further additions to the library 

 during the year. 



